Faraday was the 【小题1】 (invent) of the electric generator and electric motor. Faraday’s father suffered from long-time health problems, as a result of 【小题2】 his family had little money to afford his formal schooling. But he was curious and determined to learn.

While 【小题3】 (work) in London as a teenager, he had a chance to read 【小题4】 (vary) books that he could get his hands on. In 1812, he attended four lectures at the Royal Institution given by a famous chemist named Humphrey Davy. A year later Faraday 【小题5】 (accept) as Davy’s lab assistant. Davy also took Faraday on 【小题6】 18-month tour of Europe, where Faraday met some of the most famous scientists of the day. But for Davy, Faraday 【小题7】 (lose) the opportunity to gain a complete scientific education.

He soon began to do 【小题8】 (experiment) with electricity. In 1831, he discovered electromagnetic induction. And for the next eight years Faraday worked long hours in the lab, which did harm 【小题9】 his health. By the end of the decade he was in 【小题10】 poor health that his research did not begin again until 1845. In the mid-1850s, he was forced to retire and he lived at Hampton Court until his death on August 25, 1867.