We've all heard of Thomas Edison,() who invented the electric light and many other things.

问题描述:

We've all heard of Thomas Edison,() who invented the electric light and many other things.
A.man B.a man C.the man D.men

选C the man
可以这样翻译:
我们都知道爱迪生——发明了电灯和许多其他东西的人.
“men”是复数形式,首先排除;
事实是爱迪生发明了电灯,而且也只有爱迪生一个人发明了电灯,因此这里要用“the man”来特指爱迪生,而不是用“man”或“a man”.