who........the telephone?
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The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became a US citizen. The word ‘telephone’ had been ………………(in / with / to / out)1 existence since the 1830s and had been ………………(joined / named / employed / applied)2 to a number of inventions designed to produce sound.
Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech through his work with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was ………………(quite / just / simply / lately)3 twenty-one when they ……………… (managed / achieved / succeeded / fulfilled)4 their great success on 10th March 1876. ………….(Despite / Although / Because / In spite)5 their long and close association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not ‘Tom, come here, I want you’. Instead ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.’
Filled with………….(excited / exciting / excitement / excitedly)6, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company. The company wrote to Bell saying that his invention was interesting. However, after ………………(regarding / giving / taking / bearing)7 it careful consideration they had ………………(reached / come / arrived / brought)8 to the conclusion that it had ‘no future’. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities. Within four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones. In the next twenty years that figure …………..(has increased / had increased / had been increasing / increased)9 to over 6 million.
Today, ninety-three percent of US homes have a telephone, a level of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equaling. Each US household makes or receives ………………(on / by / at / for)10 average 3,516 calls per years, an astonishing statistic.
. 1. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born ?
In Scotland
2. Where did he emigrate first ?
He emigrated to Canada first
3. Who did Bell work with at Boston University?
Thomas Watson
4. What did Bell invent ?
The telephone
5. Did Bell conduct many experiments in America?
Yes, he did
6. Where did he successfully demonstrate his invention?
At the countless exhibitions
1 more => most
2 as cheap => as cheap as
3 most good => best
4 A => faster
5 more => bỏ
6 as => than
7 large => larger
8 heavy => heavier
13. Lan is the more -> most capable of the three girls who have tried out for the part in the play.
A B C D
14. This telephone isn’t as cheap the other one, but it work -> works much better.
A B C D
15. Stories are the most good -> best way of teaching moral lessons to young people.
A B C D
16. The fastest -> faster you drive, the greater you get.
A B C D
17. This exercise is much more -> bỏ easier than the others.
A B C D
18. London is much more exciting as -> than I expected.
A B C D
19. The large -> larger the room is, more people can sit in it.
A B C D
20. The suitcase seemed to get heavy -> heavier and heavier as I carried it along the road.
A B C D
4. Which book did you read last night? -> Which book ……was read by you last week?……………
5. Who invented the telephone? ->By whom……was the telephone invented……………………
6. Someone has stolen her motorbike. -> Her ………motorbike has been stolen ………………
7. Someone had invented electric lights before I was born. -> Electric ……had been invented before I was born………
8. The students clean our class every day ->Our class ……is cleaned by the students everyday…………………
9. My brother takes me to school every morning -> I ……am taken to school by my brother every morning……………………
10. built this castle in 1756. -> This ……castle was built in 1756………………………
11.They didn’t allow Tom to take these books home.
Tom wasn't allowed to taked these books home
12.How many trees did they cut down to build that fence?
How many trees were cut down to build that fence?
13.This well-known library attracts many people.
Many people are attracted by this well-known library
14.They didn’t look after the children properly.
The children weren't looked after properly
15.Nobody swept this street last week.
This street iwasn't swept last week
16.She often takes her dog for a walk.
Her dog is often taken for a walk by her
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