Telephone was Graham Bell’s ………… invention………………………………..(invent)

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1947 (1)……………… Edinburgh, but when he (2)……………… a young man of 23, he (3) ………………………with his parents to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the (4) ………………………. Soon, he started experimenting with ways of transmitting (5) ……………………….  over a long distance. For years Bell and his (6) ………………………Thomas Watson, worked day and night and finally (7) ……………………… up with a device which they first introduced in 1876. They did not know that one day this talking machine would become the (8)………………………and would change people’s lives.

Can I take the message?

     à Would you  ……………………………………………………………?

 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

    à Alexander Graham Bell was……………………………………………………………

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech.

In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. Then he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another place? Bell began to work on a new intention.

1, Where was Alexander Graham born?

2, When did his family govto live in America?

3, What did he do in Boston?

4,Why did he begin to work on a new invention?

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in 1847, but when he was a young man of twenty-three he moved with his parents to Canada. Before the year was over, young Graham had left his family and gone to Boston. Though Bell was a dreamer, he was also a practical thinker and a man of action. In Boston, where he worked by day as a teacher of the deaf, he worked far into the night experimenting with the electrical transmission of the sound. This led to the invention of the telephone.

TRUE/ FALSE

25. Alexander Graham Bell was a Scotsman.                                              ____________

            26. In Boston, he taught people who were not able to hear.                          ____________                       

27. He experimented with ways of transmitting sound by day.                    ____________

28. He moved with his parents to Canada in 1871.                               ____________                    

            29. When did he emigrate to the United States?

A. 1874                       B. 1867                       C. 1870                       D. 1871

30. Which of the followings is not used to describe Alexander Graham Bell?

A. dreamy                   B. practical                  C. active                      D. social

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention of the telephone.

When was Alexander G. Bell born?

A. No information

B. In 1847

C. In 1870s

D. In 1870

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention of the telephone.

He went to live ____________.

A. in Boston

B. iin Scotland

C. in America

D. A & C are correct

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention of the telephone.

Bell was the inventor of the ____________.

A. bicycle

B. television

C. telephone

D. gas cooker

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention of the telephone.

What does the word “emigrate” in line 3 mean?

A. leaves somebody’s country to live in another country.

B. goes to a place for a short time.

C. travels a long way from home to work every day.

D. gets away from something dangerous.

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics, the study of the sounds of languages. As a boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870 the Bells decided to emigrate to America. They lived in Boston, where Alexander taught in a school for the deaf – mutes. There, he began experimenting with a machine to help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea. Why not use electricity to send the human voice from one place to another? Bell began work on a new invention of the telephone.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Bell became interested in sounds and speech since he was a boy.

B. He experimented a machine to help the deaf hear.

C. Bell learned in a school for the deaf – mutes.

D. Bell’s father was an expert in phonetics.

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On March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell(1)......... in Edinburgh. He was a(2)...... When he was a young(3)......., he(4)...........with parents to Canada and then to the USA. In America, he worked(5).......... deaf-mutes at Boston university. Soon, Bell started experimenting(6)......... ways of transmitting speech over aming distance. This led to the invention of the telephone.

1. born ; was born ; was boring ; bore

2. Scotland ; Scotsland ; Scotman ; Scotsman

3. man ; men ; worker ; teacher

4. move ; moving ; moved ; moves

5. with ; on ; as ; for

6. of about ; with ; at ;