1. Alexander Graham Bell was born ................... March 3, 1847.

A. in B. on C. at D. to

2. She came ............ with a new idea for increasing sales.

A. on B. up C. in D. over

3. Can you tell me who was the ............ of the telephone?

A. caller B. dreamer C. inventor D. maker 4. Would you like to talk to my new friends? - .................................

A. Yes, I do B. No, I don’t C. Yes, I’d love to D. Yes I like

5. Bell started experimenting with ways of ............ speech over a long distance.

A. giving B. experimenting C. telling D. transmitting

Choose the best answer.

1. Mrs. Lien said you could reach her ______ 8645141.  

A. at

B. on

C. by

D. about

2. The first telephone was ______ commercial use by 1877.  

A. with

B. off

C. cover

D. in

3. My mother always ______ the furniture neatly.  

A. causes

B. arranges

C. delivers

D. reaches

4. Linda and Liz ______ decorated this room yesterday evening.  

A. themself

B. ourself

C. themselves

D. ourselves

5. My sister spent two hours ______ this report last night.  

A. writes

B. wrote

C. writing

D. to write

6. She was sent to the ______ after her parents died in an accident.  

A. exhibition

B. hospital

C. university

D. orphanage

7. ______ does he look like? He’s well-built.  

A. How

B. What

C. Which

D. All are correct

8. Khai and Song are quite ______ because they don’t talk much in public.  

A. sociable

B. humorous

C. generous

D. reserved

Marie was born in Warsaw. She studied maths and physics in Paris. She met and married a scientist - Pierre Curie. She had two children but continued her career after they was born. In 1902, she and Pierre discovered a new element called “radium” which was important because doctors could use it to help people with cancer. They were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for physics They continued to work hard and made new discoveries. Marie even continued her research after her husband’s death in 1906. She became a professor of the Sorbornne. In 1911, she was awarded a second Nobel Prize for chemistry. She died in 1934.

1. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Marie's specialisation

B. Marie's dream

C. Marie's fame

D. Marie's life

2. What does "it" in line 3 refer to?

A. radium

B. Warsaw

C. Physics 

D. Nobel Prize

3. All of the following are true EXCEPT ..................

A. She was born in 1867.

B. Her husband died in 1934

C. She was awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry

D. She was a woman to be a professor of the Sorbonne

I.      Multiple choice (2.5 pts.)

1.     His parents are always proud … him.
A. of                                                                 B. about                  C. to   D. with

2.     Alexander.G. Bell was born … March 3^rd, 1845.
A. in                                                                  B. at                          C. on  D. from

3.     The children are old enough to look after … when their parents are out.
A. themself                   B. himself                C. theyself              D. themselves

4.     Don’t come in. Please wait … for a few minutes.
A. inside                        B. outside               C. insides                 D. outsides.

5.     The students did their test … .
A. good                         B. very good          C. goodly                D. well

6.     The doctor asked the patients … to bed on time.
A. go                              B. going                   C. to go                    D. goes

7.     ............ mustn’t children play with matches? – Because playing with matches can start fire.
A. How                          B. What                   C. Why                    D. When

8.     It’s a good idea if we ............... a bicycle trip to the countryside.
A. go                              B. ride                      C. get                       D. take

9.     He is not as intelligent ....................... his sister.
A. like                  B. as                           C. like                        D. at

10.“Do you need any help?”  - “ …”
A. No, I don’t need.                                     B. Yes, I need        

C. No problem.                                             D. Yes. That’s very kind of you.

Choose the word(A,B,C or D)that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
  On March 3,1847,Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh.He was a Scotsman although he later (19)___,firs to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s.
  In America,he worked (20)___ deaf-mutes at Boston University.Soon, Bell started (21)___ with ways of transmitting,speech over a long (22)___.This led to the (23)___of the telephone.
  Bell and his assitant,Thomas Watson,conducted many experiments and finally came (24)____with a device which they first introduced in 1878.Bell said on the telephone:"Mr.Waston,come here.I want you" This was the first telephone messages
19.A.left
B.got
C.emigrated
D.walked
20.A.in
B.at
C.for
D.with
21.A.experimenting
B.to experiment
C.experimented
D.A and B are correct
22.A.place
B.distance
C.distances
D.places
23.A.invention
B.to invent
C.create
D.creation
24.A.have to
B.up
C.mustn't
D.must