X. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each question
INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD
People have been inventing things for years. Paper was invented about 2,000 years ago. The wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago. What would life be like without paper to write on or bikes to ride? Those inventions have made life easier.
Airplane
The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane in December in 1903. That makes 2003 the 100-th anniversary !Before the airplane was invented, most people travelled by cars, boats, and trains. Today, airplanes help people travel faster. How do airplanes help you?
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Before the telephone was invented, people kept in touch by writing letters or talking in person. Today the telephone makes it easier for people to talk to one another. How do telephones help you?
Automobile
The first four-wheeled gas-powered car was invented by Karl Benz in 1891. Before people had cars, they couldn’t travel easily. The walked or rode horses for short trips. They took trains or boats for long trips. Today cars are one of the main ways people travel. How do cars help you?
Computer
People worked for years to make the first computer. It was built in 1946. The first computer was called ENIAC. Today computers are an important part of many people’s lives. People use computers as tools to write, get information and much more. How do computers help you?
1.Which of the following are two inventions in the passage that were invented before 1900?
A. the telephone and the car B. the car and the computer
C. the computer and the airplane D. the airplane and the telephone
2. What do all the inventions described in this text have in common?
A. All these inventions were invented in the twentieth century.
B. All these inventions were invented by Americans.
C. All these inventions made people’s lives easier.
D. All these inventions changed how people travel.
3. It can be inferred from the passage that…………….
A. the Wright Brothers spent a long time trying to invent the airplane.
B. someone had the idea to invent the computer in the 1940s or early 1950s.
C. Karl Benz didn’t like to walk or ride horses for short trips.
D. Alexander Graham Bell wrote many letters in his lifetime.
4. What does the word “ anniversary” in the second paragraph most nearly mean?
A. an interesting idea B. an event
C. a statement of fact D. a celebrated date
5. The primary purpose of this passage is to describe………….
A. the invention of the airplane in December 1903.
B. some inventions that have made a big difference
C. Some ways that computers help make our lives easier.
D. the reasons that Karl Benz invented the gas-powered car.
