.         Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in making of ladies’ stocking. During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stockings, but more importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tires.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers… It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year about 36 million tons of it will be manufactured.

1. Nylon was introduced to the world in 1838.    

2. Nylon was used to make stockings, parachutes and tires.     

3. We can’t find nylon in ropes.                                                          

4. About 36 million tons of ropes will be manufactured next year.                            

5. The main idea of the passage is about:

A. The application of nylon to life.    C. The invention and application of nylon to life.

B. The importance of nylon.             D. The way to find nylon.

6. It can be inferred from the passage that:

A. Nylon is one of the most breakthrough invention.   C. Nylon has never been out of date.

B. Nylon used to be used in the past.                  D. Products made from nylon are good

Read the following passage. Decide if the statements are True or False, and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) for the questions 5 and 6.

   A.    Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in making of ladies’ stocking. During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stockings, but more importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tires.

Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers… It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year about 36 million tons of it will be manufactured.

1.  Nylon was introduced to the world in 1838.    

2.  Nylon was used to make stockings, parachutes and tires.    

3.  We can’t find nylon in ropes.                                                         

4.  About 36 million tons of ropes will be manufactured next year.                           

5.  The main idea of the passage is about:

  A. The application of nylon to life.      C. The invention and application of nylon to life.

  B. The importance of nylon.              D. The way to find nylon.

  6.  It can be inferred from the passage that:

  A. Nylon is one of the most breakthrough invention.   C. Nylon has never been out of date.

  B. Nylon used to be used in the past.                 D. Products made from nylon are good

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NYLON was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making o f ladies' stocking. Today, Nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years

1. ______ A teacher in invented nylon

2. ______It was introduced to the world during the Second World War

3. _____It was used to make carpets during the Second World Wads

4. ____Nylon is important in our lives

I: Read the pasage and answer the questions:

Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stockings.
During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stockings, but more importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tyres. Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of human body. It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year, about 36 million tons of it will be manufactured.

1. Who iss Julian Hill ?

2. When ứa nylon first introduced to the world ?

3. What do they use nylon for ?

4. What is 'it' in the last sentence replaced for?

Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became successful, especially in the making of ladies’ stockings.
During the Second World War, the best present for many women was a pair of nylon stockings, but more importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tyres. Today, nylon is found in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furniture, computers, and even spare parts of human body. It has played an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year, about 36 million tons of it will be manufactured.

1. Nylon can be found in .......

a. many things b. spare parts of the human body

c. furniture d. all are correct

2. what does the word 'introduced' in line 3 mean?

a. tell somebody your name. b. tell somebody the name of a person

c. bring in sth new d. bring sth somewhere

3. Nylon.....

a. was invented by Julian Hill b. was strong but expensive

c. was not very popular d. all are correct

4. which of the following is NOT true

a. Nylon was used to make ladies' stocking

b. Today, Nylon still plays an important part in our lives

c. At first, people didn't want to use Nylon

d. We can found Nylon in computers

Nylon was invented (1) the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his (2) and finally on 27 October 1983, Nylon was introduced to the world. It was cheap and strong and immediately became (3), especially in making of ladies' stocking.
During the Second World War, the (4) present for many women was a (5) of nylon stockings, but mor importantly, it was used to make parachutes and tyres. Today, nylon (6)in many things: carpets, ropes, seat belts, furnture, computers, and even spare parts for the human body. It has (7) an important part in our lives for over 50 years. Next year about 36 milion tons of it will be manufactured.

Read the following passage, and decide if the statements are T or F.

Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3^rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson, Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph(used to send multiple messages over a single wire) andphonautograph (used to draw the shape of the sound waves). The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you’.

Question: He worked on his inventions all by himself.

A. True

B. False

Read the following passage. Decide if the statements are True or False, and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) for the questions 5 and 6. 

White cotton T-shirts were first worn by the US Navy in the Second World War and by 1948, every American soldier was wearing one too. But it was Hollywood films that made the T-shirt really popular: actors Marlon Brando and James Dean wore classic white T-shirts in On the Waterfront (1954) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). After these films, every young man wanted to wear one.

Women didn’t begin to wear T-shirts until the end of the 1950s. In the 1959 French film about de souffle (breathless), American actress Jean Seberg wore a T-shirt advertising an English language newspaper. This started a new fashion in T-shirts for women, but it wasn’t until the mid-1960s that companies like Budweiser and Coca-Cola started using T-shirts as ‘walking advertisements’.

1. In the 1940s, white T-shirts were part of a uniform.                                      

2. T-shirts became more popular because of two 1950s American films.          

3. Many women were wearing T-shirts in 1955                                                  

4. By 1960, companies were using T-shirts to advertise their products.            

5. The main idea of the passage is______________________

A/ The importance of  the T-shirt                         B/ The history of the T-shirt

C/ The shortage of  the T-shirt                             D/ The invention of the T-shirt

6.  Which of the following sentences is NOT MENTIONED in the passage?

A/ How popular  the T-shirt  were  in life.             B/ Where the T-shirt came from.

C/ How many T-shirts were made.                       D/ when the T-shirt began a new fashion

3. Read the passage and then decide whether the sentences are True (A) or False (B).

Alan Walker

Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England. At the age of two, he moved to Bergen, Norway with his parents and sister. He initially has no musical background. However, he later taught himself by watching tutorials on YouTube based on music production.

He started all his music on his laptop with FL Studio. In July 2012, with the help and feedback from his fan online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and Sound Cloud.

Walker released the track “Fade” on 17 August 2014. It has become the most popular track on YouTube. Some of his other famous songs include “Sing Me to Sleep”, “Alone”, “Routine”. “A lot of people ask me why I am wearing a mask. The mask is a sign and a symbol of unity and being alike each other, rather than me being different.” said Walker, behind the scenes of the single “Alone”.

1. Alan Walker is now only in his 20s.

A. True                                    B. False

2. Walker was born in one country but grew up in another country.

A. True                                    B. False

3. Both of his parents are singers so Alan has an excellent musical background.

A. True                                    B. False

4. Faded was released two year after Alan began his music production career.

A. True                                    B. False

5. Alan wears his mask because he wants to be different.

A. True                                    B. False

4. Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.