Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

      The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.

      In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience.

29. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Thomas Edison’s invention.

B. Improvements in telephone and telegraph

C. The History of Menlo Park

D. An accidental invention

30. In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?

A. 1876                                                                         B. 1877                             

C. 1878                                                                         D. the article does not say

31. What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?

A. A telegraph repeater                                               B. A telegraph diaphragm

C. A telephone repeater                                               D. A telephone diaphragm

32. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?

A. He made improvements to the machine.               B. He used a carbon transmitter.

C. He read a children’s rhyme.           D. He produced the audience voice

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

The Chinese consider the first day of the new year to be a very_____(23) day. They celebrate the day irrespective of whether they are rich or poor. The Chinese call every year by a new name. The Chinese new year celebration is the most important_____(24) of the Chinese. Usually preparation of the celebration of the New Year is made weeks ahead. Cakes of various kinds are made, the houses are cleaned and____(25). A kind of red cloth bearing the words “Prosperity” and “Happiness” is ____(26) on the walls. The children wear new dresses as part of the custom.

Question 23: A. important B. normal C. unimportant D. long Question

24: A. year B. day C. festival D. occasion Question

25: A. blocked B. decorated C. decorating D. paint Question

26: A. hung B. write C. paint D. Wrote

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.

A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.

B. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among the greatest contributors of fair pollution.

C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are `th­greatest contributor of air pollution.

D. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air.

VI. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer to each of the following questions: (1.0p)

ANIMATION

The theory of the animated cartoon was introduced before the invention of the cinema by half a century. When working to create conversation pieces for Victorian shops, people discovered the principle of persistence of vision. If drawings of stages of an action were shown in fast succession, the human eye would perceive them as a continuous movement.

One of the first commercially successful devices, invented by the Belgian Joseph Plateau in 1832, was the phenakistoscope, a spinning cardboard disk that created the illusion of movement when viewed in a mirror. In 1834, William Horner invented the zoetrope, a rotating drum lined by a band of pictures. The Frenchman Emile Reynaud in 1876 adapted the principle into a form that could be projected before a theatrical audience. Reynaud became not only animation’s first entrepreneur but also the first artist to give personality and warmth to his animated characters.

1. What is the passage mainly about ?

A. Early history of animation B. the reason why animation is popular

C. The invention of Jeseph Plateau D. The first animation’s entrepreneur

2. When was the theory of animation developed ?

A. after the introduction of the cinema B. in 1832

C. about 50 years before the invention of the cinema D. in 1876

3. What happens to human eyes when pictures of the stages of an action were shown in fast succession ?

A. They will find the pictures move vivid B. They can not see the pictures

C. they will perceive the pictures as normal

D. They will see the pictures as a continuous movement

4. what is a phenakistoscope ?

A. a popular form of entertainment B. a spinning cardboard disk

C. a rotating drum lined by a band of pictures D. a collection of Victorian drawings

5. Who is NOT MENTIONED as an inventor of an animation- making device ?

A. Victoria B. William Horner C. Emile Reynaud D. Jeseph Plateau

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

(A) Before the invention of (B) the printing press, books (C) have been all printed (D) by hand.

A. Before 

B. the printing 

C. have been

D. by hand

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

THE FOUR-YEAR SPREAD OF BUBBLE TEA ACROSS THE UK

     Four years ago bubble tea was relatively unknown in the UK, but the drinks are now ubiquitous on High Streets, from cities to small towns, writes Lucy Townsend.

     It is often brightly coloured, sometimes served with milk, with a layer of jelly-like globules - tapioca balls - that settle (23) …………. the bottom of the cup. Drunk through an extra thick straw with a spoon-shaped tip, it is a mouthful of tea and chewiness - both a drink and a snack.

     Chorley in Lancashire got its first bubble tea bar in July. Huddersfield has ‘Bubble n Shake’, there is a mobile bubble tea van in Bristol, and it can be (24) ……………. in cities from Glasgow to Portsmouth.

     Bubble tea hails from 1980s in Taiwan. It was an evolution from the country's street tea vendors (25) …………….. began experimenting with fruity flavours and colour to entice customers. The “bubble” actually (26) ………….. the froth on top of the drink which comes after it is violently shaken - some cafes use a machine especially for shaking. How the tapioca balls arrived in the drink is a matter of debate - though the most common story is that product development manager Lin Hsiu Hui (27) ………….. sitting in a staff meeting and poured the tapioca from her pudding into her Assam iced tea. The result was considered delicious.

     While growing in the UK, bubble tea is even more popular in Germany, according to the market research firm Mintel. Even McDonald's has started serving it.

23. A. down                 B. in                             C. at                         D. out

24. A. discovered        B. found                      C. searched              D. sought

25. A. which                B. where                      C. who                                 D. whom

26. A. stands for          B. regards to                C. describes             D. refers to

27. A. have been         B. is                             C. has been              D. was

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution

A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution

B. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among the greatest contributors of air pollution

C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution

D. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Transportation has been made much easier thanks to the invention of cars. However, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.

A. The invention of cars has made transportation much easier, but cars are among the greatest contributors of air pollution.

B. However easier the invention of cars has made transportation, it is cars that are among the greatest contributors of air pollution. 

C. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, cars are the greatest contributor of air pollution.

D. Although the invention of cars has made transportation much easier, people use cars to contribute to the pollution of air.