Unit 16 : Inventions : Test 4

TEST 4

I. Choose the word that has the underlined differently from the others.

1. a. vanilla                               b. vacuum                                          c. add                                                 d. facsimile

2. a. whiten                               b. fiber                                                                  c. zipper                                   d. conveyor

3. a. remove                                       b. wrote                                                       c. mold                                     d. cocoa

4. a. follow                                         b. powder                                          c. show                                     d. borrow

5. a. procedure                         b. thousand                                        c. wood                                    d. hairdryer

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. This beautiful picture_____by Mary.

a. is drawn                                         b. is drew                                           c. is draw                        d. is drawing

7. Don’t touch the paint - it’s still wet.

a. put your hand or finger on something

b. take something

c. do a job with something

d. put paint on something to change the color

8. I warned him ______ too close to the fire.

a. not to go                                        b. not going                                        c. no going                      d. didn’t go

9. _____ is a pen that has a very small bll at the end.

a. Ball-point pen              b. Fountain pen               c. Pencil                                   d. Crayon

10. Tobacco is taxed in most countries, along with alcohol.

a. in the same way as something                                       b. but not something

c. for example                                                                                                                           d. including

11. James picked up the ____ and said “Hello.”

a. telephone                               b. printer                                                      c. vacuum                       d. fax machine

12. Children, please behave!

a. do and say the right things                                                     b. do something

c. do what somebody tells you to do            d. move on your legs, but not run

13. We now toast bread _____ a toaster on the table.

a. by                                                            b. with                                                                            c. from                                               d. in

14. Which _____ do I press to turn the radio on?

a. button                                            b. roll                                                                              c. roller                               d. plug

15. Don’t sit_____the sun too long.

a. iP                                                            b. on                                                                               c. over                                               d. amongst

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

16. She removed the dirty dishes off  the table.

                            A     B                C    D

17. Lou showed her up the nearby castle and country houses.

                                A    B                          C      D

18. Bicycle has been invented by a German inventor in 1816.

                         A                     B                      C         D

19. The water in most rivers is unsafe to drink, due to it is polluted.

                       A                            B           C         D

20. He was awarded first prize in the written competition.

                     A                   B    C            D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

An American called Thomas Alva Edison (21)___the first man (22)___sound. In 1878, he invented a machine (23)____a phonograph. The phonograph was a bit (24)___a record player, but it used metal cylinders (25)____discs. Flat discs (records) appeared ten years (26)____.

Tape recorders first appeared (27)_____the 1930s, but they were large and expensive. Then, in 1963, the Philips Company developed the first cassette. Cassettes are still very popular all (28)_____the world.

21. a. is                                                        b. was                                                         c. to be                                                                     d. a & b

22. a. record                                       b. to record                              c. recording                                        d. for recording

23. a. called                               b. was called                             c. calling                                                       d. was calling

24. a. like                                            b. the same                               c. as                                                                      d. different

25. a. although                           b. instead of                             c. but also                                          d. neither

26. a. late                                            b. lately                                              c. later                                                                   d. latest

27. a. in                                                       b. at                                                             c. on                                                                     d. since

28. a. on                                                       b. in                                                             c. over                                                                     d. Ø

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

John Logie Baird, who is called ‘the father of television’, was born in Scotland in 1888. He became an inventor at the age of 26. His first inventions were electrically-heated socks and air-filled shoes, but these were not very successful.

However, in 1923, he became interested in the idea of pictures by radio. He worked for several months, and the following year he succeeded in transmitting the first ‘television’ picture a few meters across the room.

Baird’s ‘television’ was not very clear, but people were very interested and he tried to make it better. In 1926, he showed it to the public at the Royal Society. In 1928, he transmitted the first picture across the Atlantic and in 1929, the BBC and the German post office began to broadcast TV with his system.

29. John Logie Baird______.

a. is called ‘the father of television’                         b. was born in Scotland in 1888

c. was an inventor                                                                                                  d. all are correct

30. One of Baird’s first inventions was

a. electrically-heated sock                                                                   b. air-filled shoe

c. television                                                                                                                              d. a & b

31. Baird was interested in the idea of pictures by radio at the age of_____.

a. 26                                                                      b. 35                                                            c. 38                                                      d. 40

32. Baird’s ‘television’ was introduced to the world in______.

a. 1923                                                                  b. 1926                                               c. 1928                                                 d. 1929

33. Which of the following is not true?

a. Baird’s first inventions were not very successful.

b.The first ‘television’ was not clear.

c. People weren’t interested in Baird’s ‘television’.

d. Baird’s system was used by the BBC and the German post office.