G1- MOON C - Unit 5.

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INVENTIONS

I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in
pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. economical B. laptop C. collapse D. obvious
2. A. interested B. processed C. compounded D. extended
3. A. Velcro B. consume C. telephone D. composer
4. A. invention B. patent C. portable D. imitate
5. A. principles B. headphones C. earbuds D. contests
II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of
primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. bulky B. tablet C. release D. fabric
2. A. portable B. submarine C. principle D. imitate
3. A. automatic B. accidential C. discovery D. innovation
4. A. innovative B. development C. original D. experiment
5. A. popularity B. manufacturer C. technological D. imagination
III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following sentences.
1. Joseph Priestley was 18th-century clergyman and scientist fascinated by chemistry, electricity, optics and
A B C
many other subjects.
D
2. The first fully operational telegraph ran from 1839 between Paddington and West Drayton railway station in
A B C
London, but at first it was slow to catch on.
D
3. Carbon fibre is one of many inventions developed by military that are incredibly useful for us all.
A B C D
4. After the invention of the electric motor - which transforms rotation into electrical power - the next step was
A B C D
to find a device to drive it.
5. Invention of penicillin is credited to Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, when he discovered that
A B
certain mold could kill bacterias.
C D
IV. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following sentences.
1. Inventors are skilled at spotting ways to improve a situation or process.
A. Inventors are keen on spotting ways to improve a situation or process.
B. Inventors are practical in spotting ways to improve a situation or process.
C. Inventors are well-known for spotting ways to improve a situation or process.
D. Inventors are professionally trained to spot ways to improve a situation or process.
2. Scientists and inventors have made significant contributions to the lives of the common people.
A. Significant contributions have been made by scientists and inventors to the live of the common
people.
B. Scientists and inventors had contributed significantly to the lives of the common people.
 C. The lives of the common people have been significantly constructed by scientists and inventors.
D. The contributions which scientists and inventors made to the lives of the common people was
significant.
3. Shockley's book describes the research leading to the invention of the transistor.
A. Shockley's book is a means of describing the invention of the transistor.
B. It is the invention of the transistor that is described in Shockley's book.
C. The research leading to the invention of the transistor is described in Shockley's book.
D. A description of the research leading to the invention of the transistor makes Shockley's book.
4. The more often ideas come together, the more frequently invention occurs.
A. Whenever more ideas come together, it comes to the occurrence of inventions.
B. The number of inventions that occur increases when a number of ideas come together.
C. It is only when more ideas come together that inventions occur more frequently.
D. The frequency of invention occurrence is decided by how often ideas come together.
5. Watt spent much time and money in making experiments, but nothing he tried succeeded.
A. Although Watt spent much time and money in making experiments, nothing he tried succeeded.
B. Despite his failure after trial and trial, Watt spent much time and money in making experiments.
C. As Watt spent too much time and money in making experiments, nothing he tried succeeded.
D. If Watt hadn't spent much time and money in making experiments, anything he tried would have
succeeded.
V. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Cheap and reliable electric lighting was a holy grail for 19th-century inventors. But didn't Thomas
Edison get there first? No! He was beaten (1) ____ it by Britain's very own Joseph Swan, working out of his (2)
____ lab at his house in Gateshead, Swan got his (3) ____ - and started manufacturing and selling his bulbs - in
1880. He developed a tiny lament that used (4) ____ treated cotton, and set it inside an oxygen-free vacuum (5)
____ it wouldn't catch fire when it glowed white-hot.
Swan's first bulbs lasted little more than 12 hours but, unlike gas lamps, there was no name or dirty
smoke and they soon (6) ____ on. The impresario Richard d'Oyly Carte (7) ____ the opportunity to make his
new Savoy Theatre in London stand (8) ____ - and when it opened the following year it was the first public
building in the world (9) ____ electrically throughout. D'Oyly Carte even took to the (10) ____ himself -
holding a glowing bulb aloft, he ceremoniously broke it in front of the audience to prove it was safe.
1. A. by B. to C. at D. with
2. A. private B. privately C. privacy D. privates
3. A. rights B. ownership C. patent D. possession
4. A. special B. specialty C. specially D. specialist
5. A. so B. so that C. than D. rather than
6. A. took B. came C. carried D. caught
7. A. provided B. passed C. offered D. seized
8. A. away B. by C. out D. up
9. A. to light B. to be lit C. to have lit D. that lit
10. A. floor B. step C. stage D. forum