Global English 3

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Unit 5: Inventions - 1 Score: ……/15
A. KEY POINTS

Words about inventions: design, heat, DNA, molecule, cell, particles.

Vocabulary
Word families: invent- invention- inventor
(Từ vựng)
Words about jobs: inventor, architect, scientist, engineer.

Grammar Verb + to infinitive:

(Ngữ pháp) She wanted to help.

B. PRACTICE
I. Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank.

1. A small group of people ……………………a plastic bottle house.

A. inventor B. invented C. invention

2. My mom’s advice is very……………………… It helps me a lot.

A. useful B. boring C. cute

3. A ……………………… is someone who collects things.

A. collector B. collection C. collect

4. Did you want ……………………. a scientist when you were little?

A. to be B. are C. be

5. Before the ……………………… of the telephone, people sent letters.

A. invention B. inventor C. invents

6. Do you know the names of any famous film ………………………?

A. direction B. direct C. directors

7. My family plans ……………………… to Japan next year.

A. traveling B. traveled C. to travel

II. Read the text and choose the correct answer.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was born in Ohio in 1847. He had hearing problems. He went to school for
a short time. His mother ended up teaching him at home. As a teenager, he saved a boy
from being hit by a train. The boy's father was very thankful. He taught Thomas
railroad telegraphy as a reward. This helped Thomas get a job as a telegraph operator
later that year. Edison invented many things. One great invention was the phonograph in
1877. It was the first machine that could record and make sound. He quickly became
famous. Thomas Edison is best known for his work with the electric light. Others had
worked on this before him. Edison made it possible to have electric light in homes.
1. Who taught Edison at home? 2. What job did Edison get when he was young?
A. His teacher A. A scientist
B. His mother B. A telegraph operator
C. His father C. An inventor

3. Which was the first machine that 4. Edison is best known for ………………
could record and make sound? A. phonograph
A. phonograph
B. electric light
B. electric light
C. CD player
C. telegraph
III. Read 3 texts and choose the correct answer for each question.
Color TVs Film camera Typewriter
Early TVs could not show The film camera was also Typewriters were invented in
color, and it was not until developed in the 1830s, the 1830s and were used up
1954 that the first color from ideas that had been until the 1980s, when they
TVs were introduced. They around for hundreds of were replaced by computers.
were very expensive, so most years before. These days we Many journalists and writers
people did not have color use digital cameras and used them, but they are not
TVs until the 1970s. We now smartphones to take as convenient as computers.
have large LCD TVs which pictures, but some people
are much larger and have still think film looks better
clearer pictures. and use film cameras today.

Questions:
1. Which item was used up until the 1980s? A. Color TV B. Film camera C. Typewriter

2. Which item was used for taking pictures? A. Color TV B. Film camera C. Typewriter

3. Which item was used by journalists? A. Color TV B. Film camera C. Typewriter

4. Which item was very expensive so most A. Color TV B. Film camera C. Typewriter
people didn’t have until the 1970s?