Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device which they first introduced in1876.. Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his
Trang 1* Read the passage:
On March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh He was a Scotsman although he later emigrated, first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s
In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways
of transmitting speech over a long distance This led to the invention of the telephone
Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device which they first introduced in1876 Bell said on the telephone: “Mr Watson, come here I want you” This was the first telephone message
Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions, and by
1877 the first telephone was in commercial use
* Questions:
1 Where was Alexander G Bell born?
2 Who did he work at Boston University?
3 Who was Thomas Watson?
4 When did Bell and Watson introduce the telephone?
Questions :
a Why do we call the common cold?
b What are the symptoms of the common cold?
c Is there a cure for the common cold?
d Do cold cures work? What do they do?
Trang 2At my school there are different sports activities but I only take part in one club called “Walking For Fun”
or WFF Last year there was a district walking competition for school children and my school team won the first prize Everybody was so happy and wished to keep this activity, therefore, we organized this club The number of participants increases every week The regular activity of the club is a 5 km walk to the beach on Sunday morning Another activity is a walk-to-school day (or WTS day) Members living near school volunteer to take a walk instead of taking motorbike or bicycle trips every Wednesday Walking is
a fun, easy and inexpensive activity, and people of all ages and abilities can enjoy it
* Questions:
a What sports activity does the writer take part in?
b Why did the school children organize the WFF?
c What are the two activities of the club?
d How far is it from the school to the beach?
e Which day of the week is the WTS day of the club?
f Who often takes part in the WTS day?
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines,
erupted in 1991.It was the world's largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years.Hundreds of people died, but
thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.
* Questions:
1 Can we predict when volcano will erupt?
2 What is Mount Pinatubo?
3 Where is it?
4 When did it erupt?
5 How many people were there about the eruption?
Trang 3Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - September 2, 1969) He was born in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province, is a revolutionary, one of the founders and leaders of the struggle for independence, and territorial integrity of Vietnam He is the writer and read the Declaration of Independence Birth Vietnam Vietnam Democratic Republic September 2, 1945 at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, was President during 1945 to 1969, Chairman of Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers' Party in the period 1951 - 1969
* Questions:
1 When/Where was Ho Chi Minh born?
2 When did he die?
3 Is he a revolutionary, one of the founders and leaders of the struggle for independence, and territorial integrity of Vietnam?
4 When was he President?