Exam 4
Read the text carefully, then do the activities .
Alexander Graham Bell was born on 3 March 1847 in Edinburgh and educated there and in London. In 1870, Bell emigrated with his family to Canada, and the following year he moved to the United States to teach. There he pioneered a system called visible speech, developed by his father, to teach deaf-mute children. In 1872 Bell founded a school in Boston to train teachers of the deaf. The school subsequently became part of Boston University, where Bell was appointed professor of vocal physiology in 1873. He became a naturalised U.S. citizen in 1882.
Bell had long been fascinated by the idea of transmitting speech, and by 1875 had come up with a simple receiver that could turn electricity into sound. Others were working along the same lines, including an Italian-American Antonio Meucci, and debate continues as to who should be credited with inventing the telephone. However, Bell was granted a patent for the telephone on 7 March 1876 and it developed quickly. Within a year the first telephone exchange was built in Connecticut and the Bell Telephone Company was created in 1877, with Bell the owner of a third of the shares, quickly making him a wealthy man.
In 1880, Bell was awarded the French Volta Prize for his invention and with the money, founded the Volta Laboratory in Washington, where he continued experiments in communication, in medical research, and in techniques for teaching speech to the deaf, working with Helen Keller among others. In 1885 he acquired land in Nova Scotia and established a summer home there where he continued experiments, particularly in the field of aviation.
Bell died on 2 August 1922 at his home in Nova Scotia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history
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1. True or false:
1. Graham Bell studied in the USA.
2. He taught the deaf.
3. He was the only scientist who worked on the telephone.
4. He became rich thanks to his invention.
3. Answer the questions according to the text: (3pts)
a.Where did Graham Bell go to school?
b.When did he design his invention?
c.Which fields did he develop?
a. Graham Bell went to Edinburgh and London schools
b. He designed his invention in 1875.
c. He developed communication, medical research, techniques for teaching speech to the deaf and aviation
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4. Who or what the underlined words in the text refer to?( 2 pts)
Line 1: his =
line 5 : where =
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5. Give a title to the text: (1)
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- Provide either the noun or the verb (1pt)
Noun | Adjective | |
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Depth | ||
Triangular | ||
Length | ||
square | ||
2. Link the sentences using the words in brackets( 1pt)
a. Bell is the inventor .we should thank for him the telephone. (Whom)
b. Cars are practical. They pollute the air. (However)
a. Bell is the inventor whom we should thank for the telephone.
b. Cars are practical. However, they pollute the air.
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3. Ask questions about the underlined words.(2pts)
a. Bell was born on 3 March 1847.
b. He invented the telephone.
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4. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets (1pt)
1. If he (to work) hard ,he will pass his final exams.
2.If I (to be) rich , I would travel around the world.
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6. Classify the words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’ (2pts)
phones, publishes, treats, finds, tricks, fixes, branches, troubles
/z/ | /iz/ | /s/ | |
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Choose either:
Topic one:Write an imaginary dialogue between you and Graham Bell.
Or
Topic two:This is the story of a young girl called “Nairouz”
- Nairouz was born in Damascus
-is 17 years old.
-she grew up in Aleppo.
- she started her career in swimming.
Her coach was proud of her
was in the Natioanl Team.
her city was destroyed by intensive bombings
fled Syria with her family to Turkey.
they emigrated to Germany illegally.
has resumed her training sessions in Berlin
has learnt German
goes to high school
German coach is proud of her
has a promising international career.
This is the story of a young girl called “Nairouz”
Nairouz,who is 17 years old, was born in Damascus but grew up in Aleppo. She started a career in swimming. Her coach was proud of her because she was in the National Team. Her city was destroyed by intensive bombings. Consequently, her family fled Syria to Turkey. Then, they immigrated to Germany illegally .There, she has resumed swimming. She has also learnt German and goes to a high school. Her German coach is proud of her as she has a promising international career.
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