PART C. READING (2,0pts) Question I. Read the text about Alexander Grahabell and write T or F (1,0pts) Alexander Grahabell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves. The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telepone in other room. The first transmisted words were, ‘ Mr Watson, come here . I want to see you’ 21.Alexander Graham Bell is Scotish. 22.He spent all his life in Canada 23.He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA 24.He wanted to create a device that can transmist human voice Question II. Read this passage and answer the questions (1,0pts) Thomas Editon was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand inventions including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up asmall baloratory after he had read a science book his mother showed him. I. 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing . He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and “big trick” every six months. He developed many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having are markably productive life. Questions 25.Who was Thomas Edison? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26.When and where was he born? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 27.What did he invent? ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………… 28.Did he build a new laboratory in 1876?....................................................................................