III. Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question below:

Inventors made the first TV pictures in the 1920s. Television stations started broadcasting the first
regular TV shows in the 1940s. The first TV sets had small screens and showed black and white pictures.
TV sets have become bigger. Most TVs sold today show color pictures. TV screens have become bigger
and bigger while TV sets have become thinner. In fact, Plasma TV sets are so thin that you can hang them
on a wall.
TV can do many things other than entertainment. TV cameras can be sent to places that are difficult or
dangerous for people. They can travel to outer space. Spacecraft carry TV cameras to other planets. The
cameras send back pictures that let us know what the other planets look like. TV cameras on robot
submarines can go down in the sea. In medicine, doctors use tiny cameras inside the human body.

23. The first TV pictures were invented ……………………. .
A. in 1920 B. in 1940 C. in the 1920s D. in the 1940s

24. The first TV sets …………………….. .
A. showed colored pictures B. showed black and white pictures
C. had small screens D. B and C

25. The following statements are true except ……………………….. . 
A. Plasma TV sets are so thin that you can hang them on a wall
B. TV screens have become bigger and bigger
C. TV sets used to be very thin ( used to be small) 
D. Most TVs sold today show color pictures

26. What is NOT true about TV cameras?
A. TV cameras are for entertainment
B. TV cameras can go down in the sea
C. TV cameras give us information about other planets
D. TV cameras are not used in medicine

27. ‘Spacecraft’ in paragraph 3 means …………………………. .
A. a vehicle that travels in space B. a man that travels in space
C. a strange human being living in space D. a TV camera

IV. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that needs correcting

28. In spite of the house was in bad condition, it was sold at a high price
A B C D    => the bad condition of the house
29. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party, this made me feel sad
A B C D      => which
30. The man which I told you about yesterday is a famous scientist
A B C D    => whom
31. Dennis used to smoking 40 cigarettes a day
A B C D      => smoke
32. The young has the future in their hands
A B C D         => have

V. Read the passage and make the correct choice:

Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (33) …………., was a courageous, and determined woman. She
left her home for Paris to (34) ………………….her interest in science. Living in (35)………….., she still
(36) ………………to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (37) ……………… after
graduation and (38) ……………... him a year later.
Together, Pierre and Marie (39) …………………..the most famous husband-and-wife (40)
…………….in science history. They (41) …………………….the Radioactive elements, Polonium and
Radium. They (42) ……………….the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

33. A. biologist B. mathematician C. chemist D. physicist and chemist
34. A. follow B. take C. pursue D. satisfy
35. A. poverty B. loneliness C. wealth D. difficulty

36. A. made B. managed C. harboured D. worked
37. A. immediately B. soon C. shortly D. rightly
38. A. married B. left C. divorced D. devoted
39. A. built B. organized C. established D. formed
40. A. couple B. partnership C. scientists D. partners
41. A. discovered B. invented C. built D. made
42 A. had awarded B. awarded C. were awarded D. were awarding