Read the passage carefully then choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
During the last 400 years, most scientists have relied on mathematics for the development of their inventions or discoveries. However, one great British scientist, Michael Faraday, did not make use of mathematics. Faraday, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born in London in 1791 and had no education beyond reading and writing.
In 1812, Faraday was hired as a bottle washer by the great chemist Humphrey Davy. Later, Faraday became a greater scientist than Davy, making the last years of Davy’s life embittered with jealousy.
Faraday made the first electric motor in 1821, a device that used electricity to produce movement. Then Faraday became interested in the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In 1831, he discovered that when a magnet is moved near a wire, electricity flows in the wire. With this discovery, he produced a machine for making electricity called dynamo. Faraday then went on to show how electricity affects chemical substances. Because Faraday believed that money should be given to the poor, when he grew old, he was very poor. However, Queen Victoria rewarded him for his discoveries by giving him a stipend and a house. He died in 1867.
Which of the following statements is not true about Faraday?
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-> No sooner _____.
Finish each of the following sentences in such away that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.
I assumed that she would learn how to take shorthand after this course.
-> I took it _____
Fill in each numbered blank one missing word.
Speech is one of the most important __1__ of communicating. It consists of far more than just making noises. To talk and also to be __2__ by other people, we have to speak a language, that is , we have to use combinations of __3__ that everyone agrees stand for particular object or idea. Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very __4__ The basic __5__ of English is not very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite __6__ But the more words you know, the more idea you can__7__ and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the __8__ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we __9__ the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions
and __10__ whether we are pleased or angry, for instance.
