Read the Article and Answer Questions 1-7
Quiz Unit 3
Part 1: Reading (50 points)
Read the article and answer questions 1-7.
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Young Inventors
Steve Jobs was a teenager when he and Steve Wozniak first started working together on inventing things. Their most famous invention was the Apple computer. Bill Gates created his first computer program when he was still in high school. But young inventors aren’t new to the modern world. There have been young inventors throughout history.Here are three examples:
The first mechanical adding machine was invented in 1642 by a 19-year-old Frenchman named Blaise Pascal, who later became a famous mathematician. Pascal’s father was a tax collector1 in France. Blaise was working with his father and invented a machine to make adding the numbers faster and easier. The machine, called the Pascaline, looked like a big metal box. Pascal’s invention was important because it was a step in the development of calculators.
In 1824, 15-year-old Louis Braille developed a special way for blind people to read and write. Braille lost his eyesight in an accident when he was a small child. Luckily, his parents encouraged him to learn new things and to do things by himself. He went to school at France’s Royal Institute for Blind Youth, one of the first schools for blind children in the world. While studying there, he invented a special system for reading and writing, using raised dots2. His system, braille, is now used throughout the world.
There were also teen inventors in sports. George Nissen was a high school gymnast3 who liked to watch trapeze artists4 jump off their swings into the safety net, where they bounced5 and turned. He thought that bouncing and turning like that could help him in his training as a gymnast. So, in 1934, Nissen and his coach made the first trampoline. They took canvas, a special kind of strong cloth, and attached it to a metal frame. The trampoline became popular at schools and circuses, and eventually developed into a new sport. Nissen had always wanted trampolining to be an Olympic sport. His dream finally came true at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Pascal, Braille and Nissen didn’t plan to become inventors. They just wanted to improve the situation, for themselves and for others, at work, at school or in sports. If they could do it, maybe you too have the creativity to be an inventor.
1 tax collector גובה מיסים / جابي الضرائب 3 gymnast מתעמל / رياضي 5 bounced קפצו / قفزوا
2 raised dots נקודות בולטות / نقاط مرتفعة 4 trapeze artist אמן טרפז, לוליין / بهلوان
1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? (lines 1-5) …… / 6 points
a. Steve Jobs invented the Apple computer.
b. There have always been teenage inventors.
c. Young inventors usually work together.
d. Bill Gates is famous as a young inventor.
2. Complete the chart below. Use eye-catchers in the article to help you. …… / 8 points
Inventor / Age / Problem / Year of Invention / Solution / Invention
19 / He wanted to make adding all the numbers faster and easier.
Louis Braille / 1824 / braille
teenager / He wanted a way that bouncing and turning could help him train as a gymnast.
3. What is the connection between Pascal’s machine and calculators? (lines 6-11) …… / 6 points
4. List TWO ways Louis Braille’s parents helped him succeed. (lines 12-17) …… / 10 points
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5. a. Circle the correct answer, Yes or No. (lines 12-17) …… / 4 points
Braille’s invention was a success. YES / NO
b. Copy the words from the article that helped you answer. …… / 4 points
6. Why did George Nissen want to make a trampoline? (lines 18-25) …… / 7 points
7. Write the paragraph number for each heading. …… / 5 points
Paragraph
a. Let Your Fingers Do the Reading ……
b. Jumping for Joy ……
c. A Faster Way to Add ……
d. Becoming an Inventor ……
e. Young Inventors in Past and the Present ……
Part 2: Vocabulary (20 points)
A Circle the correct answer. …… / 8 points
1. The people … the factory of polluting the river.
a. accused b. admitted c. contacted
2. Romantic comedies often … : a man and a woman meet; at first they don’t like each other,
but in the end they fall in love.
a. break the rules b. follow a pattern c. get off the ground
3. My brother is a real … . He believes anything you tell him.
a. customer b. member c. sucker
4. That stamp is very … . It’s worth a fortune.
a. rare b. specific c. powerful
5. We must … the furniture to make room for the party.
a. register b. rearrange c. attach
6. It wasn’t an accident. Those boys broke the window … .
a. officially b. apparently c. on purpose
7. I didn’t want to stay for dinner, but she … .
a. insisted b. cheered c. observed
8. Potatoes … in South America.
a. origin b. originally c. originated
B Circle the correct answer. …… / 6 points
1. He is upset because his parents forbid / allow him to go to the party.
2. Angela is so positive / negative. She criticizes everything.
3. That’s a trivial / an important decision. I need time to think about it.
4. He went first and the others followed / led him.
5. Most people are awake / asleep in the middle of the night.
6. We knew exactly what to do because the instructions were very general / specific.
C Write two sentences of your own, using two of the words or phrases …… / 6 points
below in each sentence. Make any necessary changes.
claim ruin ignore customer notice fix
rare fool crazy complaint program sign up
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Part 3: Grammar (20 points)
A Circle the correct answer. …… / 5 points
1. Fresh bread was baked / is baked / are baked every day at the new café.
2. The opera The Magic Flute was written / is written / will be written by Mozart.
3. The plants are brown because they weren’t watered / are watered / will be watered.
4. The projects were returned / are returned / will be returned to the students next week.
5. Her dress is beautiful. It was designed / is designed / will be designed by her best friend.
B Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. …… / 8 points
Use the active or passive.
Coffee
Today, people all over the world 1.…………………………… (drink) coffee. This popular drink 2.…………………………… (discover) over 1,000 years ago by a shepherd* in Ethiopia who noticed that his goats had a lot of energy after they ate a certain red berry. Later, people 3.…………………………… (realize) that drinks made from this berry could help them stay awake. The berry 4.…………………………… (bring) to Yemen by Ethiopian slaves and from there it was taken to Mecca. In the 1600s, coffee was introduced to Europe. But Arabia 5.…………………………… (control) the growing and selling of coffee for many years. Only ground* coffee 6.…………………………… (sell), not the beans. Travelers 7.…………………………… (not allow) to take any coffee beans out of the Arabian countries. Finally, in the 1700s, a clever traveler succeeded in taking some coffee beans out of Arabia into India. Today coffee plants 8.…………………………… (grow) in Jamaica, Indochina, Africa and Brazil, Colombia and Hawaii.
*shepherd רועה צאן / راعي الغنم *ground טחון / مطحون
C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. …… / 7 points
Use the Past Simple or Past Perfect.
1. We couldn’t call Alice because she …………………………… (lost) her cellphone.
2. The team …………………………… (go out) for dinner because they had won the game.
3. Everyone had finished the test by the time the bell …………………………… (ring).
4. I didn’t do well on the test because I …………………………… (study) the wrong material.
5. We were tired because we …………………………… (not sleep) all night.
6. When I got home, I realized that I …………………………… (leave) my wallet at the store.
7. By the time we …………………………… (hear) about his accident, Dan had already gone home from the hospital.
Part 4: Writing (10 points)
Write a description of an object that you often use.
Describe the object, for example, What is it made of? How big is it? What color is it?
Explain how you use it and why it is useful to you.
Write about 100 words.
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