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30 tháng 5 2018

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Can you imagine what Edison's life in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really be used by all; machines to measure the electricity each home or office used things to make it certain that the electricity in the wires did not start fires, things to send electricity (1)..... the right places. Everything that was needed had to be thought of and (2)...... by Edison and the men who worked(3) ...... him. There was no place where they could buy the things they (20) ..... Edison made 360 inventions (4) ...... inventions (5) ...... to send electric power to wherever it was wanted.

1) A. To B. By C. At D. In

2) A. Building B. Built C. Was building D. Builds

3) A. About B. Near C. With D. Together

4) A. Need B. Are needing

C. Were needing D. Needed

5) A. Less B. Least C. Much D. More

30 tháng 5 2018

thế còn cái chấm chấm ở số 20 thì tính sao nhỉ :))

Giải giúp mình với ! PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose. 1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all. A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully 2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water. A. so B. but C. although D. so that 3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night. A. who B. whom C. where D. whose 4. I am responsible for the...
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Giải giúp mình với !

PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.

1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all.

A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully

2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water.

A. so B. but C. although D. so that

3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night.

A. who B. whom C. where D. whose

4. I am responsible for the preparation,________?

A. aren’t I B. am I C. am not I D. don’t I

5. _____ I use your car?- Of course. Here’s the key.

A. May B. Must C. Need D. Should

6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?”

A. No, let’s not. B. No, I don’t. C. No, thanks. D. No, I wouldn’t.

7. Peter behaved so badly at the party. I wish I _______ him.

A. do not invite B. did not invite C. had not invited D. would not invite

8. That car runs at _______ speed of 180 miles _______ hour.

A. the / an B. a / the C. a / a D. the / a

9. We need _______ money to send our son to Oxford University.

A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of

10. Mary was the_______________ of the three sisters.

A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. cleverest

11. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I got wet.

A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet.

B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.

C. I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

D. Had I had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

12. The president refused to make any judgement ______ the situation.

A. on B. with C. about D. to

13. I am fed ______ hanging around here with nothing to do.

A. up on B. out of C. up with D. by

14. The test is taking place ______ a week’s time.

A. in B. at C. for D. on

15. You can borrow this car if you promise to look ______ it carefully.

A. into B. at C. after D. up

PART II: (2.0 pts) Fill each gap in the passage with one suitable word from the box. Write your answers in the space provided under this passage.

barely created destroyed drop every

widespread factors natural pests from

Famine is a prolong food shortage that causes (1)________ hunger and death. Throughout history, famine has truck at least one area of the world (2) ________ few years. Most of the developing nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America have (3)________ enough food for their people. Millions in these countries go hungry. When food production or imports (4) ________ for any reason, famine may strike and thousands or millions of people may die.

Many famines have more than one cause. For example, the great Bengal famine of 1943 in Eastern India was caused by both (5)________ and historical events. World War II (6)________ a general food shortage and let to the cutoff of rice imports from Burma, which had been occupied by the Japanese. Then a cyclone (7)________ much farmland. Famine struck, and more than one and a half million persons died.

Nearly all famines result (8)________ crop failures. The chief causes of crop failure include drought, too much rainfall and flooding, and plant diseases and (9) ________. Many other (10) ________ may also help create a famine.

Your answers:

1 _______________________ 6 _______________________

2 _______________________ 7 _______________________

3 _______________________ 8 _______________________

4 _______________________ 9 _______________________

5 _______________________ 10 _______________________

PART III: (2.5 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed verb in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

I woke up while the flight attendant (0. serve ) breakfast. I (1.come) home after a long time abroad. I had been away for over twenty years. I wondered whether things (2.change) much. The plane landed and the bus (3. take) us to the terminal building. After I (4. collect) my luggage, I walked out of the baggage hall. I had a big surprise. Almost half my family (5. be) there to meet me. It was wonderful.

“You (6. not recognize) the old town,” my sister told me. “Almost everything (7. change) since you last saw it. The old town hall (8. destroy) by a fire about five years ago. They (9.build) a new one at the moment. They (10. build) it for the past three years in fact, but they haven’t finished it yet.

0. was serving

1/________­­­­­_­­­____

2/_________­____

3/_____________

4/_____________

5/_____________

6/_____________

7/_____________

8/_____________

9/_____________

10/_____________

PART IV : (1.0 pt): Identify the words or phrases ( A, B, C, or D) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. Circle the letter you choose.

1. When a patient’s blood pressure is much higher than it should be, a doctor usually

A B C

insists that he will not smoke.

D

2. First raise your hand, and then, you should repeat after me.

A B C D

3. It is believed that pollute is one of the main causes of species extinction.

A B C D

4. People should organize different activities to protect these rarely animals.

A B C D

5. The important thing is to believe that the problems can be solve and not to give up

A B C D

PART V: (1.0 pt) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classroom.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 100-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under the trees- anywhere at all!

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students

a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _____.

A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet

C. work at home D. connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B. 1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _____.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

PART VI: (2.0 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided below.

1. We were very pleased with the ( WARM) of his welcome.

2. I feel like a (STRANGE) in this city.

3. It’s my (RESPONSIBLE) to postpone the meeting.

4. (POLITE) is an important factor in communication.

5. A pharmacist’s job requires him or her to work (CARE) and quickly.

6. Tom was accused of stealing some (CONFIDENCE) documents.

7. Scientists consider it (BELIEVE) that gods create volcanic eruption.

8. Tom spoke ( BREATH) because he was so excited.

Your answers:

1 _______________________ 5 _______________________

2 _______________________ 6 _______________________

3 _______________________ 7 _______________________

4 _______________________ 8 _______________________

PART VII: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word, A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.

Can you imagine what Thomas Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really _____(1)______ by all; machines to _____(2)______ the electricity each home ; things ____(3)_____ it certain that the electricity in the wires did not ____(4)_____ fires; things to send electricity ____(5)_____ the right places.

Everything that was ____(6)_____ had to be thought of and ____(7)____ by Edison and the men who worked with him. There was no place where they could buy the things they ____(8)____ . Edison made 360 inventions or ___(9)_____ in order to send electric power to ____(10)____ it was wanted.

1. A. use B. used C. be used D. be using

2. A. measure B. test C. obtain D. take

3. A. make B. to make C. making D. to be made

4. A. like B. put C. start D. begin

5. A. to B. by C. at D. in

6. A. obtained B. accepted C. tried D. needed

7. A. building B. built C. was building D. build

8. A. need B. are needing C. were needing D. needed

9. A. less B. least C. much D. more

10. A. whoever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

SECTION II: WRITING (6.5 pts)

PART I: (2.5 pts) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. We like to lie on the beach all day.

® We enjoy __________________________________________________

2. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.

® My mother never lets_________________________________________

3. If you don’t start working hard now, you won’t be able to pass the final test.

® Unless_____________________________________________________

4. I was sick with the flu, I still had to study for the test.

à Although___________________________________________________

5. The tea is too hot for me to drink.

® It is such___________________________________________________

6. You forgot to switch on the washing machine, didn’t you?

® You didn’t__________________________________________________

7. Anne could not go to university because of her financial difficulties.

® Because Anne_______________________________________________

8. The doctor suggested we should walk every day for extra exercise.

® The doctor recommended us____________________________________

9. The book was interesting to most children.

® Most children_______________________________________________

10. “ How many survivors are there?”, asked the journalist.

® The journalist asked__________________________________________

PART II: (4.0 pts) In about 150-180 words, write a composition on this topic.

“The important of reading books”

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PART I: (3.0 pts) Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) which best completes each sentence. Circle the letter you choose.

1. Your plan was completely _______. It didn’t work at all.

A. used B. useful C. useless D. usefully

2. Claire wanted to make tea, _______ she heated some water.

A. so B. but C. although D. so that

3. A man from our village, ________ children I teach, was on T.V. last night.

A. who B. whom C. where D. whose

4. I am responsible for the preparation,________?

A. aren’t I B. am I C. am not I D. don’t I

5. _____ I use your car?- Of course. Here’s the key.

A. May B. Must C. Need D. Should

6. “Would you like a glass of green tea?”

A. No, let’s not. B. No, I don’t. C. No, thanks. D. No, I wouldn’t.

7. Peter behaved so badly at the party. I wish I _______ him.

A. do not invite B. did not invite C. had not invited D. would not invite

8. That car runs at _______ speed of 180 miles _______ hour.

A. the / an B. a / the C. a / a D. the / a

9. We need _______ money to send our son to Oxford University.

A. a large sum of B. a few of C. many D. lot of

10. Mary was the_______________ of the three sisters.

A. clever B. clever as C. cleverer D. cleverest

11. I didn’t have an umbrella, so I got wet.

A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t get wet.

B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet.

C. I had had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

D. Had I had an umbrella, I wouldn’t have got wet.

12. The president refused to make any judgement ______ the situation.

A. on B. with C. about D. to

13. I am fed ______ hanging around here with nothing to do.

A. up on B. out of C. up with D. by

14. The test is taking place ______ a week’s time.

A. in B. at C. for D. on

15. You can borrow this car if you promise to look ______ it carefully.

A. into B. at C. after D. up

11 tháng 2 2018

PART III: (2.5 pts) Write the correct FORM of each bracketed verb in the numbered spaces provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

I woke up while the flight attendant (0. serve ) breakfast. I (1.come)home after a long time abroad. I had been away for over twenty years. I wondered whether things (2.change) much. The plane landed and the bus (3. take) us to the terminal building. After I (4. collect) my luggage, I walked out of the baggage hall. I had a big surprise. Almost half my family (5. be) there to meet me. It was wonderful.

“You (6. not recognize) the old town,” my sister told me. “Almost everything (7. change) since you last saw it. The old town hall (8. destroy) by a fire about five years ago. They (9.build) a new one at the moment. They (10. build) it for the past three years in fact, but they haven’t finished it yet.

0. was serving

1/__was serving_­­­­­

2/__had come___

3/___changed__

4/__had collect__

5/___was____

6/didn't recognize

7/_has change__

8/__was destroyed

9/__are building_

10___have built

PART V: (1.0 pt) Read the following passage and circle the answers A, B, C or D which is most accurate according to the information given in the passage.

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classroom.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 100-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under the trees- anywhere at all!

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students

a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to _____.

A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet

C. work at home D. connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don’t really talk.

B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.

D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B. 1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can _____.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

PART VII: (2.0 pts) Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word, A, B, C, or D to fill in each gap.

Can you imagine what Thomas Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really _____(1)______ by all; machines to _____(2)______ the electricity each home ; things ____(3)_____ it certain that the electricity in the wires did not ____(4)_____ fires; things to send electricity ____(5)_____ the right places.

Everything that was ____(6)_____ had to be thought of and ____(7)____ by Edison and the men who worked with him. There was no place where they could buy the things they ____(8)____ . Edison made 360 inventions or ___(9)_____ in order to send electric power to ____(10)____ it was wanted.

1. A. use B. used C. be used D. be using

2. A. measure B. test C. obtain D. take

3. A. make B. to make C. making D. to be made

4. A. like B. put C. start D. begin

5. A. to B. by C. at D. in

6. A. obtained B. accepted C. tried D. needed

7. A. building B. built C. was building D. build

8. A. need B. are needing C. were needing D. needed

9. A. less B. least C. much D. more

10. A. whoever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever

SECTION II: WRITING (6.5 pts)

PART I: (2.5 pts) Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

1. We like to lie on the beach all day.

® We enjoy _____lying on the beach all day._______________

2. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.

® My mother never lets________me go out alone at night._______

3. If you don’t start working hard now, you won’t be able to pass the final test.

® Unless______you start working hard now, you won’t be able to pass the final test.________

4. I was sick with the flu, I still had to study for the test.

à Although__________I was sick with the flu, I had to study for the test.______

5. The tea is too hot for me to drink.

® It is such________a hot tea that I cann't drink_________

6. You forgot to switch on the washing machine, didn’t you?

® You didn’t_remember to switch on the washing machine, did you?

8. The doctor suggested we should walk every day for extra exercise.

® The doctor recommended us__to walk every day for extra exercise.

10. “ How many survivors are there?”, asked the journalist.

® The journalist asked____me how many survivors there were

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio,on 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months.His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at ayoung age. Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although The electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also...
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Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio,on 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months.His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at ayoung age.
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although The electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera. and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep eat.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved quality of life all over the world

1. When and where was Edison born?

2. How did Thomas Edison light up the world?

3. How often did Edison light up the world?

4. Was Edition mostly self-educated?

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18 tháng 11 2019

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio,on 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months.His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at ayoung age.
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although The electric light was the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera. and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep eat.
Thomas Edison died in 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved quality of life all over the world

1. When and where was Edison born?

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio,on 1847.

2. How did Thomas Edison light up the world?

He lighted up the world with his invention of the electric light.

3. How often did Edison light up the world?

About every two weeks

4. Was Edition mostly self-educated?

Yes , he was

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18 tháng 11 2019

1. Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on 1847

2. He invited the electric light

3. About every two weeks

4. Sửa lại Edition thành Edison bạn nha.

Yes, he was, he was mostly self-educated

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

Question: When and where was Edison born?

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22 tháng 12 2018

Đáp án: February 11th, 1847 in Milan, Ohio

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

When and where was Edison born?

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6 tháng 9 2017

February 11th, 1847 in Milan, Ohio

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

How did Thomas Edison light up the world?

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14 tháng 1 2019

He invented the eletric light.

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

Question: How did Thomas Edison light up the world?

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15 tháng 6 2018

Đáp án: He invented the eletric light.

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

Question: How often did Edison create something new?

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3 tháng 8 2018

Đáp án: About every 2 weeks

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
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Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

How often did Edison create something new?

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3 tháng 4 2017

About every 2 weeks

Read the passage and answer the questions.Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light...
Đọc tiếp

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

Question: How old was Edison when he died?

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19 tháng 2 2019

Đáp án: 84