Independent work I variant 1 Reading task

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   Listening task. Travelling abroad
   

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Independent work I
Variant 11

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   Reading task
   

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland onMarch 3, 1847. When he was only eleven years old, heinvented a machine that could clean wheat. Graham studiedanatomy and physiology at the University of London, butmoved with his family to Quebec, Canada in 1870.
Bell soon moved to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1871, hebegan working with deaf people and published the system ofVisible Hearing that was developed by his father. VisibleHearing illustrated how the tongue, lips, and throat are usedto produce vocal sounds. In 1872, Bell founded a school forthe deaf which soon became part of Boston University. 

Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of thetelephone. While trying to discover the secret of transmittingmultiple messages on a single wire, Bell heard the sound of aplucked string along some of the electrical wire. One of Bell'sassistants, Thomas A. Watson, was trying to reactivate atelephone transmitter. After hearing the sound, Bell believedhe could send the sound of a human voice over the wire. Afterreceiving a patent on March 7, 1876 for transmitting soundalong a single wire, he successfully transmitted humanspeech on March 10th. Bell's telephone patent was one of themost valuable patents ever issued. He started the BellTelephone Company in 1877.

Bell went on to invent a precursor to the modern day airconditioner, and a device called a "photophone" that enabledsound to be transmitted on a beam of light and which today'sfiber optic and laser communication systems are based. In1898, Alexander Graham Bell and his son-in law took over theNational Georgraphic Society and built it into one of the mostrecognized magazines in the world. Bell also helped foundScience Magazine, one of the most respected researchjournals in the world.

Alexander Graham Bell died August 2, 1922. On the day of hisburial, in honor of Bell, all telephone services in the UnitedStates were stopped for one minute.

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   Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?
   

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   England
   
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   Quebec
   
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   Scotland
   
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   Boston
   

1. 
   What did Alexander Graham Bell do in 1872?
   

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   Invent a machine for cleaning wheat.
   
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   Start a school of deaf people
   
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   Inventthetelephone
   
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   Study at the University of London
   

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   What was Thomas A. Watson doing when Alexander Graham Bell heard the sound of a plucked string over electric wire?
   

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   Transmitting multiple message over a single wire.
   
2. 
   Transmitting the human voice over the single wire.
   
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   Starting the Bell Telephone Company
   
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   Reactivating a telephonetransmitter
   

1. 
   What is the best definition for "transmit" in this passage.
   

1. 
   toblockbystopping
   
2. 
   tosend.
   
3. 
   tomakelarger
   
4. 
   todisturb
   

1. 
   Whatis a photophone?
   

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   A device that can transmit a message on a soundwave.
   
2. 
   A device that can transmit a message on a wire.
   
3. 
   A device that can transmit a message on a beam if light.
   
4. 
   A device that can transmit a message on a telephone.
   

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