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Read The Text and Do The Exercises Based On It: Inventions That Changed The World

1. The passage describes the invention of the bicycle and its origins from the draisine, a wooden vehicle propelled by pushing one's feet against the ground. 2. A young French aristocrat named Viscount de Roseraie had an accident while riding his draisine, and it was repaired by 14-year-old Ernest Michaux at his father's carriage workshop. 3. Ernest came up with the idea to add pedals while watching a locomotive, greatly improving the draisine's usability and leading to his father obtaining a patent for the modified vehicle, marking the beginnings of the bicycle.

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Read The Text and Do The Exercises Based On It: Inventions That Changed The World

1. The passage describes the invention of the bicycle and its origins from the draisine, a wooden vehicle propelled by pushing one's feet against the ground. 2. A young French aristocrat named Viscount de Roseraie had an accident while riding his draisine, and it was repaired by 14-year-old Ernest Michaux at his father's carriage workshop. 3. Ernest came up with the idea to add pedals while watching a locomotive, greatly improving the draisine's usability and leading to his father obtaining a patent for the modified vehicle, marking the beginnings of the bicycle.

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Name ______________________ The____ of November, 2021

Test paper

Read the text and do the exercises based on it:

INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD


Anyone can be an inventor
In the middle of the 19th century, the people of Paris were shocked to see a young aristocrat riding around the
streets on top of a noisy wooden machine, called draisine, which he propelled by pushing with his feet against
the ground.
At the same time, in a different part of town, the young son of a carriage maker, Ernest Michaux, was falling in
love with trains and locomotives, recently invented by an Englishman.
The story goes that one day, the viscount of Roseraie had an accident while riding his draisine and young
Ernest, who was walking back home from school, happened to see everything and offered the viscount to take
the machine to his father’s shop for repairs. The nobleman accepted and took the draisine to Michaux’s
workshop. The repairs took less time than expected, so young Ernest used the opportunity to learn how to ride
the machine around his father’s yard. And while doing so, he thought it needed some improvement to make it
easier to ride. And, one day when he was watching a new locomotive at the station, a genius idea sprang into
his mind. He ran home, asked his father for help and together they invented and installed the first pedal on the
viscount’s machine.
When viscount Roseraie came to pick his draisine, he was so impressed by Ernest’s idea, that he let the boy
keep it and later helped Michaux senior obtain a patent for his invention.
Many other people around the world then contributed to the improvement and development of this machine
until it became what we know today as the bicycle. But it took the passion and ingenuity of a 14-year-old boy
to think of the essential component that makes the bicycle a fast, fun and clean means of transport.

I. Read the article and choose the correct option A, B or C: (6x0,3p=1,8p)

1. Ernest Michaux was a carriage maker.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

2. It was very expensive to repair the viscount’s draisine.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

3. Ernest loved locomotives and trains.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

4. Ernest got the idea to install a pedal on the draisine when he was driving a locomotive
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

5. Michaux Senior obtained a patent for his son’s invention in 1860


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

6. The bicycle is an environmentally-friendly means of transport.


A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
II. There are six words in bold in the text. Match them with these meanings. ( 5x0,3p=1,5p)

 made of wood wooden


 to push or move something somewhere, often with a lot of force ________________
 an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better _______________
 (informal) to appear suddenly _______________
 the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a number of years _______________
 someone’s ability to think of clever new ways of doing something ________________

III. Complete the sentences with have to / has to or don’t / doesn’t have to: ( 7x0,3p=2,1p)

1. Our teacher doesn’t like mobile phones. We _________________ switch them off during lessons.

2. I know that I _________________work hard for this test! You _________________ tell me!

3. My sister is ill. She _________________ stay in bed.

4. Your room is terrible! You _________________ tidy it up.

5. Mario’s English is perfect. He _________________ study for the tests.

6. I can hear you very well. You _________________ shout!

IV. Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous or past simple form of the verbs. ( 36x0,1p=3,6p )

1. He _______________ (run) and he suddenly _______________ (feel) a pain in his leg.


2. The ball _______________ (hit) me while I _______________ (watch) a bird.
3. Jenny _______________ (sail) with her father when she _______________(see) some dolphins.
4. He _______________ (chase) the ball and he _______________(fall) over.
5. When I _______________ (look) out of the window, it _______________(snow).
6. The electricity _______________ (go) off while we _______________ (watch) a match on TV.
7. I _______________ (write) an email when my phone _______________ (ring).
8. Alex and Sue _______________ (watch) a film on DVD when their friends _______________ (arrive).
9. While Marco _______________ (have) breakfast, he _______________ (have) a great idea.
10. Cristina _______________ (talk) on the phone when her father _______________ (go) out.
11. While they _______________ (walk) in the mountains, they _______________ (see) strange bird.
12. I _______________ (tidy) my room when I ____________ (find) my favourite pen that I lost last week..
1p granted

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