Read the following text and choose the best answer for the questions below.
The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison was working on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.
In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater; in this way, he was able to reproduce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he tested it. He recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience.
32 | What is the best title for the passage? |
| A. Improvements in telephone and telegraph | B. An accidental invention |
| C. Thomas Edison’s many inventions | D. The History of Menlo Park |
33 | In what year did the invention of phonograph occur? |
| A. 1876 | B. the article does not say |
| C. 1878 | D. 1877 |
34 | What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph? |
| A. A telephone repeater | B. A telegraph diaphragm |
| C. A telegraph repeater | D. A telephone diaphragm |
35 | According to the passage, how was the phonograph made? |
| A. From a combination of telephone & telegraph part |
| B. With only a telegraph repeater |
| C. From a recording of a telegraph |
| D. With a telephone needle and a recorder |
36 | According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention? |
| A. He produced the audience voice. | B. He read a children’s rhyme. |
| C. He used a carbon transmitter. | D. He made improvements to the machine. |
32.B
33.D
34.C
35.A
36.B
32
What is the best title for the passage?
A. Improvements in telephone and telegraph
B. An accidental invention
C. Thomas Edison’s many inventions
D. The History of Menlo Park
33
In what year did the invention of phonograph occur?
A. 1876
B. the article does not say
C. 1878
D. 1877
34
What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph?
A. A telephone repeater
B. A telegraph diaphragm
C. A telegraph repeater
D. A telephone diaphragm
35
According to the passage, how was the phonograph made?
A. From a combination of telephone & telegraph part
B. With only a telegraph repeater
C. From a recording of a telegraph
D. With a telephone needle and a recorder
36
According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?
A. He produced the audience voice.
B. He read a children’s rhyme.
C. He used a carbon transmitter.
D. He made improvements to the machine.