1. This soup is made from black beans. It is black soup. A bean b beans c bean`s d beans` 2

The word “hazardous” in the passage is opposite in meaning to ………
a) dangerous b) perilous c) slow d) safe


476. Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) was a teacher and researcher of physiological and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. Melville Bell, the father of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, studied the anatomy of speech and approached his subjects with scientific thoroughness. In 1864, he completed a universally applicable phonetic alphabet, by which he could describe the manner of production of the sounds of nearly all known languages. He called this alphabet “Visible Speech” and its various symbols – thirty – four in all, showed how the vocal organs would be positioned to make a sound. This alphabet was to become the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is used today.
One can infer from the passage that …………
a) it was Alexander Melville Bell who invented the telephone
b) a scientific approach to study of speech was fulfilled by Alexander Graham Bell in the 19^th century.
c) Melville Bell was the first in the world history to position the vocal organs correctly.
d) the scientific contribution of Melville Bell appeared to be of great importance for future generation.


477. Alexander Melville Bell (1 March 1819 – 7 August 1905) was a teacher and researcher of physiological and was the author of numerous works on orthoepy and elocution. Melville Bell, the father of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, studied the anatomy of speech and approached his subjects with scientific thoroughness. In 1864, he completed a universally applicable phonetic alphabet, by which he could describe the manner of production of the sounds of nearly all known languages. He called this alphabet “Visible Speech” and its various symbols – thirty – four in all, showed how the vocal organs would be positioned to make a sound. This alphabet was to become the direct ancestor of the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is used today.