Exam card I i reading Charles Darwin (1809—1882)

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II Grammar
1. I always feel positive ..... the start of the week.
in
at
on
2. Hundreds of people ..... by the new factory this year.
are employed
were employed
have been employed
3. Many accidents ..... by dangerous driving.
caused
are caused
have been caused
4. Great Britain consists of ..... parts.
three
a three
the three
5 Do you want ... with you or do you want to go alone?
me coming
me to come
that I come
that I will come
6. Jeremy ..... basketball this season; he wants to concentrate on his studies.
doesn’t play
hasn’t been playing
isn’t playing
hasn’t played
7. - Do you remember me? - Of course, I do. We ..... several times before.
have met
meet
met
have been meeting
8. Pushkin, the great Russian poet, was born in ......
1799
a 1799
the 1799
9. I ….. leave the party early last night. I wasn’t very well.
have to
was to
had to
must
10 ‘Where ...?’ ‘In London’.
were you born
are you born
have you been born
did you born
III Essay Writing
Will modern technology such as the internet ever replace the book or the written word as the main source of information?
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EXAM CARD XII
AMERICAN GENIUS
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin was easily the foremost American scientist of his day, and his ingenuity was immensely wide ranging. He was a printer, publisher, writer, statesman, and scientist. He was also a gifted inventor. Here are some of his inventions.
Having established by observation and logic, and then by a practical kite test, that lightning is atmospheric electricity, he went on to invent the lightning rod, to this day a building's best protection against thunderbolts.
Franklin also originated much of the vocabulary of electricity, including such terms as "battery", "condenser", "charge", "discharge", "positive", "negative".
Americans had previously relied on the open fireplace, which sent most of the heat up the chimney, or the German stove, which made breathing uncomfortable by constantly reheating the air. Franklin pulled the stove away from the wall to increase its heating efficiency and gave it a flue that lost less heat and also served as a simple radiator.
His restless mind fixed on problems large and small. It is to Franklin that we are indebted for the grocer's claw, the mechanical hand attached to a pole used for reaching items stored on high shelves.
At the age of 83, under the spur of his own nearsightedness, Franklin invented the bifocal. The top half of each lens was for distance viewing, the bottom half for reading.