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Test 6. Look at the statements below. Read the texts about two famous scientists
(A, B). For Questions 1-9, choose from the texts (A / B) or both (A, B). There is
an example 0 at the beginning.
0 He was the greatest inventor of the 19
th
century. A, B
1. Every time I switch on the light, I think of him.
2. Both his father and he had the same job.
3. He contributed to improving the other’s invention.
4. His job contributed much to making his first invention.
5. He developed his own teaching system.
6. He got an idea about his future invention when he was using a
telegraph.
7. He developed the technology of making films.
8. Inventions brought him a lot of money.
9. He became very famous.
A. Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison got an opportunity to go to school at the age of eight and a
half. But according to his own words he didn’t see any excitement in studying.
After only three months the teacher called him “stupid”, and Thomas came home
crying. It’s incredible, but from then on, his mother was engaged in teaching him.
And it contributed greatly to his development as a personality. He also read science
books, which were available, by himself.
At the age of twelve he obtained a job selling newspapers. He managed to make
money in a simple but clever way. First and foremost he checked the news section.
When the news turned up to be fairly interesting, he took a lot of papers; when it
wasn’t of particular character, he took only a few.
Later he got another job sending telegraph messages. It was then when he realised
his ambition to invent new things. He saw original ways to make the telegraph
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