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C. a mountain range D. a railroad company
65. It can be inferred from the passage that__.
A. Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry
B. Morse’s invention immediately achieved its full potential
C. The extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention
D. Journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry
66. The word “ revolutionized” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to.
A. destroyed B. revolved C gathered D. transformed
67. According to the passage, which of the following is Not true about the growth of the
communications industry?
A. Morse invented the telegraph in 1837.
B. People could use the telegraph in San Francisco in 1861.
C. The telegraph led to the invention of the rotary printing press.
D. The telegraph helped connect the entire nation.
68. The word “gathering “in the second paragraph refers to.
A). people B. information C. objects D. computer magazine
69. This passage would most likely be found in a.
A U. S. history book B. book on trains C. science textbook D. computer magazine
70. How does the author feel about the invention of the electric telegraph?
A. indifferent B. admiring C. neutral D. uninterested
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct
word for each of the blanks, from 71 to 80
At 19, Ben Way was already a millionaire, and one of a number of teenagers who(71) their fortune
through the Internet. (72) makes Ben’s story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and
was (73)by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write properly. ” I
wanted to prove them (74)“, says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch engine which can be used
to find goods in online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities(75) him with a PC to help with school work. Althrough he
was (76)to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and encouraged by his
father, he soon began(77) people $ 10 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he
(78) up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two
years later he left school to(79) all his time to business.
“By this time the company had grown and needed to take(80) a couple of employees to
help me”, says Ben. That enabled me to start doing business with bigger companies. It was his ability to
consistently overcome difficult challenges that led him to win the “Young Entrepreneur of the year”
award in the same year that he formed Waysearch.
71. A. taken B. made C. put D. done
72. A. This B. That C. Something D. What
73. A. said B. told C. suggested D. reported
74. A. wrong B. false C. untrue D. unfair
75. A. provided B. gave C. offered D. got
76. A. imppossible B. incapable C. disabled D. unable
77. A. owing B. charging C. lending D. borrowing
78. A. put B. ran C. made D. set
79. A. pay B. spend C. devote D. invest
80. A. on B. up C. out D. over