6 Write complete sentences to answer these questions about the story.
Mystery story
One afternoon a young man was sitting in a café
drinking coffee.
a What else was he doing? He was talking on his
mobile phone.
Suddenly an old man ran into the café and shouted the
young man's name.
b What was the young man's name?
c What was the old man wearing?
d What was the old man carrying?
The young man didn't appear to be very happy to see the
old man. He immediately started to look inside his bag.
What was he looking for?
f What did he take out of his bag?
The old man ran quickly towards the young man.
g Then what did he do?
h What did the young man do and why?
i How did the story end?
Two world wars helped to develop the chemical industry. The 20th century gave us the automobile, the airplane, the helicopter, the cinema, the computer and the nuclear reactor.
People believe that inventions occur as the need arises. From this point of view, someone else might have invented the telephone. As it happened, it was Alexander Graham Bell.
He was born in Scotland and spent his youth in England. His parents moved in scientific circles, where experiments were being carried out on the human voice. That was the reason why Bell became interested in the subject. Later he began experimenting with a multiple telegraph that could send more than one message at a time.
After graduating from the University of London, Bell was a teacher of the deaf. Later he moved to America and invented a little machine, that he could use in teaching the deaf. This little machine called the phonautograph, gave him a key to the invention of the telephone. Bell took on an assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who knew about electricity a lot more than he did. They were working together, when Bell's idea for the telephone came to him.
The first model of his invention was shown in 1876
1 There's a new drinks machine in the office.' - f) the coffee won't be very good.
2 'She's going to live in France for a year. - d) she will come back speaking French fluently
3 'I broke one of my mum's best glasses. - h) she will be furious
4 'We're going to get tickets for the concert tonight. - a) they will be very expensive
5 'The teacher isn't going to be here tomorrow? - l) great! so we won't have the exam!
6 'My brother's going to sell his flat in London. - j) he will get a lot of money for it
7 'I'm going to stop smoking? - g) you will feel much healthier
8 'She's going to buy another mobile phone. - c) she will probably lose it, just like the other two
9 'My son has a degree in Computer Science. - i) i'm sure he will get a good job
10 I'm going on a walking holiday in Scotland. - k) it will rain every day
11 'I'm taking my driving test tomorrow. - b) don't worry. you will pass!
12 'I'm going to see Terminator 3 tonight. - e) you won't like it. it's very violent