Reading 9

1. Read. Then answer the questions (1)
Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1984.His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.
Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th , 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He lel numerous in ventions that improved the quality of life all over the word.
1. How did Thomas Edison light up the world?
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2. How often did Edison create something new?
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3. How old was Edison when he die?
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4. Was Thomas mostly self educated?
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2. Read. Then answer the questions (2)
Are you looking for a cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources? Look no further than solar energy from our sun. At present, most of our electricity comes from the use of coal and gas, oil or nuclear power. This power could be provided by the sun. One percent of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is enough to provide power for the total population. Many countries are already using solar energy. Solar panels are placed on the roof of a house and the Sun’s energy is used to heat water. The energy can be stored for a number of days, so on cloudy days you can use solar energy and cars will use solar power instead of gas by the year 2015.
1. What does most of our electric come from?
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2. What is the cheap, clean, effective source of power that doesn’t cause pollution or waste natural resources?
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3. Can the solar energy that get to the Earth provide to enough power for the world’s population?
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4. When will cars use solar power instead of gas in Sweden?
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3. Read then answer the questions (3)
For many people the language of the Internet is English. "World, Wide, web: Three English Words " was the name of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Time a few years ago. The article went on to say: "If you want to take full advantage of the Internet, there is only one real way to do it: learn English."
In general, it is not difficult to learn to use Internet services. But although Internet services are rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar with English. In fact, knowledge of English is one of the most important aspects that help you use the Internet. Learning to use a new Internet service may take a few hours, a few days, or some weeks, but it takes years to learn a language so that you can use it fluently and confidently. Of course, when you know some English, you can learn more just by using it on the Internet. But at least your English should be good enough to understand commonly used words and to know what to do on the Internet.
1. Which language is considered the language of the Internet?
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2. What should you do to take full advantage of the Internet?
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3. How long does it take you to use a language fluently and confidently?
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4. Can you use Internet well, If you don`t know English?
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4. Read then answer the questions (4)
A tornado is a tube of spinning air that touches the ground. Wind inside the tornado, spinning very fast, makes tornadoes very dangerous.
Tornadoes mostly happen during very strong thunderstorms. They cause a lot of damage to anything they touch. People die every year from tornadoes.
Tornadoes are ranked on the Fujita scale, from F0 to F5. F0 has the lowest wind speed, and F5 has the highest wind speed.
The United States of America has the most tornadoes every year, but tornadoes can happen in any country. If a tornado is coming, the safest thing to do is to go to a basement or a bathroom with no windows. People should never be in a car or a mobile home when there is a tornado near.

What is a tornado?
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When do tornadoes mostly happen?
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How are tornadoes ranked?
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Where should we hide