Reading Comprehension TOEFL Exams 133

TOEFL Exams: Reading Comprehension - Lesson 133 (Đọc hiểu - TOEFL - Bài 133) 

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The invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There Edison worked on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell system. In that 5 laboratory a year later Edison invented the phonograph while trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater to produce a recording that could be played back. After some improvements to the machine, he recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and played the recognizable reproduction 10 of his voice back to an astonished audience.

1. What is the best title for the passage?
(A) Thomas Edison's Many Inventions
(B) Improvements in the Telephone and Telegraph
(C) The History of Menlo Park
(D) A Surprise Invention
2. According to the passage, the invention of the phonograph
(A) was quite unplanned
(B) was Edison's principal project
(C) was surprising to no oneonists
(D) took many years
3. In what year did the invention of the phonograph occur?
(A) 1876
(B) 1877
(C) 1878
(D) The article does not say.
4. According to the passage, how was the phonograph made?
(A) With a telephone needle and a recorder
(B) From a recording of a telegraph
(C) With only a telegraph repeater
(D) From a combination of telephone and telegraph parts
5. According to the passage, how did Edison test his new invention?
(A) He made improvements to the machine.
(B) He used a carbon transmitter.
(C) He read a children's rhyme.
(D) He reproduced the audience's voice.
6. According to the passage, how did people feel when they heard Edison's rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?
(A) Perplexed
(B) Amazed
(C) Aggravated
(D) Detached