TEST 2I. CHOOSE THE WORD WHOSE UNDERLINED PART IN PRONOUNCED DIFFERENT...

50. A device called the telephone is first introduced in 1876.

A B C D

V. Choose the words or phrases that best fit each of the blank spaces.

THE TELESCOPE

Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in the city of Pisa, Italy. About twenty years (51) ______ he

attended the university of Pisa. At first he wanted to become a doctor, but while he was there he

became (52) ______ in science and decided (53) ______ a scientist. In 1592, a year after his father’s

(54) ______, the university of Padua invited him to be a professor of mathematics. He stayed there

for 19 years, where he became interested in the stars. He (55) ______ an instrument which made far

(56) ______ things look larger and easier to examine. This was (57) ______ the telescope. When he

was studying the stars, he (58) ______ that the “stars” which moved were not really stars, but worlds

(59) ______ the earth. He proved that Copernicus was right; the earth and the planets moved (60)

______ the sun.