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    The passage summarizes three popular inventions from the 1920s: the television, refrigerator, and polygraph (lie detector). The television was invented in 1924 by John Logie Baird and first transmitted images over a short distance. In 1928, television images were sent between Britain and America, and to a ship at sea. People could watch moving images broadcast from stations in their homes for £25. Refrigerators became widely used in American homes in the 1920s after their invention in 1913, with sales increasing greatly. The polygraph was invented in 1921 as a way to measure physiological responses to detect lies, but it was not accepted as reliable evidence in court.

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    The passage summarizes three popular inventions from the 1920s: the television, refrigerator, and polygraph (lie detector). The television was invented in 1924 by John Logie Baird and first transmitted images over a short distance. In 1928, television images were sent between Britain and America, and to a ship at sea. People could watch moving images broadcast from stations in their homes for £25. Refrigerators became widely used in American homes in the 1920s after their invention in 1913, with sales increasing greatly. The polygraph was invented in 1921 as a way to measure physiological responses to detect lies, but it was not accepted as reliable evidence in court.

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    The passage summarizes three popular inventions from the 1920s: the television, refrigerator, and polygraph (lie detector). The television was invented in 1924 by John Logie Baird and first transmitted images over a short distance. In 1928, television images were sent between Britain and America, and to a ship at sea. People could watch moving images broadcast from stations in their homes for £25. Refrigerators became widely used in American homes in the 1920s after their invention in 1913, with sales increasing greatly. The polygraph was invented in 1921 as a way to measure physiological responses to detect lies, but it was not accepted as reliable evidence in court.

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    A2 Reading Test

    Read the text about three famous inventions, and answer those tasks below

    Three popular inventions from the 1920s

    The 1920s was an exciting time for inventions. Some of the things invented around that time changed the lives of millions of people, and

    some of those inventions are still widely used today.

    The television

    The invention with the biggest impact was probably the television. It was invented by a Scottish man, John Logie Baird. The first

    televised pictures were sent over a short distance in 1924, and his invention was formally demonstrated at the Royal Institute two years

    later. The pictures on the screen were not clear, but the viewers could see that they were human faces, and they could see their eyes

    opening and closing. In 1928, images were sent from Britain to America, and later, to a ship 1,500 miles out to sea. In the same year, the

    first colour images were sent. The first ‘seeing-in sets’ were sold that same year. For £25 (£1000 in today’s money), people in their homes

    could watch moving images that were sent from a broadcasting station.

    The fridge

    Another invention that became popular in the 1920s was the home refrigerator. People used different ways to keep food cool and fresh

    long before the 1900s, but home fridges weren’t invented until 1913 in the USA. Home fridges became very popular in the USA in the

    1920s. Sales of the popular ‘Frigidaire’ model increased from 5,000 in 1921 to 750,000 in 1926. British people were less interested in

    fridges than Americans. They thought that they were unnecessary because the weather in Britain was cooler. But fridges were heavily

    advertised, and their advantages were described in detail. Soon, more fridges were sold, and the price decreased.

    The polygraph

    Another interesting invention of the 1920s was the polygraph, or lie detector. It was invented in 1921 by a Californian policeman, John

    Larson. He used the ideas of other psychologists to make a machine that measured people’s heart rate, breathing and blood pressure while

    they were asked questions. The experts believed that sudden changes in these measurements showed that someone was lying. Although

    this invention is well-known, it can’t really detect lies. Marston tried to use measurements from his polygraph in a court case in 1923, but

    they weren’t accepted as evidence and never have been since then. However, polygraphs are still used by some police forces and the FBI

    because many people believe they work, so they tell the truth to avoid the machine.

    Reading comprehension test

    Task 1: Underline those verbs which are used in passive.

    Task 2: Write synonym of those words below.

    Word Synonym Vietnamese meaning

    Exciting
    Impact

    Demonstrate

    Popular

    Necessary

    Decrease

    Task 3: Answer those questions below:

    1. Which invention was the most effective? And who invented?


    2. What could people see on the screen?
    3. When were the pictures sent from Britain to America?
    4. What could people watch images from?
    5. When was the fridge invented in America?
    6. Why were British people less interested in the fridges?
    7. What were the main usages of the lie detectors?
    8. Who can use the lie detectors?
    Task 4: Choose true or false

    窗体顶端

    1When television images were first transmitted, viewers didn’t know exactly what the image was.

    a.True

    b.False

    窗体底端

    The television was demonstrated at the Royal Institute in 1926.

    a.True

    b.False

    Colour images were not possible until after the 1920s.

    a.True

    b.False

    Television images were first sent across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.

    a.True

    b.False

    People could buy television sets in the 1920s.

    a.True

    b.False

    Home refrigerators were invented in the 1920s.

    a.True
    b.False

    Fridges became popular in the USA before they were popular in the UK.

    a.True

    b.False

    Some psychologists helped John Larson to build his invention.

    a.True

    b.False

    On some occasions, lie detectors have been used as evidence in court.

    a.True

    b.False

    Today, lie detectors are never used by the police.

    a.True

    b.False

    Task 5: Summarise the reading

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