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C READING W-A-T-T). He revolutionized the steam

IX. engine by making use of a separate
condenser in the original design. When the
3. C 4. D 5. D
financial backing became available, the
4. observation and experimentation
engine was finally introduced in railways and
5. clear and logical ships. There were over 60,000 cars powered
6. scientific terms by steam during the years from 1897 to 1927

X. in the United States.
1. F WRITING
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T XV.

2. 1. Mary said that her brother wanted to
1. 15 minutes 2. 87,000 3. Youtuber become an astronaut in the future.
4. over 1 million dollars 2. Linh said that she didn‟t know who had
invented the radio.
E LISTENING
3. Dave said that reading books on
XIII.
astronomy was one of his favorite daily
1. A, C, F, G, K, L activities.
2. The rest 4. My brother said that in the very near
XIV. future, there would be flying cars.

1. 5. My teacher said that the technology
1. 1698 2. 1712 advances had made people‟s life easier
3. Newcomen 4. 1781 and more comfortable.

5. James Watt
2. Unit 12 LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
1. water by fire 2. (strong) pressure A PHONETICS

3. more than 50 years I.
4. railways and ships 5. over 60,000 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. A

Listening transcript: II.
The first steam-powered machine was built 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A
in 1698 by the English military engineer B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Thomas Savery. He called it “water by fire”. III.
His invention, designed to pump water out of
coal mines, was known as the Miner‟s 1. galaxy 2. weightless
Friend. But because the engine‟s pressure 3. neptune 4. Jupiter
was too strong, it often caused explosions. 5. spaceship 6. satellite
Then in 1712, an English engineer, Thomas 7. alien 8. surface
Newcomen (N-E-W-C-O-M-E-N) invented a 9. accommodation 10. control
more effective and practical steam engine.
The Newcomen engine remained in use for IV.
more than 50 years but they turned out to be A. orbit B. astronaut
inefficient as a lot of energy was required for C. spacecraft D. telescope
the engine to run effectively. Indeed, the E. alien F. satellite
most important improvement in steam engine G. UFO H. comet
design was brought about in 1781 by the
Scottish engineer James Watt (J-A-M-E-S I. buggy car

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