Question

One of the first safe and reliable matches were splinters that were soaked in chemicals and sold together with little bottles of sulphuric acid. The splinter was expected to blaze when dipped into the acid. Sometimes it did blaze, and sometimes it did not; but it was reasonably certain how the acid would behave, for it would always sputter and do its best to spoil someone's clothes. Nevertheless, even such matches as these were regarded as a wonderful convenience, and were sold at five dollars a hundred. With the next kind of match that appeared, a piece of folded sandpaper was sold, and the buyer was told to pinch it hard and draw the match through the fold. These matches were amazingly cheap---eighty-four of them for only twenty-five cents! There have been all sorts of odd matches. One kind actually had a tiny glass ball at the end full of sulphuric acid. To light this, you had to pinch the ball and the acid that was thus let out acted upon the other chemicals on the match and kindled it - or was expected to kindle it, which wasn't always the same thing.
Making matches was big business. It was estimated that on an average each person used seven matches every day. To provide so many would require some seven hundred million matches being manufactured every day.
The first step in making matches was to select a white-pine plank of good quality and cut it into blocks or splinters of the proper size. Next, these splinters were dipped into hot paraffin wax, because it would light more easily than wood. As soon as the wax was dry, the matches were covered with a layer of glue and rosin, this layer would form a hard bulb at one end. These hard bulbs were then dipped in sesqui-sulphide of phosphorus and left to dry. Finally, a machine packed the matches into individual boxes.
1. What is the idea behind the text?
A - Matches are necessary but dangerous.
B - How matches improved our lives.
C - What some of the first matches were like.
D - How matches are made.
2. What problem was there with the acid?
A - It would always react and spoil some boy's clothes.
B - It would sometimes burn when you light it.
C - It would never work and the matches wouldn't burn properly.
D - It cost too much to use.
3. Where certain types of matches thought to be expensive?
A - Yes, but they were considered worth it.
B - No, they only cost a penny a match.
C - Yes, but people liked the novelty of them.
D - Yes, and that's why people didn't buy them.
4. Which word from the text is not a synonym of '' to burn '' or ''set fire''?
A - Blaze
B - Kindle
C - Light
D - Sputter
5. When making a match, what is the first thing that is done?
A - Dipping the stick in paraffin wax.
B - Choosing the type of wood to use.
C - Buying the phosphorous.
B - Cutting the wood into sticks or splinters.

Answer 1

1-B
2-B
3-A
4-D
5-B

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