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SCIENCE READING

Exercise 2 Circle the correct options to complete the sentences according to the passage.

1. Throughout history, some renowned / important people changed the world.
2. The invention of the tyre changed / discovered the lives of people.

3. Aziz Sancar works on / keeps away the cure of cancer.
4. The inventor / discoverer of gravity of the matter is Newton.

5. Even today, we can see that scientists / famous people make our lives easier.

6. All / Few scientists in the passage have one common feature. They changed the world and they
are still changing the world.
7. Einstein did great scientific / well-known works.

8. Some scientific actions / people like tyre changed the destiny of the world.

Exercise 3 1 – 3 : For these questions, choose the best option to complete the sentences.

We can understand from the passage that ___________ .

A) scientists have little effect on history
B) all the inventors are well-known people
C) some inventions have a great impact on history
D) currently, technology doesn’t affect the world

1. The invention of the tyre ___________ .
A) improved transportation
B) doesn’t have any impact on the world
C) belongs to Pasteur
D) prevented the death of thousands of people

2. We CAN NOT understand from the passage that ___________ .
A) Einstein got the Nobel Prize thanks to his theory
B) Pasteur discovered the rabies vaccine

C) Efe İnan got an award thanks to his studies
D) İlayda Şamilgil is doing some research about space at NASA

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