VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The invention of electric telegraph gave birth to the communication industry.
Although Samuel Morse succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it
was notuntil 1843 that the first telegraph line of consequence was constructed.
By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people in the east of the
Rockies. The following year, San Francisco was added to the network.
The national telegraph network fortified the ties between East and West and
contributed to the rapid expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient
means tomonitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the
telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam – driven rotary printing
press by Richard M. Hoe in 1846, revolutionalized the world of journalism.
When the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail and on
hard-operated presses, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a
newspaper could supply and allowed for more timely reporting. The

establishment of the Associated Press as a central wire service in 1846 marked
the advent of a new era in journalism.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that……………………………………….
A. Morse’s invention did not immediately achieve its full potential.
B. the extention of the telegraph was more important than its invention.
C. journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the
communication industry.
D.Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communication
industry.
2. This passage would most likely be found in a………………………….
A. book on train B. U.S history book
C. computer magazine D. science textbook
3. The word “gathering” refers to…………………………….
A. people B. objects C. substances D. information
4. The author’s main purpose in this passage is to……………………………..
A. compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the steam driven
rotary press.
B. show how the electric telegraph affected the communication industry.
C. criticize Samuel Morse.
D. propose new ways to develop the communication industry.
5. The main topic of the passage is…………………………..
A. the origin of the national telegraph.
B. the history of journalism.
C. the contributions and development of the telegraph network.
D. how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads