I.         Read the following passage and choose the best answers each of thequestions.

Nylon was invented in the early 1930s by an American chemist, Julian Hill. Other scientists worked with his invention and finally on 27 October 1938, Nylon was introduced to the world. It wascheap and strong and immediately became successful, especiallyin the making ofladies‟ stocking.

Today,nylonisfoundinmanythings:carpets,ropes,seatbelts,furniture,computers,andeven spare parts of the human body. It has played an important part : in our lives for over 50 years.

1.           Julian Hill wasa/an                       .

A.     chemist                   B. American                C.inventor                               D. all are correct

2.           Nylon can befoundin                    .

A.     manythings                                                B. spare parts of the humanbody

C.furniture                                                      D. all arecorrect

3.           What does the word “introduce” in line 3mean?

A.     tell somebody yourname

B.     tell somebody the name of aperson

C.     bring something new into use for the 1sttime

D.     bring somethingsomewhere

4.           Nylon                    .

A.     was invented byJulianHill                         B. was strong butexpensive

C. was notverypopular                                    D. all arecorrect

5.           Which of the following is nottrue?

A.     Nylonwasusedtomakeladies‟stocking.

B.     At first, people didn‟t want to useNylon.

C.     Today, Nylon still plays an important part in ourlives.

D.     We can found Nylon incomputers.