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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Therehavebeenmanygreatinventions,thingsthatchangedthewaywelive.Thefirstgreatinventionwasonethatisstillveryimportanttoday--thewheel.Thismadeiteasiertocarryheavythingsandtotravellongdistances.Forhundredsofyearsafterthattherewerefewinventionsthathadasmucheffectasthewheel.Thenintheearly1800'stheworldstartedtochange.Therewaslittleunknownlandleftintheworld.Peopledidnothavetoexploremuchanymore.Theybegantoworkinsteadtomakelifebetter.Inthesecondhalfofthe19thcenturymanygreatinventionsweremade.Amongthemwerethecamera,theelectriclightandtheradio.Theseallbecameabigpartofourlifetoday.
Thefirstpartofthe20thcenturysawmoregreatinventions.Thehelicopterin1909.Movieswithsoundin1926.Thecomputerin1928.Andjetplanesin1930.Thiswasalsoatimewhenanewmaterialwasfirstmade.Nyloncameoutin1935.Itchangedthekindofclothespeoplewear.Themiddlepartofthe20thcenturybroughtnewwaystohelppeoplegetoverdisease.Theyworkedverywell.Theymadepeoplehealthierandletthemlivelongerlives.Bythe1960'smostpeoplecouldexpecttolivetobeatleast60.Bythistimemostpeoplehadaverygoodlife.Ofcoursenewinventionscontinuedtobemade.Butmannowhadadesiretoexploreagain.Theworldwasknowntomanbutthestarswerenot.
Manbeganlookingforwaystogointospace.Russiamadethefirststep.ThentheUnitedStatestookastep.Sincethenothercountries,includingChinaandJapan,havemadetheirstepsintospace.In1969mantookhisbiggeststepawayfromearth.Americansfirstwalkedonthemoon.Thisiscertainlyjustabeginningthough.Newinventionswillsomedayallowustodothingswehaveneveryetdreamedof.
Whatwasthefirstgreatinvention? A.Thewheel.
B.Movies.
C.Thecamera.
D.Nylon.
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