Pre-Test

The student always______ the exercises in the class every meeting.

• Doing

• Done

• Does

• Did

• Do

The Children are playing football in the field _________________

• Just now

• At the present time

• Every day

• In the present time

• At the  time

Andri and John __________ about new lesson right now

• are discussing

• Is discussing

• Discussed

• Discuss

• Discussing

Did Asma call you .....?

• Two Night

• Last Night

• Every Night

• Now

• Tonight

__________amir and budi Always walk together to school?

• Does

• Are

• Is

• Did

• Do

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His brother Orville was born in 1871. They were the first people in the world to fly an airplane.

The Wright brothers had always liked to make things. When they were children, they made their own toys. They also liked to fix things. When they got older, they opened a bicycle shop. They built bicycles and repaired broken bicycles.

The Wright Brothers wanted to build something else. They wanted to construct a machine that could fly. They began to work on an airplane.

Their first airplane had big wings, like a bird. This plane did not stay in the air. They needed to build a plane with an engine. But most engines were too heavy. They needed to build a much lighter engine.

The Wright brothers worked hard. They built a very light engine for their airplane. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test it out.

On December 17, 1903, they tested their new plane at Kitty Hawk. Their plane flew! All of their hard work had finally paid off.

Today, you can see the plane that the Wright brothers flew at the National Air Museum in Washington, D.C.


In paragraph 3, the author writes: “They wanted to construct a machine that could fly.” Based on the way it is used in this paragraph, it can be understood that the word construct belongs to which of the following word groups?

• break, smash, destroy

• watch, see, look at

• build, make, create

• hide, cover, block

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His brother Orville was born in 1871. They were the first people in the world to fly an airplane.

The Wright brothers had always liked to make things. When they were children, they made their own toys. They also liked to fix things. When they got older, they opened a bicycle shop. They built bicycles and repaired broken bicycles.

The Wright Brothers wanted to build something else. They wanted to construct a machine that could fly. They began to work on an airplane.

Their first airplane had big wings, like a bird. This plane did not stay in the air. They needed to build a plane with an engine. But most engines were too heavy. They needed to build a much lighter engine.

The Wright brothers worked hard. They built a very light engine for their airplane. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test it out.

On December 17, 1903, they tested their new plane at Kitty Hawk. Their plane flew! All of their hard work had finally paid off.

Today, you can see the plane that the Wright brothers flew at the National Air Museum in Washington, D.C.

The Wright brothers’ first airplane had

• a light engine

• a heavy engine

• bicycle wheels

• big wings

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His brother Orville was born in 1871. They were the first people in the world to fly an airplane.

The Wright brothers had always liked to make things. When they were children, they made their own toys. They also liked to fix things. When they got older, they opened a bicycle shop. They built bicycles and repaired broken bicycles.

The Wright Brothers wanted to build something else. They wanted to construct a machine that could fly. They began to work on an airplane.

Their first airplane had big wings, like a bird. This plane did not stay in the air. They needed to build a plane with an engine. But most engines were too heavy. They needed to build a much lighter engine.

The Wright brothers worked hard. They built a very light engine for their airplane. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test it out.

On December 17, 1903, they tested their new plane at Kitty Hawk. Their plane flew! All of their hard work had finally paid off.

Today, you can see the plane that the Wright brothers flew at the National Air Museum in Washington, D.C.



Where did the Wright brothers fly their new plane?

• North Carolina

• Washington, D.C.

• California

• Vancouver

Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His brother Orville was born in 1871. They were the first people in the world to fly an airplane.

The Wright brothers had always liked to make things. When they were children, they made their own toys. They also liked to fix things. When they got older, they opened a bicycle shop. They built bicycles and repaired broken bicycles.

The Wright Brothers wanted to build something else. They wanted to construct a machine that could fly. They began to work on an airplane.

Their first airplane had big wings, like a bird. This plane did not stay in the air. They needed to build a plane with an engine. But most engines were too heavy. They needed to build a much lighter engine.

The Wright brothers worked hard. They built a very light engine for their airplane. They took it to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test it out.

On December 17, 1903, they tested their new plane at Kitty Hawk. Their plane flew! All of their hard work had finally paid off.

Today, you can see the plane that the Wright brothers flew at the National Air Museum in Washington, D.C.


At the National Air Museum, you can see...

• a statue of the Wright brothers

• the Wright brothers’ plane

• a photograph of Kitty Hawk

• a bicycle the Wright brothers made

We tend to think of accidents as bad things, but they don’t always have to be. Sometimes, things that happen unexpectedly and unintentionally can be good. For instance, one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time happened by accident. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, an important antibiotic, by leaving his laboratory messier than he had intended. Likewise, less important discoveries have happened by chance too. Potato chips were discovered by an angry chef. Coca-Cola, one of the most successful products of all time, was not intentional either. The list goes on and on.

Most of us would not know by looking at these things that they were not intended to exist. Of course, that’s partially because they have since been perfected. But you get the point.

Still, some accidents just end up looking like they were obviously unintentional. This has happened to me twice.

 

My First Accident

I had been trying to make a wooden box as part of my technical education class in woodworking. There is an old adage in carpentry—“measure twice, cut once.” Well, let’s just say I did the opposite. First, one edge of the box was too long; then, after another turn through the band saw, the other side was too long. Then, I grabbed a new piece of cherry wood and started over, again cutting too many times. In the end, my “box” was hardly a box. It really was just five pieces of misshaped wood haphazardly nailed together and handed in for a grade, which turned out to be a “D.”

 

My Second Accident

Years later, I was working in a chemistry lab as part of a freshman lab class. I’ll keep this mistake brief. Let’s just say it was clear to anyone that I did not mean to set my shirt on fire.

 

Accidents Will Happen

Not all accidents are bad, but they are a fact of life. I have not been totally honest in saying I have only made two accidents in my life. What I really mean is that I have made two memorable accidents. And though they were, unfortunately, not those lucky mistakes like Coca-Cola and penicillin, they were inevitable. Accidents are often unavoidable, but we should always try to prevent them as much as possible. Or at least we can keep our fingers crossed that the accidents we make are good ones!



The tone of this passage is most similar to

• an informal conversation

• an impassioned sermon

• an important treatise

• an informational board report