1. Please read the following statements. For each statement, if you think it is TRUE, place a T. Or, if you think it is FALSE, place an F. (0.05 points)
(1) The Industrial Revolution began in France in the 1760s.
(2) The Industrial Revolution created an upper class in Great Britain.
(3) Poor children only did the safe work in factories.
(4) People didn’t work on Sunday during the Industrial Revolution.
(5) Poor children did not go to school.
2. Choose the right word to fill the following gaps. (0.25 in total)
(1) set 1 (0.05 in total)
A. industrialised B. mines C. particularly D. machines E. steam
Coal was very important because it was used in ___ trains, ships and the _____ in factories. As the world became more ____, more coal was needed. A lot of coal ____ in Britain soon opened, _____ in central and northern England.
(2) set 2 (0.06 in total)
A. terraced B. little C. heating D. difficult E. unhealthy F. illness
Factory workers were paid very _____ and it was _____ to find a place to live in the city. Most families lived in one room. In these places, it was usually cold, dark and _____ . Others lived in small _____ houses. There was no _____ or water. There was a lot of _____ and people often died at a young age.
(3) set 3 (0.10 in total)
A. wool B. food C. clothes D. wood E. furniture F. craftsman G. jewellery H. tools I. leather J. weapons
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people worked on farms. They lived in the country and grew their own _____ . _____ and _____ were made by hand at home from ____, ____ and ____. In villages and towns there were ____ who worked in their own shops and made lots of different things like clothes, _____ _____ and _______ .
3. Gap Fill (0.04 in total)
(1) In 1803, US President Thomas Jefferson bought the _____ from France.
(2) In 1765, James Watt invented ______.
(3) In 1764, James Hargreaves invented ______.
(4) In 1814, George Stephenson invented _________.
