Typewriter by Christopher Latham Scholes in 1872

Typewriter by Christopher Latham Scholes in 1872 

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When the typewriter was first invented, its keys were arranged alphabetically. This made the keys easy to find. However, this arrangement also caused the bars of the machine to jam, or get stuck. To solve this problem, a new letter arrangement was introduced by Christopher Latham Scholes in 1872. His system, the standard keyboard system, is still used on typewriters today. He arranged the letters in such a way that the bars hit the inked ribbon from opposite directions as much as possible. This resulted in far less jamming than had occurred with the alphabetical models.

Christopher Sholes was born in 1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, and he spent the bulk of his career employed as a newspaperman, working in various areas of Wisconsin. Sholes is most famously known for his invention of the first practical typewriter as well as the common keyboard layout, QWERTY, which is still used today. Sholes added the shift key as his final invention before his retirement. He died on February 17, 1980.

Question :

1. The main topic of the first paragraph is

(A) the invention of the typewriter*

(B) a problem and solution concerning the early typewriter

(C) how to write a letter on the typewriter

(D) why the keys stick on today’s typewriter

2. According to the passage, on the first typewriters

(A) the keys were in alphabetical order*

(B) the keys were hard to find

(C) the bars on the machine never jammed

(D) Scholes’s system worked quite well

3. Which of the following is NOT true about the system invented by Scholes?

(A) It was introduced in 1872.

(B) It is still used today.

(C) It became the standard system.

(D) It was alphabetical.*

4. The passage indicates that under Scholes’s system, the bars hit the ribbon

(A) in alphabetical order

(B) from opposite directions*

(C) and caused the keys to jam

(D) in the same way as they had on the original typewriter

5. According to this section if the key objectives arranged in alphabetical order?

(A) the keys were in alphabetical order*

(B) the keys were hard to find

(C) the bars on the machine never jammed

(D) the standard keyboard system

6. Who is he in the sentences to five?

(A) Christopher Latham Scholes*

(B) Standard keyboard system

(C) The typewriter

(D) His system

7. When Christopher Latham Scholes was born?

(A) 1872

(B) 1980

(C) 1819*

(D) Unknown

8. The main topic of the second paragraph is

(A) the invention of the typewriter

(B) a problem and solution concerning the early typewriter

(C) biography of Christopher Latham Scholes*

(D) why the keys stick on today’s typewriter

9. Whether the recent discoveries of Christopher Sholes?

(A) Add the shift key*

(B) The keys were in alphabetical order

(C) The bars on typewriter

(D) The first practical typewriter

10. When Christopher Latham Scholes died?

(A) 1872

(B) 1980*

(C) 1819

(D) Unknown

Sumber :
http://soaltoefltest.blogspot.com/2011/05/soal-toefl-test-reading-comprehension.html
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Sholes__Christopher.html