Question

The telephone was invented in March. 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell ， a teacher who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. One day Bell and Watson, a worker, were in different rooms working on their new invention. Bell said, " Come here. I want you." But Watson heard these words on the telephone in the other room.

Soon Bell started his own company, the Bell Telephone Company. Other small telephone companies were started in towns and cities all over the US. In 1900， the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) bought the Bell Teleph one Company. Within a few years, 80% of the telephone customers in the United States were served by AT

阅读短文，回答下列问题。

1.    Was the telephone invented by Bell or Watson?

2.    When was it invented?

3.    Where was it invented?

4.    Who was the Bell Telephone Company bought by?

5.    What percent of the telephone customers were served by AT &T in the US?

Answer 1

  1. It was invented by Bell.

2.   In March, 1876.

3.   In Boston, Massachusetts.

4.   It was bought by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

5.   80% of the telephone customers in the United States were served by AT &. T.