III: Choose the word or the phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. Alexander Bell was born in Scotland. He was a(n)______.
A. American B. Scotsman C. British D. English
2. A person who leaves his own country to live in another is a(n) ______.
A. leaver B. wanderer C. emigrant D. worker
3. People who can neither speak nor hear are the______.
A. deaf B. mute C. deaf-mute D. mute-deaf
4. Bell started experimenting with ways of _________________ speech over a long distance.
A. giving B. letting C. telling D. transmitting
5. This experiment led to the ______ of the telephone.
A. invention B. discovery C. experiment D. example
6. Bell and his assistant ______many experiments in his workshop.
A. got B. conducted C. worked D. led
7. They finally came up with a(n) ______which they first introduced in 1876.
A. thing B. equipment C. device D. machinery
8. Travelling all over America, Bell ______ his invention to the public.
A. showed B. demonstrated C. pointed D. Both A and B
9. Thomas Watson was Bell’s______, who helped him with his work.
A. friend B. relative C. assistant . D. cousin
10. By 1877 the first telephone was in ______ use.
A. sales B. commercial C. buying D. business
11. Perhaps he ______________ in time for lunch.
A. arrives B. is arriving C. will arrive D. arrived
12. You are getting fat. You _______________ cut down on your beer drinking.
A. should B. ought to C. can D. Both A and B
13. ______you like to come to dinner with me next weekend?
A. Will B. Can C. Would D. Could
14. What a nice a town! - Yes, it’s famous ________________ its historical buildings.
A. with B. by C. about D. for
15. He walked the kitchen and ran _________________ the house.
A. into / out B. through / out of C. in / out D. into / of
16. I _________________ the result of the exam in a week.
A. knew B. will know C. know D. am knowing
17. He ____________________ an operation next week.
A. has B. will have C. is having D. All are correct
18. We___________ ______some friends to lunch tomorrow.
A. will have B. are having C. have D. had
19. Do you think that he ______me in this dress?
A. will recognize B. is recognizing C. recognizes D. would recognize
20. My nephew ________________________________ to stay with me next weekend.
A. comes B. is coming C. will come D. come
21. Why do we stop at a square? -______have a rest.
A. So to B. In order C. In order to D. In order that
22. The road cuts across the park. It goes ______it.
A. through B. over C. round D. come
23. The Atlantic Ocean is __________________ the United States and Europe.
A. in B. among C. with D. along
24. Where is my notebook? -______ mine
A. Down B. Under C. Below D. Bottom
25. He lives_____ his parents not far _________________ here
A. from / with B. from / at C. with / from D. at from
26. I can’t understand this letter. - I ______________ my son, he ______ it for you.
A. will call/ will translate B. call/ translates
C. am calling/ is translating D. will call/ translates
27. Oh, there’s no milk left, - Ok. ________________ to the grocer’s and get some.
A. I’m going B. I go C. I shall go D. I will go
28. He’s a guitarist but he ___________________ the guitar now.
A. doesn't play B. isn’t playing C. isn’t going to play D. won’t play
29. __________________ see you ticket, sir? It’s just a routine check.
A. Should I B. Will I C. May I D. Shall I
30. None of my friends _______________ English, so you’ll have to speak French.
A. is speaking B. speak C. spoke D. speaking