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TEST D
Traffic Lights
The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signaling engineer.
It was installed __(1)__ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It __(2)__
like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. __(3)__,
it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident __(4)__ further
development until cars became common.
__(5)__ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green __(6)__
were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three-color signals, operated
__(7)__ hand from a tower in the __(8)__ of the street, were installed
in New York in 1918. The __(9)__ lights of this type to __(10)__ in
Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James’s Street
and Piccadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed __(11)__
year later.
In the past, traffic lights were __(12)__. In New York, some lights
had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just __(13)__
silently, but would ring bells to __(14)__ the sleeping motorists of
the 1930s. These are gone and have been __(15)__ by standard models
which are universally adopted.
1.
A) outside
B) out
C) out of
D) outdoors
2.
A) resembled
B) looked
C) showed
D) seemed
3.
A) However
B) Therefore
C) Although
D) Despite
4.
A) forbade
B) disappointed C) avoided
D) discouraged
5.
A) New
B) Recent
C) Modern
D) Late
6.
A) methods
B) ways
C) systems
D) means
7.
A) by
B) with
C) through
D) in
8.
A) middle
B) heart
C) focus
D) halfway
9.
A) original
B) primary
C) first
D) early
10. A) show
B) appear
C) happen
D) become
11. A) a
B) in the
C) in a
D) the
12. A) various
B) particular
C) rare
D) special
13. A) change
B) alter
C) vary
D) move
14. A) rise
B) raise
C) wake
D) get up
15. A) reproduced B) replaced
C) removed
D) remained
TEST E
The best stone in the world
In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing
artificial stone in southeast London on a __(1)__ at Pedlar’s Acre,
south __(2)__ the river. The family were __(3)__ running a successful
factory in the south-west of England. Within a year of moving __(4)__
the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to
__(5)__ on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected __(6)__ to
become the most permanent stone ever made. The product developed
by the factory’s former __(7)__, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay.
The two women __(8)__ with his recipe, and __(9)__ in creating a new
kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof.
The advantage of Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly
breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be __(10)__ to
survive in all weather conditions for many years. The National Gallery,
the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace __(11)__ display their
original ornaments made of Coade Stone. __(12)__ mother and
daughter were clever businesswomen. They __(13)__ only the top
artists of the day to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.
After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory
survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it __(14)__ closed. With it
went the Coade Stone recipe which was __(15)__, and has never
been rediscovered.
1.
A) territory
B) place
C) ground
D) plot
2.
A) to
B) of
C) from
D) than
3.
A) already
B) just
C) yet
D) however
4.
A) at
B) in
C) to
D) on
5.
A) go
B) carry
C) get
D) run
6.
A) claimed
B) had
C) was
D) would
7.
A) landlord
B) possessor
C) owner
D) tenant
8.
A) experimented
B) tried
C) experienced
D) tested
9.
A) managed
B) succeeded
C) achieved
D) completed
10. A) capable
B) possible
C) able
D) good
11. A) still
B) only
C) just
D) yet
12. A) Either
B) Also
C) Each
D) Both
13. A) employed
B) worked
C) staffed
D) teamed
14. A) lastly
B) at last
C) in the end
D) finally
15. A) missing
B) disappeared C) lost
D) left
TEST F
On your bike!
If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space,
my __(1)__ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative __(2)__
of transport. Cycling is probably the cheapest and healthiest way of
getting __(3)__ in our congested city centers. __(4)__ it is convenient
and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive __(5)__ on a
cold wintry morning. It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus
or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their
way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting
in yet __(9)__ traffic jam. In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening
pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more
health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s
__(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__
the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars. __(15)__ cycling
is not as risky as it looks at first sight, there are more and more
accidents involving cyclists.
1.
A) advice
B) warning
C) plan
D) solution
2.
A) method
B) way
C) means
D) instrument
3.
A) on
B) through
C) over
D) about
4.
A) Despite
B) In spite
C) Although
D) Even as
5.
A) choice
B) advice
C) propose
D) transport
6.
A) enter
B) be
C) travel
D) get
7.
A) even
B) however
C) though
D) and
8.
A) approval
B) envy
C) angry
D) criticism
9
A) other
B) more
C) another
D) longer
10
A) truth
B) reality
C) fact
D) event
11
A) round
B) down
C) over
D) together
12
A) while
B) despite
C) as
D) in spite of
13
A) favor
B) agreement
C) belief
D) approval
14
A) refuse
B) criticize
C) deny
D) think
15
A) Even thoughB) However
C) Whereas
D) Although
Use of English
Book 2 Part B
