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guidance
TEST 5
For questions 1-15, read the following text and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
GARRETT A MORGAN
An accident between a car and a horse-drawn carriage turned on a green light in the
mind of one (0)
C
to it. Why not, thought Garrett A Morgan, design a signal that would
(1)__ the movement of road traffic? (2)__ a result, in February 1927 Morgan produced
the world’s first automatic electric traffic signal.
His invention (3)__ of a pole with two arms that turned round to (4)__ when traffic
should move. The words ‘stop’ and ‘go’ were on different sides of the arms, which
automatically turned and (5)__ the right line of traffic when necessary.
Morgan, who had been (6)__ about road safety because of the (7)__ number of cars
coming on to the roads at the (8)__, sold his invention to the General Electric Company
for $40,000.
Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877 and (9)__ an elementary education. In 1905 he
began a job (10)__ sewing machines and in 1907 he (11)__ his own shop for this. He
(12)__ on to start a company selling hair treatments and later he invented the ‘safety
hood’, which (13)__ firemen from gas and smoke and (14)__ a prize at a 1914
exhibition.
Morgan died in 1963, just months after being (15)__ by the US government with an
award for inventing the first automatic traffic signal.
0 A
observer
B
viewer
C
witness
D
spectator
1 A
direct
B
train
C
master
D
rule
2 A
With
B
Being
C
As
D
By
3 A
composed
B
combined
C
constructed
D
consisted
4 A
declare
B
indicate
C
sign
D
inform
5 A
aimed
B
opposed
C
viewed
D
faced
6 A
tense
B
restless
C
excited
D
concerned
7 A
raising
B
increasing
C
enlarging
D
heightening
8 A
while
B
period
C
time
D
age
9 A
received
B
attained
C
gathered
D
took
10 A
remedying
B
mending
C
revising
D
correcting
11 A
opened
B
introduced
C
installed
D
formed
12 A
took
B
went
C
kept
D
got
13 A
covered
B
prevented
C
saved
D
protected
14 A
reached
B
caught
C
won
D
succeeded
15 A
respected
B
honoured
C
approved
D
valued
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60 signature 63 reference
TEST 5
For questions 1-15, read the following text and decide which word A, B, C or D best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
GARRETT A MORGAN
An accident between a car and a horse-drawn carriage turned on a green light in the
mind of one (0)C to it. Why not, thought Garrett A Morgan, design a signal that would
(1)__ the movement of road traffic? (2)__ a result, in February 1927 Morgan produced
the world’s first automatic electric traffic signal.
His invention (3)__ of a pole with two arms that turned round to (4)__ when traffic
should move. The words ‘stop’ and ‘go’ were on different sides of the arms, which
automatically turned and (5)__ the right line of traffic when necessary.
Morgan, who had been (6)__ about road safety because of the (7)__ number of cars
coming on to the roads at the (8)__, sold his invention to the General Electric Company
for $40,000.
Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877 and (9)__ an elementary education. In 1905 he
began a job (10)__ sewing machines and in 1907 he (11)__ his own shop for this. He
(12)__ on to start a company selling hair treatments and later he invented the ‘safety
hood’, which (13)__ firemen from gas and smoke and (14)__ a prize at a 1914
exhibition.
Morgan died in 1963, just months after being (15)__ by the US government with an
award for inventing the first automatic traffic signal.
0 A observer B viewer C witness D spectator
1 A direct B train C master D rule
2 A With B Being C As D By
3 A composed B combined C constructed D consisted
4 A declare B indicate C sign D inform
5 A aimed B opposed C viewed D faced
6 A tense B restless C excited D concerned
7 A raising B increasing C enlarging D heightening
8 A while B period C time D age
9 A received B attained C gathered D took
10 A remedying B mending C revising D correcting
11 A opened B introduced C installed D formed
12 A took B went C kept D got
13 A covered B prevented C saved D protected
14 A reached B caught C won D succeeded
15 A respected B honoured C approved D valued
