VI- Choose the word or phrase which best completes each blank in the following
passage by circling the corresponding letter (A,B,C or D).
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His
father was an expert in phonetics. (1)_____ a boy, Alexander became interested
in sounds and speech. in 1870, The Bells decided to (2) _____ to America. They
lived in Boston, (3) ______ Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he
began experimenting with a machine (4) _____ help the deaf hear .While
experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea, “Why do not use electricity
to (5)________ the human voice from one place to another?” He began to work
on a new (6) ______. For years, Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked
day (7) ____night. They rented rooms in a boarding house. Bell was on one
floor, and Watson was on (8) _____. They tried to send (9) _____ through a
wire. Finally, on March 19th, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly:
“Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” Watson rushed upstairs, ran (10) _____
Bell’s room, and shouted, “I heard you!”
1. A. Despite B. During C. Be D. As
2. A. leave B. take C. move D. return
3. A. which B. why C. when D. where
4. A. for B. in order C. to D. so that
5. A. go B. get C. change D. send
6. A. invention B. inventor C. inventive D. invent
7. A. by B. after C. and D. or
8. A. others B. the others C. another D. other
9. A. speaking B. letters C. speech D. telegram
10. A. onto B. into C. in D. to