Use of English Vocabulary Test D
Question 1 |
(Please note: Questions 1-15 are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)
Traffic Lights
The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed __(1)__ the Houses of Parliament in 1868.
A | outside |
B | out |
C | out of |
D | outdoors |
Question 2 |
It __(2)__ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas.
A | resembled |
B | looked |
C | showed |
D | seemed |
Question 3 |
__(3)__, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident __(4)__ further development until cars became common.
A | However |
B | Therefore |
C | Although |
D | Despite |
Question 4 |
__(3)__, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident __(4)__ further development until cars became common.
A | forbade |
B | disappointed |
C | avoided |
D | discouraged |
Question 5 |
__(5)__ traffic lights are an American invention.
A | New |
B | Recent |
C | Modern |
D | Late |
Question 6 |
Red-green __(6)__ were installed in Cleveland in 1914.
A | methods |
B | ways |
C | systems |
D | means |
Question 7 |
Three-colour signals, operated __(7)__ hand from a tower in the __(8)__ of the street, were installed in New York in 1918.
A | by |
B | with |
C | through |
D | in |
Question 8 |
Three-colour signals, operated __(7)__ hand from a tower in the __(8)__ of the street, were installed in New York in 1918.
A | middle |
B | heart |
C | focus |
D | halfway |
Question 9 |
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.
A | original |
B | primary |
C | first |
D | early |
Question 10 |
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.
A | show |
B | appear |
C | happen |
D | become |
Question 11 |
Automatic signals were installed __(11)__ year later.
A | a |
B | in the |
C | in a |
D | the |
Question 12 |
In the past, traffic lights were __(12)__. In New York, some lights had a statue on top.
A | various |
B | particular |
C | rare |
D | special |
Question 13 |
In Los Angeles, the lights did not just __(13)__ silently, but would ring bells to __(14)__ the sleeping motorists of the 1930s.
A | change |
B | alter |
C | vary |
D | move |
Question 14 |
In Los Angeles, the lights did not just __(13)__ silently, but would ring bells to __(14)__ the sleeping motorists of the 1930s.
A | rise |
B | raise |
C | wake |
D | get up |
Question 15 |
These are gone and have been __(15)__ by standard models which are universally adopted.
A | reproduced |
B | replaced |
C | removed |
D | remained |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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