Question

Part 1 Read the text. Choose the right words Example: It was about a hundred years ago A man called Alexander Bell was the first person to speak (1) … the telephone. For about fifty years, not many people had telephones and if you wanted to use one you (2) … to go to the post office, because most telephones were there. About fifty years ago, most people had a telephone in their home, but it (3) … very expensive to speak to people who lived far away. There was no cheap ways of (4) … like today. Now most people have telephones (5) … they carry in their pockets. These phones are like small computers and they are also cameras and tape recorders. They are cheap and they (6) … do everything. The problem is that a lot of people spend too much time (7) … on the phone to their friends and they do not go and visit them. Another problem is that some people speak very (8) … on their phones when they are on the bus or on the train or in a café. (9) … has to listen to what they are (10) … and the conversations are often very boring. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Answer 1

1. on

2. had

3. was

4. communicating

5. that

6. can

7. talking

8. loudly

9. Everyone

10. saying

Answer 2

1. on
2. had
3. was
4. communicating
5. that
6. can
7. talking
8. loudly
9. Nobody
10. saying