Question

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

Answer 1

1) A
2) C
3) D
4) B
5) D
6) D
7) B
8) C
9) A
10) B
11) A
12) B
13) D
14) C
15) B

Answer 2

0. C witness
1. D rule
2. C As
3. D consisted
4. B indicate
5. D faced
6. D concerned
7. B increasing
8. C time
9. D took
10. B mending
11. A opened
12. B went
13. B prevented
14. C won
15. B honoured