Test 5 (B-C)

Complete the passages using the words,

A) records B) last C) replace D) early E) actually F) voices G) though H) world-famous

I) largely J) invention K) be used

Thomas Edison's most famous 1 is probably the light-bulb; his favourite 2 was the phonograph. The phonograph, he said, would 3 shorthand typists and it would 4 to teach languages. He believed that a

phonograph and a clock would 5 say what the time was. He thought that people would send phonographic

6 instead of letters and that they would record the 7 of their children and the 8 words of the dying. Edison also believed that people would listen to 9 musicians on phonographs in their own homes.

People have 10 forgotten Edison's invention, but it was actually an 11 kind of record or cassette player.

Test 6 (A-B)

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

There was a king of Scotland. He had fought many battles with his enemies 1 free his people. He was defeated four 2 . Now he was hiding in a cave. He did not want the enemy to capture 3 . He felt very

lonely and sad. While he was thinking what to 4 , he looked up at the top of the cave. He saw a spider trying to spin a 5 . The spider cast its thread several times to the corner of the 6 . Each time the thread

missed 7 wall. The king 8 carefully. He decided that the spider 9 help him. He and the spider had tried four 10 to finish their tasks. If 11 spider succeeded on the 12 try, he too would try again. The spider cast the 13 the fifth time. It held. The king stood up. He went out 14 the cave, gathered his army and defeated the enemy at last.

Test 7 (A-B)

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space.

In the 18th and 19th 1 Europe silhouettes were 2 very popular way of making portraits. A silhouette is really a copy of someone's shadow. Nowadays we usually 3 photographs, but silhouettes can make an interesting change, and they 4 easy to do. Everybody can make them 5 entertain their friends.

Prepare a sheet of 6 , a pencil, scissors and an unshaded electric light. Sit your subject on a chair in a darkened room 7 close to the wall as possible, with a profile parallel to 8 walJL Pin the sheet of paper behind the sitter. Place the 9 in front of the sitter so that the shadow of the face falls sharply 10 the paper.

Trace the outline of the profile on the 11 . If you work on black paper, life-size, the profile can now 12 cut out and mounted just as it is. If it is on white paper, you can cut it out and trace it on to black paper or colour it.

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