Alexander Graham Bell (Use of English)

Read the text below and choose word from each space.

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell 1.___ born in Scotland in 1847. His father, an expert on speech, 2.____  a way of teaching how words 3.___ be pronounced. He translated the 4.___ of words into straight or curvy lines.

Alexander 5.___ to be a teacher and, when his mother went deaf, he started to be 6.___ in how deaf people communicate. In 1870, because his children were in poor health, Alexander and his family moved to the United States. He hoped that a warmer 7.___ would be better for the whole family. It was while he was teaching deaf children there 8.___ he invented a new machine. It was very 9.___ to the human ear itself, and Bell discover it could carry human speech 10.___ a wire from one place to another. It was not long before the telephone was a part of 11.___ our lives!

1. A.was   B.is   C.has   D.had

2. A.grew   B.built   C.developed   D.worked

3. A.ought   B.should   C.might   D.would

4. A.calls   B.voices   C.noises   D.sounds

5. A.trained   B.became   C.educated   D.taught

6. A.amazed   B.interested   C.surprised   D.excited

7. A.geography   B.season   C.climate   D.weather

8. A.so   B.because   C.since   D.that

9. A. likely   B.similar   C.same   D.accurate

10. A.above   B.about   C.along   D.around

11. A.any   B.each   C.all   D.every