The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became a US citizen. The word ‘telephone’ had been ………………(in / with / to / out)1 existence since the 1830s and had been ………………(joined / named / employed / applied)2 to a number of inventions designed to produce sound.
Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech through his work with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was ………………(quite / just / simply / lately)3 twenty-one when they ……………… (managed / achieved / succeeded / fulfilled)4 their great success on 10th March 1876. ………….(Despite / Although / Because / In spite)5 their long and close association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not ‘Tom, come here, I want you’. Instead ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.’
Filled with………….(excited / exciting / excitement / excitedly)6, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company. The company wrote to Bell saying that his invention was interesting. However, after ………………(regarding / giving / taking / bearing)7 it careful consideration they had ………………(reached / come / arrived / brought)8 to the conclusion that it had ‘no future’. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities. Within four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones. In the next twenty years that figure …………..(has increased / had increased / had been increasing / increased)9 to over 6 million.
Today, ninety-three percent of US homes have a telephone, a level of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equaling. Each US household makes or receives ………………(on / by / at / for)10 average 3,516 calls per years, an astonishing statistic.
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became a US citizen. The word ‘telephone’ had been ………………(in / with / to / out)1 existence since the 1830s and had been ………………(joined / named / employed / applied)2 to a number of inventions designed to produce sound.
Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech through his work with the deaf. He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was ………………(quite / just / simply / lately)3 twenty-one when they ……………… (managed / achieved / succeeded / fulfilled)4 their great success on 10th March 1876. ………….(Despite / Although / Because / In spite)5 their long and close association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not ‘Tom, come here, I want you’. Instead ‘Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.’
Filled with………….(excited / exciting / excitement / excitedly)6, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company. The company wrote to Bell saying that his invention was interesting. However, after ………………(regarding / giving / taking / bearing)7 it careful consideration they had ………………(reached / come / arrived / brought)8 to the conclusion that it had ‘no future’. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities. Within four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones. In the next twenty years that figure …………..(has increased / had increased / had been increasing / increased)9 to over 6 million.
Today, ninety-three percent of US homes have a telephone, a level of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equaling. Each US household makes or receives ………………(on / by / at / for)10 average 3,516 calls per years, an astonishing statistic.
