Question 1. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. outside
b. out
c. out of
d. outdoors
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Question 2. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. resembled
b. looked
c. showed
d. seemed
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Question 3. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. However
b. Therefore
c. Although
d. Despite
Question 4. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. forbade
b. disappointed
c. avoided
d. discouraged
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Question 5. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. New
b. Recent
c. Modern
d. Late
Question 6. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. methods
b. ways
c. systems
d. means
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Question 7. The first traffic signal was invented by a railway signalling engineer. It was installed (1)______ the Houses of Parliament in 1868. It (2)______ like any railway signal of the time, and was operated by gas. (3)______, it exploded and killed a policeman, and the accident (4)______further development until cars became common. (5)______ traffic lights are an American invention. Red-green (6)______were installed in Cleveland in 1914. Three- colour signals operated (7)______hand from a tower in the (8)______of the street, were installed in New York in 1918. The (9)______lights of this type to (10)______in Britain were in London, on the junction between St. James's Street and Picadilly, in 1925. Automatic signals were installed (11)______year later. In the past, traffic lights were (12)______In New York, some lights had a statue on top. In Los Angeles the lights did not just (13)______silently, but would ring bells to (14)______the sleeping motorists of the 1930s. These are gone and have been (15)______by standard models which are universally adopted.. Một lựa chọn.
(1 Điểm)
a. by
b. with
c. through
d. in