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PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumbered

blankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

Sincethe1800s,companiesthatwerelinkedtotheseausedtelegraphs.

Theyneededawayto1communicationwiththeirships,but2couldcarrya

messageacrossanocean.Onesolutioncamein1854.Acompanycalledthe

AtlanticTelegraphCompanywasgiven3tobuildatelegraphcableunder

theBalticSea.Thecablewasasuccess,andafewyearslater,4cablewas

laidacrosstheAtlanticOcean.

However,5thecablesweresoexpensivetoproduceandlaythattheir

importancewaslimitedforthenextfewdecades.Onlyafewlarge

companies,liketelegraphandtelephonecompanies,6enoughmoneytouse

theunderwatercablesregularly.Anditwasntuntil1926thatthefirst

telephotopicturewassent7theAtlantic.

Todaywetakeforgrantedtheabilitytosendpicturesacrossthecountry

8acrosstheworldusingjustaregulartelephoneline.Butweoften9thatthe

10thatwenowusetoconnecttotheinternettravelsthroughcablesonthe

bottomofoceanstoreachothercontinents.

1.A)establishB)maintainC)restoreD)enable

2.A)whatB)whichC)thatD)how

3.A)permissionB)licenseC)authorityD)warrant

5.A)evenB)soC)butD)for

6.A)hadB)managedC)madeD)contributed

7.A)fromB)acrossC)overD)above

8.A)andB)butC)orD)so

9.A)rememberB)realizeC)forgetD)ignore

10.A)signalB)dataC)codeD)information

1.D)enable

2.B)which

3.C)authority

4.A)asimilar

5.C)but

6.A)had

7.B)across

8.D)so

9.C)forget

10.B)data

PartB

Readthefollowingtextandanswerthequestionsbyselectingthemost

appropriateoptions.Markthecorrespondingletterwithasinglebaracross

thesquarebracketsonyouranswersheet.(10points)

Oneofmyfondestchildhoodmemoriesis