EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. According to the passage, Cyrus Field completed the laying of a transatlantic cable
A) sooner than was originally planned
B) with the support of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
C) with great perseverance and despite several setbacks
D) in a time of two and a half years
E) thanks to his vast technical knowledge of telecommunications
2. It is clear from the passage that, at the time he first came up with the idea for a
transatlantic cable, Cyrus Field
A) had already completed a shorter cable in Canada
B) was just starting out in the paper business
C) was already a wealthy retired businessman
D) had studied telecommunications for several years
E) had met both Queen Victoria and President James Buchanan
3. It is mentioned in the passage that Cyrus Field was good at
A) organizing things
B) geography
C) fitting cables
D) deep-sea diving
E) journalism
EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. I recorded the interview onto a cassette tape, but apparently, the tape was faulty as most of
the recorded interview is
2. Several people laughed at his plans to open an outdoor heated swimming pool in England,
but, he built it and opened it to the public last year.
3. The Channel Tunnel connects the island of Great Britain with the of
Europe via a railway link.
4. Maps of the world give us a representation of our planet, but they give a somewhat distorted
picture as the world is not flat. A/An , however, gives us a far more real
idea of how the different continents and oceans combine to make up the Earth.
5. He started his own computer company, but unfortunately, his venture ended in
He now has a job with the Post Office and is content with working for
someone else.
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