KET test reading part 5

Read the article about the first aeroplanes.

Choose the best word for each space.

​The early history of flying machines

Orville and Wilbur Wright ...................... a bicycle shop in the USA. They repaired bikes but ...................... two brothers also built the first flying machine with an engine inside! They called it 'Wright Flyer'. ...................... 17th December, 1903, Orville Wright climbed into 'Flyer' and started the engine. Flyer only ...................... 37 metres, but it was the first time a machine that was heavier than air carried a man up into the sky.

The news ...................... very exciting and soon many other people started trying ...................... build flying machines too. In 1909, a man, ...................... name was Louis Bleriot, flew an aeroplane across the sea from France to England for the first time. ...................... took 37 minutes. A famous newspaper paid Bleriot £1,000 for the story of ...................... wonderful success.

Multiple Choice

Orville and Wilbur Wright ...................... a bicycle shop in the USA.

• has

• having

• had

Multiple Choice

They repaired bikes but ...................... two brothers also built the first flying machine with an engine inside! They called it 'Wright Flyer'.

• this

• some

• these

Multiple Choice

...................... 17th December, 1903, Orville Wright climbed into 'Flyer' and started the engine.

• At

• On

• In

Multiple Choice

Flyer only ...................... 37 metres, but it was the first time a machine that was heavier than air carried a man up into the sky.

• went

• going

• goes

Multiple Choice

The news ...................... very exciting

• were

• been

• was

Multiple Choice

and soon many other people started trying ...................... build flying machines too.

• by

• to

• for

Multiple Choice

In 1909, a man, ...................... name was Louis Bleriot, flew an aeroplane across

the sea from France to England for the first time.

• whose

• which

• who

Multiple Choice

...................... took 37 minutes.

• There

• It

• Each

Multiple Choice

A famous newspaper paid Bleriot £1,000 for the story of ...................... wonderful success.

• he

• him

• his