30-36 (grammar)

Most people have heard of the Wright Brothers, the two Americans generally considered the inventors of the first practical airplane. Few people ____ than Brazilians have heard of Alberto Santos Dumont, another visionary in early aviation.

• besides

• apart

• other

• except

Santos Dumont was born in 1873 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. When he ____ 18, he was sent to Paris to study astronomy, physics, and mechanics.

• turned

• rounded

• changed

• stuck

He became interested in airships held up by a “lighter-than-air” gas often ____ in a balloon.

• consisted

• comprised

• composed

• contained

Santos took the 100,000 franc prize and split it ____ his workers and Paris’s beggars.

• amid

• among

• along

• around

His 14-BIS plane left the ground on November 12, 1906, to fly ____ a speed of approximately 37 km/h

• on

• at

• in

• for

This flight demonstrated that a heavier-than-air vehicle could take ____ by its own means.

• up

• out

• on

• off

The Wright Brothers had flown their Flyer I in 1903 with the help of a catapult’s launch. The Wright Flyer flew for longer distances at a higher altitude than the 14-BIS. ____, most people consider the Wright Flyer the first practical airplane.

• therefore

• however

• otherwise

• moreover