Early Telecommunication Devices Reading Answers
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Early Telecommunication Devices
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on the Reading Passage below. Find the practice test with the Early Telecommunication Devices PDF here.
Answers
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Question Number | Answers | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
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1. | Cooke and Wheatstone | William Cook and Charles Wheatstone, patented in England in 1845 | Paragraph A, Lines 7-8 |
2. | Western Union Company | In 1851, twelve of these companies come together | Paragraph C, Lines 4-6 |
3. | Reis | Phillip Reis, in 1861 that he labelled the telephone | Paragraph D, Lines 4-5 |
4. | Telephones | the US patent office for their respective telephones | Paragraph E, Lines 11-12 |
5. | Harmonic telegraph | perfected by Thomas Edison, in 1881. | Paragraph E, Last 2 lines |
6. | C | the invention of the telephone, a system known as a harmonic telegraph | Paragraph E, Lines 2-5 |
7. | A | Patented in England in 1845, British rail companies | Paragraph A, Last 3 lines |
8. | E | Edison | Paragraph E, Last 2 lines |
9. | D | Western Union, asked Elisha Gray to make refinements | Paragraph F, Lines 4-6 |
10. | B | Pacific Union, based on the telephone design of Phillips Reis. | Paragraph G, Lines 13-16 |
11. | Awkward to use/ Difficult to transport/ Expensive | Proved to the awkward to use, difficult to transport and expensive to build | Paragraph B, Lines 2-3 |
12. | Rail stations | Western Union, telegraph offices, almost all in rail stations. | Paragraph C, Last 2 lines |
13. | Musical tones | Reis’s invention, limited to transmitting musical tones, | Paragraph D, Last 2 lines |
14. | Harmonic telegraph | Perfection of the harmonic telegraph proved too difficult | Paragraph E, Lines 7-8 |
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