Vocabulary Test About TELEPHONE Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 141
Question 1 |
If you don't remember the number, you can look it up in the telephone ...........
A | dictionary |
B | directory |
C | index |
D | register |
Question 2 |
Mr Suspicious alleged that his phone had been ...........
A | connected |
B | encoded |
C | planted |
D | tapped |
Question 3 |
Can you ........... a pound? I need some money for the telephone box.
A | change |
B | exchange |
C | offer |
D | spend |
Question 4 |
Can you ........... Prof. Brown's telephone number?
A | call to mind |
B | recall |
C | remember |
D | remind |
Question 5 |
His phone must be out of order. We've been unable to ........... him.
A | arrive at |
B | meet |
C | reach |
D | transmit |
Question 6 |
Would you ........... a minute, please. I'll try to connect you.
A | hold on |
B | keep on |
C | stay on |
D | stop on |
Question 7 |
Can I ........... London direct from here, or must I ask the operator to get the number for me?
A | choose |
B | dial |
C | reach |
D | select |
Question 8 |
The human voice often sounds ........... on the telephone.
A | deformed |
B | distorted |
C | irregular |
D | twisted |
Question 9 |
My telephone is ........... so I shall have to ask my neighbour if I can use his.
A | ofT duty |
B | off limits |
C | out of order |
D | out of use |
Question 10 |
Where are you calling from? I can hardly hear you. Your voice is terribly ...........
A | dull |
B | fade |
C | faint |
D | pale |
Question 11 |
I'm sorry. No one called Mimi lives here. You must have ........... the wrong number.
A | dialled |
B | fingered |
C | pressed |
D | pushed |
Question 12 |
Mrs Hello works as an operator at the local telephone ...........
A | centre |
B | exchange |
C | headquarters |
D | office |
Question 13 |
I phoned him this morning but when I said who I was he ...........
A | hung up |
B | rang up |
C | shut down |
D | shut up |
Question 14 |
The telephone operator said she would put the caller ........... when the line was free.
A | forward |
B | in |
C | through |
D | up |
Question 15 |
I let the telephone ring several times before I ........... the receiver.
A | lifted away |
B | picked up |
C | raised up |
D | took out |
Question 16 |
Jenny! Your boyfriend called and asked me to give you a ...........
A | greeting |
B | message |
C | news |
D | notice |
Question 17 |
It is very difficult to phone you in London as your number is always ...........
A | busy |
B | engaged |
C | occupied |
D | taken |
Question 18 |
I was in the middle of phoning Pete when we were ...........
A | cut down |
B | cut in |
C | cut off |
D | cut up |
Question 19 |
In the middle of the call, the line went ...........
A | dead |
B | deaf |
C | dumb |
D | flat |
Question 20 |
Is there a phone ........... anywhere near here, please?
A | box |
B | compartment |
C | room |
D | shop |
Question 21 |
Hello! The University? Could I speak to Prof. Wise on ........... 233, please?
A | branch |
B | exchange |
C | extension |
D | system |
Question 22 |
"All the telephone lines are ...........," said the operator.
A | detached |
B | disconnected |
C | disunited |
D | severed |
Question 23 |
I ........... his telephone number while he was still talking.
A | dashed off |
B | jotted down |
C | set down |
D | wrote up |
Question 24 |
I've tried ringing four or five times, but I still can't ........... that Warsaw number.
A | get on to |
B | get through to |
C | go along with |
D | go on to |
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