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__ his family. A. visited B. visits C. visiting D. to visit ( ) 12. I realized that I _______ my purse in that bus. A. fot B. lost C. missed D. left ( ) 13. I am rather ________ because I did much farm work yesterday. A. exhausted B. embarrassing C. thrilling D. thrilled ( ) 14. A lot of people are fooled _____ April Fool’s Day. A. in B. at C. on D. with ( ) 15. Yesterday I was late _____ school because the traffic was heavy. A. on B. to C. to D. for ( ) 16. The mountain was ____ steep ____ few people in our city reached the top. A. so。 as B. so。 as D. too。 There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have bee a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting. Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the years to e. Radio had, perhaps done as much as any other munication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few seconds after they happen. Travelers in out of – the – way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio. Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance, TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in color. Perhaps the most modern invention is “Telstar”, a “star” moving round the earth. It makes it possible for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on TV a motor – car race in Italy, a table tennis petition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these events are actually happening! ( ) 1. The passage tells us that ______ in the . have no radio or television set. A. a large number of homes B. all the families