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1. Some of customary systems _____________ in day to day life, for instance in cooking.

A) are occasionally used

B) occasionally used

C) are occasionally using

2. The altimeter, an instrument which measures vertical distance with respect to a reference level, _______ by Louis Paul Cailletet, a French physicist.

A) invented

B) was invented

C) has invented

3. The gram _____________ in 1795 as the mass of one cubic centimeter of water at 4°C.

A) has originally been defined

B)was originally defined

C) originally defined

4. Throughout history, many official systems of measurement ________.

A) have been used

B) have used

C) were used

5. A metric foot (defined as 300 mm) though used occasionally in the UK, __________as an official unit.

A) hasn’t accepted

B) hasn’t been accepted

C) hasn’t been accepting

6. The art of measurement _____________ by the ancient Egyptians.

A) has been invented

B) invented

C) was invented

7. Customary units of measure __________ with the metric system in some countries yet.

A) haven’t been replaced

B) don’t replace

C) weren’t replaced

8. In the United Kingdom road signage legislation only ______ distance signs displaying imperial units.

A) allows

B) is allowed

C) has been allowed

9. In the United States customary units ___________ in household use.

A) predominated

B) are predominated

C) predominate

10. At retail stores milligrams 6) ___ are used ____(use) to denominate the amounts of medications.

 

11. Imperial units ___ in the British Commonwealth and the former British Empire.

A) are mostly used

B) mostly used

C) mostly use

12. In most Commonwealth countries inches and pounds __________ by the metric system.

A) are largely supplanting

B) have largely supplanted

C) have largely been supplanted

13. Some steps towards metrication 11)____ ____ ____ (make) since the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the Customary and Imperial units have a strong hold.

A) were made

B) have been made

C) have made

14. Many ancient systems _______ on the use of parts of the body and the natural surroundings as measuring instruments.

A) were based

B) have been based

C) are based

 

15. Nowadays three different Greek foot standards ____________

A) is known

B) are known

C) were known

 

16. The first calibrated foot ruler, a measurement tool, ________ in 1675 by an unknown inventor.

A) has been invented

B) was invented

C) have been invented

 

17. The common cubit __________ into the span of the hand.

A) has been divided

B) was divided

C) is divided

 

18. The Sacred Cubit ___________ in constructing buildings and monuments in ancient Egypt.

A) was used

B) has been used

C) had been used

 

19. Both modern imperial units and US customary units like inch, foot, and yard _________ from earlier English units.

A) have been derived

B) were derived

C) was derived

20. The standardization laboratory ___________ by government.

A) runs




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