Meccano - Test 4

C2 Proficiency · Listening Sentence Completion · Proficiency Testbuilder, 4th Edition, Mark Harrison, Macmillan

You will hear part of a radio programme about toys, in which the development of a famous toy called Meccano is described. For questions 1–9, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Frank Hornby worked for a

He was inspired by a book called

he invented did not work properly.

The

parts.

He started to consider the idea of

in them.

He decided that the parts would need to have a

The first parts he made were from a big

The first object that was built with the new system was a

The first name given to the new toy was

Each Meccano set could be made bigger with the use of an

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