Упр.29 Юнит 1 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Rainbow English 11 класс
29. Complete the text with the appropriate forms of the words on the right. The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 when America (1) was beginning its industrial development.
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29. Complete the text with the appropriate forms of the words on the right.
The great inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 when America (1) was beginning its industrial development. At the age of eight after only three months at school, young Thomas came home crying because his teacher (2) had called him “stupid”. From that moment on his mother (3) taught him at home. He read science books by (4) himself and made lots of experiments.
At the age of twelve Edison got his (5) first job selling newspapers on the local trains. The boy made money in a clever but simple way. He checked the news stories first. When the news (6) was interesting, he took a lot of papers; when the news (7) was boring, only a few copies (8) were taken
One day Thomas stood waiting for a train. Suddenly he saw the station (9) master’s little son walking into the track of an approaching train. Edison ran after the boy and saved him. The station master was so happy that he showed Edison how to use railway telegraphy. Soon Thomas became one of the (10) best.
professional telegraph operators, which was the beginning of his brilliant career.