Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

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invention
Part of the passage:

Commercial pressure for large type was answered with the
in-
vention
of a system for wood type production. In 1827, Darius Wells invented a special
wood drill – the lateral router – capable of cutting letters on woodblocks. The router was
used in combination with William Leavenworth’s pantograph (1834) to create decorative
wooden letters of all shapes and sizes.
Explanation:
Both Darius’s wood drill and William Leavenworth’s pantograph are inventions. The word another means we need a general noun that would describe both of these tools. The only general descriptive noun is invention. Pantograph is the most common incorrect answer and the reason for that it (pantograph) cannot be considered another wood drill.
Q 3. lacked both …………………
Answer:
colour and design
Part of the passage:

The first posters began to appear, but they had
little
colour and
design
; often wooden type was mixed with metal type in a conglomeration of styles.
Explanation:
little = not enough (negative)
Q 4. design tool – a …………………
Answer:
(greasy) crayon
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Part of the passage:

The method involved drawing with a
greasy crayon
onto finely
surfaced Bavarian limestone and offsetting that image onto paper.
Explanation:
The tool that is used for designing was a (greasy) crayon.
Q 5. had to use a mirror or ………………… to achieve correct image
Answer:
transfer paper

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