Question

[Lê Thị Vân Trang]

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word.

      Write your answers in the spaces that follow. (15 pts)

Television owes its origin to many inventors. But it was the single–minded determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led ---(1)--- the first live television broadcast.

Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird earned a living ---(2)--- a razor–blade salesman. In the 1890s Guillermo Marconi showed that sound could ---(3)--- sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of his spare time ---(4)--- on his ideas in his tiny workshop without ---(5)--- commercial support. He ---(6)--- to use his ---(7)--- earnings to continue his research. In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more ---(8)--- three metres. He continued to experiment and ---(9)--- October 25, 1925 transmitted a recognisable image of a doll. He ran ---(10)--- to the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs. The boy became the first living image ---(11)--- by television.

Overnight, Baird became famous and the money ---(12)--- he needed to continued his research was at ---(13)--- made available. In 1927 he made a transmission from London to Glasgow and in 1928 he made ---(14)--- from London to New York. He continued experimenting and ---(15)--- the rest of his life exploring the possibility of colour television.

Answer 1

[Đỗ Thanh Hải]

   Tham khảo      Television  owes its origins to many inventors. But it was the single -minded determination of an amateur’ John Logie Baird ‘that led to the first live television broadcast. Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glassgow’ John Logie Baird earned a living as a razor-blade salesman. In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could be sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of his spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without any commercial support. He had to use his own earnings to continue his research. In 1924 ‘Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more than three meters. He continued to experiment and on October 25 ‘1925  transmitted a recognizable image of a doll. He ran down to the office on the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the boys to come upstairs.The boy became the first  living image transmitted by television. Overnight ‘Baird became famous and the money that he needed to continue his research was at last made one from London to New York. He continued experimenting and spent his last years exploring the possibility of color television.