Choose the correct item A, B, C or D.

Today we take many inventions for granted but one of the most useful ones is the ‘not so (1)__________________ ’ supermarket trolley. Before the 1930s women shoppers went into grocery stores with their own baskets. (2)____________________, they would only buy a few things because their baskets wouldn’t (3)______________________ much.

Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma (4)___________________ this and decided that he had to think of a way to encourage people to buy more, especially since business was not (5)_______________________ very well.

He took a folding chair, (6) __________________ wheels to the legs and placed two baskets on top. He put the trolleys near the door and waited to see his customers’ (7)________________. He was very disappointed. No one (8)________________ any notice. Nevertheless, being a very determined man, he didn’t give up. He hired people to push them around the store filled with gro­ceries. Customers were offered one to try out and his success story began.

10. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options (A–D) for each gap in the text.

“We started getting messages from the rescue team saying they could not (1) ___________

because the weather was so severe. The conditions were incredibly cold. Every 20 min­utes for over 36 hours we rubbed our fingers and toes for 15 minutes to make sure we didn’t get frostbite. The doctors were amazed at (2)_____________ unscathed we were when we finally got down. After the first night, we saw the rescue helicopter fly overhead, but they sent us a message saying the conditions were too bad to come (3)_________________ clos­er. By this point we knew if they (4)______________ us in the morning, we had (5)_____________ chance of surviving. We didn’t need to talk about it. You just need to look into someone’s eyes and you know (6)_______________ understand the seriousness of the situation as well as you do. It was such a relief when they finally reached us.”

Adapted from The Guardian, October 7, 2003

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