Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

basic 
physics
 
– mainly by studying photos and diagrams. Another book he found there 
featured windmills on the cover and inspired him to try and build his own.
Explanation: 
learned = taught himself 
basic physics 
from science book he discovered 
in a local library.
Q 2. First he built ............... of the windmill.
Answer: 
(small) model
Part of the passage:
 He 
started 
by constructing 
a small model
.
Explanation: 
started by constructing = first he built.
Q 3. Then he collected materials from ............... with a relative.
Answer: 
scrap yards
Part of the passage: 
Then, with the help of a cousin 
and friend, he spent many weeks 
searching 
scrap yards 
and found 
old tractor fans, shock absorbers, plastic pipe and 
bicycle parts
, which he used to build the real thing.
Explanation: 
materials = old tractor fans, shock absorbers, plastic pipe, etc.; 
relative = cousin.
Q 4. He made the windmill blades from pieces of ............... .
Answer: 
bath pipe
Part of the passage:
 For 
windmill blades
, William 
cut some 
bath pipe 
in two 
lengthwise
, then heated the pieces over hot coals to press the curried edges flat.
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Explanation: 
He cut some bath pipe in two lengthwise, then heated the pieces (those 
two he cut) over hot coals (and that’s how he made his blades).