Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

storage or storage 
space are correct.
Q 2. Darius’s wood drill used in connection with another …………………
Answer: 
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 wood blocks. 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 in-
ventions. 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.