10-11 Use of English State Exam (1)

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Have you ever felt like jumping out of a plane? Plenty of people have, but __________________ most of them did it after parachutes had been invented. THANKFUL

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Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480s. He had over 100 __________________ that illustrated his theories on flight.

DRAW

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He designed a parachute in the 1480s, though he didn’t try it out. Another __________________ , Faust Vrande, jumped using a similar design in 1617.

INVENT

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In 1783, Sebastien Lenormand invented a parachute, which he demonstrated by jumping from a tree, but it was only four meters high. A few years later, having refined his design, he made a __________________ jump from a taller tower.

SUCCESS

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In 1785, Jean Pierre Blanchard used a dog to test his parachute. The dog was fine, and so was Blanchard when he used the parachute in 1793 to escape a balloon accident. These early parachutes didn’t catch on because there weren’t any flying machines around to make them __________________useful.

REAL

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The invention of airplanes has made parachutes important. Since then, their __________________ has been proved many times.

EFFECTIVE

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Do you know the story behind the invention of video games? Here is the story of the __________________ video game.

ONE

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If you __________________ this article in 2020, you probably imagine video games as we know them now. Nowadays we are used to online games full of colour and action.

READ

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However, the story about the invention of video games dates back to the 1940s The invention patent __________________: “The cathode ray tube amusement.”

(CALL)

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It was very primitive by today’s standards but has given the inspiration for many video games created __________________.

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