Задания 19-25
Kid inventions
Becky Schroeder was only 10 years old when she came up with the idea of the glo-paper. Two years___LATER___, in 1974, her invention was patented. She became the ___YOUNGEST___ female to ever receive a patent in the United States. The idea came to her when she tried to do her homework in the family car, while her mother shopped for groceries. It ___WAS_GETTING___ dark gradually, and she couldn’t see her notebook very well. She ___DID_NOT_HAVE___ a flashlight and imagined how nice it would be to have a paper that glows in the dark and allows you to write effortlessly without light. A year of research and experiment and she did it!
A white flag
It’s always a problem for me to find my car in a huge parking lot. After reading an article with a piece of advice for people like me, I decided to follow it one day. I attached a tissue to the car’s antenna with a rubber band. The little white flag waving in the breeze ___WAS_SUPPOSED___ to help me spot my car easily. So I went ___SHOPPING___ . When I ___CAME___ out, I quickly spotted a little white flag … and about ten others
