Cloze test

HOW TELEVISION WAS INVENTED

Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Television owes 1…………………..……… origins to many inventors. But it was the single-minded determination of an amateur inventor, John Logie Baird, that led 2………………..…. the first live television broadcast.

Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glasgow, John Logie Baird earned a living 3………………….……… a razor-blade salesman. In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could 4…………………….sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of 5……………………..spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without 6………………………………. commercial support. He 7……………………… to use his 8………………….earnings to continue his research.

In 1924, Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more 9…………………3 metres. He continued to experiment and 10…………………October 25, 1925, transmitted a recognisable image of a doll. He ran 11………………… to the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the office boys to come upstairs.  12…………………………..boy became the first living image transmitted by television.

Overnight, Baird became famous and the money 13……………………. he needed to continue his research was at 14………………………….. made available. In 1927 he made a transmission from London to Glasgow and in 1928 he made 15…………………… from London to New York. He continued experimenting the possibility of colour television.

KEY

1. its
2. to
3. as
4. be
5. his
6. any
7. had
8. own
9. than
10. on
11. down
12. the/that
13. that/which
14. last
15. it