Задание

Прочитайте текст с пропусками, обозначенными номерами 30—39. Выберите правильный ответ для пропуска 33.

Thomas Edison

On the night of October 1931, millions of Americans took part on coast-to-coast ceremony to commemorate the passing of a great man. Lights (30) … at homes and in offices from New York to California. The ceremony (31) … the death of arguably the most important inventor of (32) … time: Tomas Alva Edison.

Few inventors have (33) … such an impact on everyday life and many of these inventions played a crucial (34) … in the development of modern technology. One should never (35) … how revolutionary some of Edison’s inventions were.

In many ways, Edison is the perfect example of an inventor – that is, not is just someone who (36) … up clever gadgets, but someone whose products transform the lives of millions. Ho possessed the key characteristics that an inventor needs to (37) … a success of inventions, notably sheer determination. Edison famously tried thousands of materials while working on a new type of battery, reacting the failure by cheerfully (38) … to his colleagues: “Well, (39) … we know 8000 things that don’t work”. Knowing when to take no notice of experts is also important. Edison’s proposal for electric lighting circuitry was received with total disbelief by eminent scientists, until he lit up whole streets with his lights.

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