7. Language Use. Multiple-choice.

  

     Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known science fiction writers, (0) though  he knew little about science.

     Born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1920, Ray Douglas Bradbury moved (1)  fractionallyfrequentfractional frequently with his family as his father looked for work during the Great Depression. He (2) endedfinishedcompletedgraduated  from high school in 1938 but did not go to college because of a (3) lesslacklosslittle of funds. He continued to educate himself, however, by spending his nights in the library.

 

     Bradbury started writing stories, and his first paid piece, Pendulum, was published in November 1941; he earned $15. More than 300 short stories were to follow, published first in magazines and then collected in books (4) like asas toas regardssuch as  The Illustrated Man, The Golden Apples of the Sun and The Machinery of Joy, titles (5) whatwhothatthey  hint at the mysterious worlds and curious creatures they (6) createconstructcontainconduct.

     All of Bradbury`s tales today seem somewhat familiar, often because (7) allotherothersanother writers and film makers (8)will usehave usedis usingare used to similar ideas. There is,(9) for instancelike asuch asas a, the time traveller who goes back to the past and accidentally (10) stepsteppedstepsstepping on a butterfly, hereby changing the course of history. Bradbury was always a sunny, affable man but curiously for someone (11) whomthatwho'swhose fiction often (12) involvedinventedinhabitedinvited robots and rockets, was fearful of modern technology.