Read the article about an inventor and her invention. Fill in the gaps (1-4) in the text with the missing information (A-F). Write the correct letter (A-F) in the gap.
There is one sentence you do not need to use. The task starts with an example (0).
THE INVENTION OF “LIQUID PAPER”
Like many women in the 1950s, Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. By 1951, she had worked her way up to the position of the executive secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. (0) A. Since Bette was a single mother supporting herself and her son, keeping the job was extremely important.
In the 1950s, a new model of electric typewriter came into widespread use. (1), but they had sensitive key triggers and, as a result, the number of typos increased. When Graham tried to use an eraser to correct the mistakes, carbon ink would smear all over the page. (2), Graham set out to search for a more effective alternative.
To make extra money, she used her talent painting holiday windows at a local bank. (3), but by painting over the error. So, she decided to do what artists did. In 1956, in her kitchen, the quick-thinking Graham poured some white water-based paint into nail polish containers, sneaked one into the office, and hid it in her office desk. (4). This made correcting mistakes much faster and cleaner and hardly noticeable on the page.
In the 1950s, a new model of electric typewriter came into widespread use. (1), but they had sensitive key triggers and, as a result, the number of typos increased. When Graham tried to use an eraser to correct the mistakes, carbon ink would smear all over the page. (2), Graham set out to search for a more effective alternative.
To make extra money, she used her talent painting holiday windows at a local bank. (3), but by painting over the error. So, she decided to do what artists did. In 1956, in her kitchen, the quick-thinking Graham poured some white water-based paint into nail polish containers, sneaked one into the office, and hid it in her office desk. (4). This made correcting mistakes much faster and cleaner and hardly noticeable on the page.
The continuation will follow in the next task.
| A | However, Bette wasn’t efficient at typewriting and struggled with typing mistakes |
| B | While she was observing other painters, she realized that they never corrected mistakes by erasing their work |
| C | They did make typing easier |
| D | Graham saw it was useless at concealing typos |
| E | She concealed her typos with a watercolour brush |
| F | Tired of having to retype the whole page because of one small error |
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