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Listen to the text and for statement 1-5 choose True or False

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Alexander Fleming invented penicillin while on holiday.

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Percy Spencer got the idea for the microwave oven from a melted chocolate bar.

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A very popular soft drink was invented by a pharmacist.

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The recipe of that drink is now known to everybody.

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Pemberton died not knowing how successful his creation would become.

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The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

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The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

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The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

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The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

1

The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

1

The Letter That Changed History
Have you ever written a letter and wished 6)? Albert Einstein wrote a letter like that in 1939. Concerned by reports 7), Einstein wrote to the US President Franklin Roosevelt, suggesting that recent nuclear research might make it possible "to build extremely powerful bombs of a new type". Einstein advised speeding up research 8). He also recommended that the US take action to secure an adequate supply of uranium.
This letter set off a chain reaction of its own, eventually resulting in the Manhattan Project - the enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
By 1945 many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon - especially 9)that Germany wasn`t building one of its own. Einstein wrote Roosevelt another letter, asking him to meet with scientists 10). But the President died 11)_.
Einstein later said the first letter was "the single greatest mistake of my entire life".

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

1

One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted 29)__, and that`s what became history.

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One of the Great Myths
If you thought Columbus had to convince people the world was round - you`ve been misled by a writer named Washington Irving. Irving is well 12)___today for short stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". But in 13)_ he wrote a best-selling history book about Columbus. One chapter 14) a dramatic confrontation in which Columbus sought to win over a gathering of 15) Spanish scholars who 16)_ that the world was flat.
Nice story. The 17)_ is that Aristotle proved the earth was round two 18)_years earlier, 19)_out the curved shadow it casts on 20)_moon. By Columbus`s time, virtually all learned people 21)__that for granted.
Columbus really did 22)_with the scholars, but the 23)_he had with them was about something 24)_different: the size of the globe. And Columbus was totally 25)_:he thought the earth was small enough and it would be a short sail to India.
But 26)__romantuised version made Columbus the enlightened hero 27)_myth and superstition. That`s 28) people wanted to 29)__, and that`s what became history.