- What is the text mainly about?
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The evolution of technology
The inventors of household appliances
The importance of household appliances in modern life.
The history of electrical appliances
- What are the two innovations that facilitated the development of household appliances?
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light and power
new engines and discoveries
resistance heating and small efficient motors
tjhe magnetron and microprocessor
- What are the design innovations focused on?
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making appliances more efficient and cheaper
making life more modern
making appliances lighter, smaller and more useful
making electricity more attractive to costumers
- What does the word "drudgery" on paragraph 4 mean?
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wrong ideas
house chores
cleaning
boring and unpleasant work
- What are the advantages of using household appliances at home?
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housewives do more chores now
chores are easier to perform
it is possible to do several things at the same time
life is cheaper now
- Which two appliances were invented first ?
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the electric toaster and the vacuum cleaner
the blender and the mixer
the washing machine and the dryer
the freezer and the microwave oven
- Who patented the electric toaster?
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Thomas Edison
Albert Marsh
Perryl L. Spencer
Hoover
- When was the microwave oven developed?
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in the 1960's
in the 1930's
in the 1940's
in the 1970's
- What was the major event that helped to develop the electrical appliances?
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the discovery of electricity
the standarization of electric outlets and plugs
the invention of the lightbulb
ythe experimentation with magnetrons
- Why are the household appliances considered great achievements in engineering?
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because they allow women to work out of home
because everybody can use them
because people have more free time to enjoy life
because people program their life