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Marcel Bich, a French manufacturer of traditional ink pens, was the man (18) ______. Bich was surprised by the poor quality and high price of the ballpoint pens available at the time. However, he realised that the ballpoint pen was a well-established invention, (19) ______ that would succeed in the market.

"Bich approached the Biro brothers and asked for permission to use their original invention in one of his pens. In return, he offered to pay them for each pen he sold. (20) ______, he used a microscope to examine them closely."

By 1950, he was ready to introduce his new design: a plastic pen with a transparent barrel that wrote smoothly, didn’t leak, and cost only a few cents. The new ballpoint pen (21) ______. The public liked it immediately, and today it is as common as the pencil.

Bich's success allowed him to establish Société Bic, which expanded worldwide. (22) ______, producing not only pens but also lighters, razors, and even mobile phones.

Question 18:
A. turning the ballpoint pen into an affordable item used worldwide
B. to turn the ballpoint pen into something everyone can afford today
C. which turned the ballpoint pen into a common tool
D. that had turned the ballpoint pen into a impractical writing instrument

Question 19:
A. so he aimed to create a cheap and ineffective version
B. therefore, his goal was to make a complicated and costly version.
C. as result, he tried to design a version that was neither affordable nor practical.
D. so he attempted to produce a low-cost and efficient version. 

Question 20:
A. Spending two years studying the structure of every ballpoint pen available 

B. Spending two years designing a brand-new ballpoint pen
C. To spend two years studying the structure of every ballpoint pen available

D. He has used various techniques, including microscopes, to study them

Question 21:
A. became a practical and popular writing instrument
B. has become the most used writing tool since the 1950s
C. was becoming more and more useful as a writing instrument
D. had become a must-have tool in many households

Question 22:
A. His company continued to expand with various products
B. His company had expanded worldwide with multiple factories by new investors
C. His company expanded its production line beyond writing instruments
D. was growing into a multi-product company when the market demand increased

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