English C1 CAE

Inventor Delia Strand says it was (0) LAZINESS (LAZY) that gave her the idea for the Chargem, because she likes to find the quickest way of doing things. She explains that without an electronic device, such as a laptop, phone or mp3 player as a (1) ............ (DISTRACT), she would have found her daily train journey to work totally (2) ............ (BEAR). The problem was she could never find all her chargers when she needed them. In a moment of (3) ............ (INSPIRE), Delia decided that she was going to invent something which would be easy to (4) ............ (HAND) and yet could power six electronic devices at any one time, (5) ............ (REGARD) of where in the world you were. Her idea finally got off the ground when she found an (6) ............ (INVEST) who agreed to put money into it. Delia set up her own business intending to come up with other (7) ............ (PRODUCE) designed to make people’s lives easier. She says her next gadget, will be something to help protect people’s personal (8) ............ (BELONG). And this is how the story ends...