Passage Fourteen The first practical pen with reservoir is credited to Lewis Edson Waterman, a 45year-old American insurance broker in 1884. The story goes that he was getting ready to sign a (1) contract on a building site and had bought a new pen for the (2) feeling that it would (3) a good impression and be more convenient for the circumstances than the more usual dip nib pen. The (4) was on the table, and the pen was in the client’s hand. Once, twice and even a third time the pen refused to write and then it made an ink blot on the important paperwork. Mr. Waterman returned to his office in all (5) , obtained a fresh contract and returned to the site-a (6) broker had beaten him to it and the client had signed a contract with the competitor. Waterman refused to be caught out again in like fashion and having an inventive mind designed his own pen and commenced to produce them in his brother’s (7) His design was based upon the physical force of capillarity where air replace the ink used giving a smooth, even, blot free flow. His idea was patented in 1884 but he continued to sell insurance while (8) just a few hundreds pens per year. However, Waterman saw the (9) of advertising and sales increased rapidly. Gold nibs were (10) from New York and in 1900 a factory was built in Montreal, Canada to make the pens.
A. rivalD. benefitsG. toleranceJ. regulation M. haste
B. manufacturingE. vitalH. obtained K. occasion N. office
C. contractF. escapedI. purchasing L. create O. workshop