Microwave oven

Perhaps the most (0) useful (use) and convenient of all domestic appliances is the microwave oven. You do not need to be a (1) _skilled_________ (skill) cook or a (2) __technological________ (technology) genius to operate one, and you can produce extremely (3) ___tasty_______ (taste) meals at the touch of a button. Many of us would now feel rather (4) ___helpless_______ (help) and unable to cope without one. The man we have to thank for this modern cooking miracle is (5) ___inventor_______ (invent), Percy LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945.

Ten years (6) ___later_______ (late) the first domestic microwave made its (7) ___appearance_______ (appear). This rather bulky contraption needed an (8) ___electrician_______ (electric) and a plumber to install it. and was the same size as a fridge. At over $1,000 in 1955, it was not immediately (9) ___succesful_______ (success). Not until 1967, when the countertop model became (10) ___widely_______ (wide) available, did sales start to improve.