1. Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American inventor and engineer, was born on the 9th of July, 1856. He came up with a lot of inventions in the production, transmission and application of electric power. In 1875, Nikola entered the Higher Technical School in Graz to study electrical engineering. He clearly saw weak points of direct current (DC) machines, but was sharply criticized by his professors. In the third year of his studies, he started playing cards and lost a lot of money. He said he did not see any goal in these studies. Tesla could not pass his final exams, though he managed to solve the most difficult mathematical problems in mind. In 1882, while walking in a park, he got an idea of a brushless alternating current (AC) motor.

2. In 1884, Tesla immigrated to the US. He got a job as an engineer at Thomas Edison's Manhattan headquarters. Edison promised Tesla to pay him $50,000 for an improvement of his DC dynamos. After several months of experiments, Tesla submitted the results and asked for the money. Edison refused him saying that Tesla did not understand the American humor. Offended, Tesla resigned immediately.

3. Edison's main rival in the "battle of the currents" was George Westinghouse. Westinghouse employed Tesla, licensed the patents for his AC motor and gave him a lab. To weaken the fear of alternating current, in his laboratory, Tesla showed experiments with alternating current passing electricity through his body. Together with Westinghouse and General Electric, Tesla set AC generators at Niagara Falls, that was the first modern power station.

4. In 1900, Tesla initiated the construction of the first wireless telecommunication tower for commercial transatlantic telephony, radio broadcasting and demonstration of wireless power transmission. But as this could provide free electricity to everyone, J.P. Morgan, the owner of the world's first Niagara hydroelectric power station, decided to refuse further financing. It was Tesla's greatest defeat.

5. Tesla lived his last decades in a New York hotel, working on new inventions even as his energy and mental health faded. He never paid much attention to his finances and died in great poverty at the age of 86. Tesla died in his room on the 7th of January, 1943. Later that year, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged Tesla's innovations in radio. The AC system he championed and improved remains the global standard for power transmission.

Match the information in the following statement to the correct paragraph in the passage (1, 2, 3, 4):

Tesla got the idea of a brushless alternating current motor while walking in a park.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Match the information in the following statement to the correct paragraph in the passage (3, 4, 5, 6):

In order to escape a concentration camp, Lisa left Germany and fled to Denmark.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Decide if the following statement is true, false or not given according to the passage:

Lise Meitner had a talent for literature and painting.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Match the information in the following statement to the correct paragraph in the passage (2, 3, 4, 5):

Lise Meitner was not awarded the Nobel Prize, but received the Enrico Fermi award.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Decide if the following statement is true, false or not given according to the passage:

Meitner's research marked the beginning of the work on the creation of the nuclear bomb.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Decide if the following statement is true, false or not given according to the passage:

Meitner was awarded the Nobel Prize.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Match the information in the following statement to the correct paragraph in the passage (2, 3, 4, 5):

Meitner required private tutoring when she was young since she wasn't allowed the same education as boys.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Decide if the following statement is true, false or not given according to the passage:

Meitner was working on nuclear fission in collaboration with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann.

1. Until 1938, scientists did not even think that a neutron could split an atom's core. Nobody could imagine that nuclear fission would be used in power plants and atomic bombs. Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission and got the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1945. Unfortunately, his colleague Lise Meitner was not even mentioned.

2. Lise Meitner was born in Vienna in 1878. She was the third of eight children in a Jewish family. During her school years, Lise showed an interest in mathematics and natural sciences. Her father, a lawyer and a famous chess player, hired private teachers for her. From 1892 to 1901, the girls in Vienna were not allowed to enter universities, so Lise had some difficulties in getting her higher education. In 1901, however, the situation changed, and she managed to enter the University of Vienna. In 1906, she got her PhD in Physics.

3. In 1907, Lise went to the University of Berlin to attend Max Planck's lectures on theoretical physics, but as she was a woman, she wasn't given a permission to work in the same laboratory as men. In Berlin, Lise met Otto Hahn who was conducting experiments in radioactivity. They worked together for 30 years. They achieved great results in nuclear physics. In 1926, Meitner became a professor at the University of Berlin. For their achievements in science from 1924 to 1934, Meitner and Hahn were nominated for the Nobel Prize eight times.

4. By 1937, Meitner and Hahn had identified several new radioactive elements. Together with the analytical chemist Fritz Strassmann, they were working on nuclear fission. Their colleague from Italy, Enrico Fermi, produced radioactive isotopes by bombarding uranium with neutrons. None of them, however, could say whether these isotopes were transuranic elements.

5. In 1938, Hitler came to power and all Jews were fired from the university. Lise had to move to Denmark and then to Sweden. By her initiative, Hahn and Strassmann kept on carrying out experiments, and they discovered nuclear fission in their laboratory in Berlin. But the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to Hahn alone. It was Meitner who solved the mystery, and Hahn only proved her ideas by experimenting. He never shared his glory with Lise. In 1966, however, Meitner and her colleagues were awarded the US Fermi Prize.

6. She had no idea that her discovery could be used to make lethal weapon and refused to take part in its development.

7. Meitner died in 1968. In 1992, a new element was named "Meitnerium" after Lise Meitner, thus she received a deserved recognition.

Choose the statement which best expresses the main idea of the passage: