Taylor Swift is a country music star. She was born on December 13,1989. She was born in Pennsylvania, USA. She is a singer and a (..1..). Her music is a mix (..2..) country music and pop. She started playing the guitar when she was 10 years old. She writes songs and sings. When she was 11 years old, she (..3..) to Nashville. In 2006, at the age of 16, she (..4..) her first album. Fans love her music and her (..5..) too. She is a fantastic musician and she is very beautiful and intelligent too. Taylor Swift is fantastic!
1. A. music B. composer C. musical D. compose
2. A. of B. in C. for D. with
3. A. moves B. have moved C. moved D. was moving
4. A. released B. discharged C. escaped D. throw away
5. A. person B. personal C. personalize D. personality
Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.
QUESTIONS
1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
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2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
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3. Who did she help ?
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4. How old was she when she died?
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Helen Keller was born in 1880. She got sick the next year and was blind and deaf. Her parents found her a teacher who tried to teach Helen to read and write. When Helen was eight years old, she went to a special school in Boston where she learned how to speak and “listen” with her hands. Then at the age of 19, Helen passed the entrance exam to a famous school in Massachusetts, and graduated from college in 1904. Helen wrote many books about education and politics. She visited many parts of the world, and tried to help blind people as well as poor people. She became a famous writer and speaker. Helen died in June 1968. She was a very special person.
QUESTIONS
1. What happened to Helen Keller in 1881?
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2. Did she graduate from college in 1904 ?
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3. Who did she help ?
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4. How old was she when she died?
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1.I stayed at home yesterday because I was sick. [why]
2.John talked about his country. [What]
3.Tommy went to the park two days ago. [Where]
4.She went to bed at 10 o'clock last night. [What time]
5.The programme started at 7.00. [When]
6.She left school when she was sixteen. [When]
7Alan lived with his father and brothers in LonDon. [Who], [Where[
8.She spent the afternoon in the libraty. [Where]
The first person to swim the English Channel was a sailor named Matthew Webb. Webb was born in England in 1848, and he (1) ______ to swim in a river near his home. When he was 12 years old, he (2) ______ on a ship and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean many times, from Liverpool to New York. Webb was always (3) ______ swimming. On one of his journeys across the ocean, Webb was taking a walk around the ship (4) ______ he saw a passenger fall into the ocean. Webb didn’t hesitate and jumped into the ocean to rescue him.
1. A. learnt B. learns C. learn
2. A. finished college B. got a certificate C. got a job
3. A. good in B. be good at C. good at
4. A. while B. when C. as to
Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (1) ________, was a courageous, and determined woman. She left her home for Paris to (2) _________ her interest in science. Living in (3) _______, she still (4) _________ to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (5) ________ after graduation and (6) __________ him a year later.
Together, Pierre and Marie (7) ________ the most famous husband-and-wife (8) ________ in science history. They (9) __________ the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (10) _________ the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
1. a. biologist b. mathematician c. chemist d. physicist and chemist
2. a. follow b. take c. pursue d. satisfy
3. a. poverty b. loneliness c. wealth d. difficulty
4. a. made b. managed c. harboured d. worked
5. a. immediately b. soon c. shortly d. rightly
6. a. married b. left c. divorced d. devoted
7. a. built b. organized c. established d. formed
8. a. couple b. partnership c.scientists d.partners
9. a. discovered b. invented c.built d. made
10. a. had awarded b. awarded c. were awarded d. were awarding
11. I ____ at her for several moments, desperately trying to remember where I’d seen her before
A. watched
B. stared
C. observed
D. glimpsed
12. ______, authorities allow about one ton to each foot of length
A. To calculate the weight of an average adult whale
B. They calculate the weight of an average adult whale
C. In the calculation the weight of an average adult whale
D. Even though they caculate the weight of an average adult whale
13. ______, Harry S.Truman was the thirty-third President of the United States
A. He was born and raised in Missouri
B. That he was born and raised in Missouri
C. Because he was born and raised in Missouri
D. Born and raised in Missouri
Reading the following passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. Do not use the same word more than once:
class course education homework lessons
passed primary private teacher uniforms
Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state (1)........................shool when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and wwritting (2)..............................., but there were so many pupils in the (3)..................................that the teacher found it difficult to control them. When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her (4)...............................He sent her to an expensive (5).................................... school, where the girls wore dark green (6)..................................and ***** two hours' (7)..............................every evening. Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard , she (8)..........................all her exams , and went to university at eighteen. She chose a history (9).................and was an excellent student. In the end she decided to become a (10).....................and returned to her old primary school to teach.