Choose the correct words to complete the passage .

The New York Institution for the Blind was ( 1) ............... in 1831 , about five years after Louis Braille had developed system of writing for the ( 2 ) ............... . It was one of the first schools in the United States to provide an ( 3 ) ............... program for children who were blind or ( 4 ) .................. impaired .

1. A . discovered B . founded C . located D . provided

2. A . deaf B . blind C . mute D . disabled

3. A . educated B . educating C . education D. educational

4. A . visually B . mentally C . hearing D . badly

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I. choose the corect words to complete the passage.

The New York Institution for the Blind was (1) .................. in 1831, about five years after Louis Braile had developed system of writing for the (2)...................... It was one of the first schools in the United States to provide an (3)............. program for children who were blind or (4) ............... impaired. early in the twentieth century the name was (5).............. to the New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) to better reflect the (6).............. expanded focus and commitment to children wih a variety of (7)................

1.A. ***** covered B. founded C. located D. provided

2.A. deaf B.blind C. mute D. disabled

3.A. educated B. educating C. aducation D. educational

4.A. visually B. mentally C. hearing D. badly

5.A. renamed B. adjusted C. changed D. developed

6.A. school's B. program's C. system's D. founder's

7.A. Impairments B. injuries C. handicaps D. disabilities

Read the passage and choose the best answers :

Louis Braille was born in France in 1809 . His father had a small business . He made shoes and other things from leather . Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small . One day when Louis was 3 years old , he was cutting some leather , suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eyes . He soon became completely blind .

When he was ten years old , he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris . One day his class went to visit a speacial exhibit by a captain in the army . One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis . It showed messages in code . Armies send messages in secret codes so no - one else can read them . The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper .

Louis thought a lot about this code . Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could " read " with their fingers . It is very difficult to feel the differences between raised letters . Instead of letters , Louis used a " cell " of six dots . He arranged the dots with two dots across and three down . So blind people can read and write even write music by Braille .

1 . It is difficult to feel the differences between ................................

A . arrangements of dots

B . coded messages

C . raised letters

D . a system of raised dots

2 . Louis Braille's father made things from .............................

A . codes

B . exhibit

C. leather

D . wood

3 . Which of these sentences is probably not true ?

A . Braille invented a system of reading for blind people .

B . Braille system is used for everyone .

C . Braille visited an exhibit of codes

D . Braille was an intelligent boy .

4 . When Louis was ten years old , he began to study ......................................

A . at a local school

B . at a special school for the blind .

C . in the army

D . at a university .

Louis Braille (1)........ in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (2).... of blind. He himself was blind from the age of three and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked ability in both science and (3)....... ,he became famous in Paris an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille bega the (4)......blind in institute. Braille is known for his idea of modifying the Barbier "point writing" system, used for coded army messages to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system derived from it is used (5)......today, in slightly modified form, and (6) ......countries. many

Louis Braille ⁽¹⁾ ……………… in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French ⁽²⁾ ……………… of the blind. He himself was blind from the age of three and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked ability in both science and ⁽³⁾ ………………, he became famous in Paris an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began ⁽⁴⁾ ……………… the blind in institute. Braille is known for his idea of modifying the Barbier “point writing” system, used for coded army messages to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system derived from it is used ⁽⁵⁾ ……………… today, in slightly modified form, and ⁽⁶⁾ ……………… many countries.

1. A. is born                            B. was born                       C. bears                              D. bore 

2. A. principal                         B. customer                       C. engineer                        D. teacher

3. A. music                             B. mathematics                  C. foreign language           D. literature

4. A. teach                              B. to teach                         C. teaching                        D. taught 

5. A. succeed                          B. success                          C. successful                      D. successfully 

6. A. on                                  B. in                                   C. at                                   D. over

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 35

A. broadly

B. widely

C. deeply

D. hugely

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 31

A. notice

B. show

C. appear

D. mark

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 33

A. quite

B. more

C. over

D. already

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

Early writing and Alphabets

When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31) _______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word.

The Ancient Egyptians had a system of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists (32) _______ a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33) _______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant.

An alphabet is quite different from picture writing. It (34) _______ of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman’s and this alphabet is now used (35) _______ throughout the world.

Điền câu 32

A. discovered

B. realized

C. delivered

D. invented