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

IV. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num ­bared blank.

Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (1) .................. of the blind. He (2) …................ 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 (3) .................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris as an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the school . Braille is known for his idea of (4) .................... the Briberies “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 (10) ................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.

1. a. designer                        b. doctor                           c. teacher                          d. lawyer

2. a. who                               b. whom                           c. himself                          d. for himself

3. a. activity                         b. ability                           c. intelligence                   d. determination

4. a. expressing                     b. learning                        c. bringing                        d. modifying

5. a. made                             b. taken                            c. done                             d. derived

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

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 .

III. Read the following  passage and do the tasks below : 

    Charles Dickens was one of the greatest writers in English Literature. He was born into a poor family in England. His father was a clerk in an office. It was a good job but he always spent more money than he earned, so he was often in debt. When Dickens was eleven years old, his father was put into prison because he could not pay his debts. At the age of twelve, Dickens was sent to work in a factory labeling bottles for six shillings a week.

     When Dickens was sixteen, he worked for a newspaper, and soon became a good journalist. He also wrote many short stories and novels about London’s life. Many of his characters were poor and hungry people. Some of his novels have been translated into many different languages. His two novels “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” are famous all over the world.

A.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences:

1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true ?

A. Charles Dickens was born into a poor family in England.

B. Charles Dickens always spent more money than he earned.

C. His father was put into prison when he was 11 years old.

D. “Oliver Twist” and “David Copperfield” were written by Charles Dickens.

2. The word  famous in the second paragraph mostly means________.

A. strange B. well done   C. well- known D. unknown

B.  Answer the questions:

1. Was Charles Dickens one of the greatest writers in English Literature?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. How old was he when he worked for a newspaper?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. What did he write about in his short stories and novels?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

William Shakespeare was the (1)………. writer in the English language. He was born in 1564 in Stratford- upon- Avon. At the age of eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years (2) ………. than himself. A few years later he moved to London, where he worked as a actor and a playwright. Shakespeare wrote thirty seven plays and 154 sonnets (a kind of poem). His most famous plays are the four great tragedies - Othelo, Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear. Shakespeare died in Stratford on 23 April 1616, but his plays are still very popular today. They have been translated into different languages, and many of them have been (3) ………. into films, both in English and other languages. Shakespeare's plays are about the great issues of life - love, hatred, jealousy, power, ambition, (4) ………. and so on. So, his plays are just relevant today as they were in the sixteenth (5) ………..

1. A. great

B. greater

C. greatest

D. greatly

2. A. old

B. elder

C. eldest

D. older

3. A. did

B. done

C. make

D. made

4. A. death

B. died

C. die

D. to die

5. A. days

B. months

C. years

D. century

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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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PART 7: Read the passage below carefully and choose the best answer.

Langston Hughes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of 14. Several years later he spent one year in Mexico before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that, he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Witter Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1928, he traveled to Spain and to Russia with the help of a Guggenheim fellowship. His novels include Not without Laughter (1930) and The Big Sea (1940). He wrote an autobiography in 1956 and also published several collections of poetry. The collections include The Weary Blues (1926), The Dream Keeper (1932), Shakespeare in Harlem (1942), Fields of Wonder (1947), One Way Ticket (1947), and Selected Poems (1959) A man of many talents, Hughes was also a lyricist, librettist, and a journalist. As an older man in the 1960s, he spent much of his time collecting poems from Africa and from African-Americans to popularize black writers. Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers in American literary history, and he is seen as one of the artistic leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the period when a neighborhood that was predominantly black produced a flood of great literature, music, and other art forms depicting daily city life for African-Americans.

1. What is the main topic of this passage?

3.       As used in the passage, which of the following words could best replace the word "ports"?

A.  Islands     B. Ships         C. Friends.     D. Harbors

4.       To which of the following movements might Shakespeare in Harlem refer?

A.  The Civil War    B. The Harlem Riots

                   C. The Harlem Renaissance            D. The Civil Rights Movement

5.       What provided Hughes with assistance for his travel to Spain and Russia?

A.  His job as a reporter     B. His career as a soldier

                  C. A literary fellowship                               D. A college study program

6.       The word "talents" in the passage could be replaced by which of the following?

A.  Desires    B. Abilities    C. Strategies  D. Careers

7.       According to the author, what did Hughes do during the later years of his life? A. Write short stories    B. Popularize African-American writers

                   C. Advocate racial equality         .               D. Write about life in Harlem

8.       Which of the following could best replace the word "accomplished" as used in the passage?

A.  Successful          B. Prolific      C. Brilliant    D. Imaginative

9.       Which of the following can best substitute for the word "depicting" in the passage?

A.  Congratulating   Blessing         C. Screening  D. Portraying

10.  According to the passage, Langston Hughes was all of the following EXCEPT:

A.  A novelist           B. A poet       C. A historian           D. A journalism.