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Mark Twain is a famous america writer. His name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens and Mark Twain was his pen name. He was born in a small town (1)_on_____ the Missouri river (2)__in____ the USA. The boy had many friends (3)__at____ school and when he became a writer, he described them (4)__in____ his stories. Samuel always wanted to be a sailor and (5)_when_____ the age of twenty he found work (6)___on___ a river boat. After some time he left the boat and went to live (7)__in____ California. Here he began to write short stories (8)__under____ the name (9)__of____ Mark Twain. He sent them (10)__to____ newspapers. The readers loved his stories very much.

1, grew up

2, greatly admired

3, had become

4, became

5, contained

6, had written

7. had been working

9, never finished

10, has become

Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passage.

Jack London the famous American writer, was born(1) in San Francisco in 1876. When he was young, he (2)used to sell newspapers, work at a hotel and on a ship (3)for money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4)because he was too poor to pay for the university. In (5)the years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6)wrote his best stories and novels. These books were about working people (7)who came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North.

Fill in an appropriate word in each blank.

Kipling was the first writer (1) was expressed the faith and national pride. He was (2) born in Bombay India (3) in 1865 and was taken (4) to England to (5) be educated at the (6) age of 6. But at the age of 17 he returned (7) to India and became a journalist. (8) by this time he (9) was a great amount of prose and portry. After wards he returned to England and travelled in Japan and America. He received the 1907 Nobel (10) prize for literature and died in 1936 while he was working on his autbiographical notes.

Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points)
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)................keen.................on music and played in a pop group (2) .....................at................... school and Art college .
John (3)................got.................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4)................whose............... name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)...............called.................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) .................were................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)..................always.................. scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8).................about.................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............becoming............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)..............on................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)...................his................. marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)...............who........... he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ...............be................. seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ................the............... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..................was.................. shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.

A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)...............keen..................on music and played in a pop group (2) .......................at................. school and Art college .
John (3).................got................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4).................whose.............. name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)..........called......................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) ................were.................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)...............would..................... scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8)..................about................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............much............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)............on..................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)..............his...................... marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)........whom.................. he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ......be.......................... seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ..........the..................... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..............was...................... shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.

Ruyard Kipling, one of Endland's (26) ______ famous writers, was born in Bombay, India, in 1865, where his English father was working for the British government. Kipling spent his (27) ______ chilhood in India. At six he was to (28) ______ England and educated in an English school. From 1882 until 1883 he was (29) ______ of his school paper. He went back to India in 1883. There he became (30) ______ in writing and worked for a newspaper. When he was 21 he (31) ______ his first book, which was a small book of poetry. Before he was 24 he had brought out a small collection of short stories. There were well-liked and were full of brilliant descriptions and accurate observations.

Between 1887 and 1899 Kipling traveled (32) ______ the world. He visited China, Japan, and he lived for a few years in America, where he married an American woman. Diuring this (33) ______, he wrote several of his most (34) works, the stories for children, which made him famous: The Jungle Books (1894), Kim (1901) and Jusst So Stories (1902). He also published several books of poetry during this time. Kipling returned to England from America and spent the of (35) ______ his life there until his death in 1936.

26. A.such B.most C.extreme D.too

27. A.early B.starting C.young D.beginning

28. A.carried B.transported C.travelled D.taken

29. A.president B.chairman C.editor D.boss

30. A.liked B.interested C.fond D.taken

31. A published B.took out C.invented D.created

32. A.on B.around C.though D.across

33. A.part B.section C.moment D.period

34. A.common B.popular C.usual D.ordinary

35. A.rest B.last C.end D.period

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Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)…first……nor the last child prodigy, (2)……but….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)……where….his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)…learning…… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)…age……at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father (6)…took…..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)…spent…..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)…continued…..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)……wrote…a lot of operas. His first opera,

Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)…performed…… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.

Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the (1)…FIRST……nor the last child prodigy, (2)…BUT…….he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family (3)…WHERE …….his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began (4)…LEARNING…… to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the (5)…AGE……at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father (6)…TOOK…..him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart (7)…SPENT…..almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he (8)…CONTINUED…..to tour and give concerts. Mozart also (9)…WROTE ……a lot of operas. His first opera,

Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was (10)…PERFORMED …… in Milan when he was 14, and it was one of many successes in the life of the genius.

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