Helen Adams Keller was a deaf-blind American writer and speaker. She was born at the house called Ivy Green in Alabama, in 1880. She was not born blind and deaf at first. When she was 2 years old, she suffered from an illness. Doctors said the illness was bleeding in the stomach and the brain. It left her deal and blind. Helen's mother, Kate Keller read Charles Dickens' American Notes about the successful education of the first deaf-blind child, Laura Bridgeman. Then, she put Helen Keller into the Perkins School for the Blind where Bridgeman was educated. Anne Sullivan from this school became Helen's teacher. She showed Helen a new way to use hand signs to communicate. As an adult, Helen Adams Keller travelled to 39 countries and tried to help disabled people and get more legal rights for women throughout her life. Helen Keller later formed an organization to prevent blindness. (Toefl ibt activator – beginning reading/ p.53) * legal: relating to the law 1. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Helen Keller's life was lonely and difficult. B. Helen Keller's mother loved her very much. C. Helen Keller overcame her disabilities and helped others. D. Helen Keller recovered from being blind and deaf. 2. The word It in paragraph 1 refers to______ A. Ivy Green B. Alabama C. the brain D. an illness 3. The word she in paragraph 2 refers to _____ A. Laura Bridgeman B. Helen Keller C. Kate Keller D. Anne Sullivan 4. The word communicate in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _____ A. help B. talk C. teach D. use Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. During World War I, he worked for the newspaper, The Kansas Star. Although Hemingway wanted to be a soldier an eye problem prevented him and he took the newspaper job because he hoped he could report on the war. Instead, he was given the worst and most boring duties. However, the job helped him develop his highly influential writing style. The Star had a set of rules for its writers: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use active English. Be positive, not negative." This is a simple but excellent description of Hemingway's style. The heroes of his stories and novels are very manly since he likely wanted to be this way himself. He greatly admired bravery and enjoyed the types of things that his heroes enjoy, such as hunting and boxing. In Hemingway's writing, life was full of cruelty and tragedy, and the most important thing was to face it with honour and courage. As one critic wrote, the basis of his morality was "how one 15 behaves in the presence of death." While he was a reporter, one of his jobs was to write stories about the local train station. While at the station one day, he saw a man lying on the floor, wrapped in blankets. The man had smallpox, a contagious and deadly disease. Hemingway could not persuade a bystander to help him carry the man to a taxi since no one wanted to risk getting sick. Finally, he picked the man up and carried him to the hospital single - handed. When he wrote about the story later, he never mentioned his own actions. Hemingway thus acted like the type of man he admired; someone who helps others without fear for himself. (Power Content Reading 3) READING COMPREHENSION 1. What is the passage mainly about? A. Event in Hemingway's life B. Hemingway style and beliefs C. Hemingway's major works D. Hemingway's career as a reporter 2. Which of the sentences below best expresses the information in the first underlined sentence in the passage? A. Hemingway wanted to become a reporter and write about the war instead of fighting in it. B. An eye problem prevented Hemingway from becoming a soldier. C. Hemingway decided to try to report on the war because he was unable to fight in it. D. Hemingway had to become a reporter of the Kansas Star because of a problem with his eyes. Why does the author mention that Hemingway enjoyed the types of things that his heroes, such as hunting and boxing? A. To give examples of Hemingway's respect for manliness B. To give examples of Hemingway's active writing style C. To show why Hemingway's works are popular among men D. To show that Hemingway had many interests besides writing 4. The word 'it' in the passage refers to ________________. A. writing B. life C. courage D. cruelty 5. Based on the information in the passage, it is likely that many of Hemingway's stones and novels _________________. A. have happy endings B. are about family life C. are about manliness D. are not sold well 6. According to the passage, which of the following is true of Hemingway? A. He helped a sick stranger at a train station. B. He wrote an article about saving a man's life. C. He loved his job at the newspaper. D. He often wrote stories about World War I Giúp mình 2 đoạn văn này với ạ :(((