Q: A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you "the new Picasso " or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings? Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family's native place Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, "When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home." Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she's done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra's parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago. Alexandra's father Niki left Romania for political reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three. She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, "We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is well known for art?
2. How old was she?
3. Where?
4. Where are her drawings famous?
5. Where was her dad from originally?
6. How many went to meet her when she went there?
7. What were her feelings?
8. Then what happened?
9. What else?
10. What did she miss?
A: 1. Alexandra Nechita
2. Ten when she became famous
3. In America
4. All over the world
5. Romania
6. 5,000 fans met her
7. She was excited
8. She got very tired
9. unknown
10. She missed home
Q: Sally liked going outside. She put on her shoes. She went outside to walk. She walked on the green grass. The sun was warm. The trees were tall. The birds sang in the trees. Sally liked how the birds can sing. Sally likes to sing with the birds, outside. Ring, ring, is how the birds sang. Sally sang ring, ring, with the birds in the trees. Sally took off her shoes. Sally liked how the green grass was on her toes. Sally's toes liked the green grass. Sally walked on the green grass some more. She saw Missy the cat. Missy the cat meowed to Sally. Sally waved to Missy the cat. Sally likes Missy the cat. Sally likes to meow to Missy the cat. Meow, meow, Sally says to Missy the cat. Missy the cat walks away from Sally. Sally hears her name. Sally, Sally, come home, Sally's Mom calls out. Sally runs home to her Mom. Sally liked going outside.

Answer the following questions:
1. Does Sally like being outdoors?
2. What does Sally like to feel on her feet?
3. What color is it?
4. What kind of animal is Missy?
5. What did Sally do when she saw Missy?
6. Did Missy meow to Sally?
7. Did Sally meow back?
8. What other animals did Sally talk to that day?
9. Who called Sally's name?
10. What was the weather like?
A: 1. yes
2. grass
3. green
4. cat
5. waved
6. yes
7. yes
8. birds
9. Sally's Mom
10. warm
Q: Dr Frank Mayfield was touring Tewksbury Institute when he met all elderly floor maid .Having known that the elderly woman had worked there for many years,he asked her to tell him about the history of this place.

"I don't think I can tell you anything.but I could show you something."She took his hand and led him down to the basement under the oldest section of the building."That's where they used to keep Annie."

"Who was Annie?"

"Annie was a young girl who was brought in here because nobody could do anything with her.She'd bite and scream and throw her food at people.The doctors and nurses couldn't even examine her.I was only a few years younger than her myself and I used to think.I surely would hate to be locked up like that.I wanted to help her,but I didn't have any idea what I could do.So I just baked her some brownies one night after work.The next day I brought them in.I walked carefully to her cage and I got out of there just as fast as I could because I was afraid she might throw them at me.But she didn't.She actually took the brownies and ate them.After that,she was just a little bit nicer to me when I was around.And sometimes I'd talk to her.Once,I even got her laughing.One of the nurses noticed this and she told the doctor.They asked me if l'd help them with Annie.I said I would if I could.I went into the cage first and explained and calmed her down and held her hand,which is how they discovered that Annie was almost blind."

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When Helen Keller received the Nobel Prize,she was asked who had the greatest impact on her life and she said, "Annie Sullivan." But Annie said,"No Helen.The woman who had the greatest influence on both our lives was a floor maid at the Tewksbury Institute."

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Annie throw at people?
2. Where was she kept?
3. In what?
4. ?
5. What was the name of the Institute?
6. Who was Frank Mayfield talking to?
7. What did she do for Annie?
8. What else?
9. Did Annie like the brownies?
10. Did she ever laugh?
11. Did Annie have a disability?
12. Which famous person was Annie associated with?
13. Who had the most influence on Keller's life according to Keller?
A:
1. her food
2. basement
3. cage
4. she was kept in a cage in the basement
5. Tewksbury Institute
6. elderly floor maid
7. talk to her
8. baked her some brownies
9. yes
10. Once
11. almost blind
12. Helen Keller
13. a floor maid at the Tewksbury Institute