<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Unit 20</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Life is Beautiful!</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Lessons  1-2</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          It’s a beautiful spring day. Maria gets up early. She feels happy. She knows that it’s a nice day because she puts her hand on the glass of the window. It is very warm. She opens the window and the singing of the birds fills the room. She can smell the flowers outside her home. They smell sweet and fresh. After Maria gets dressed and has her breakfast, she puts her books in her bag. She is reads for school. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Maria is a lot like any other students in her neighbourhood. She goes to school and likes to be with her friends. But Maria cannot see the beautiful spring day. She cannot see the flowers, the blue sky or the singing birds. She cannot see the new green leaves on the trees. She cannot see these because she is visually impaired. She has been unable to since she was born.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          But Maria is happy. She goes to school everyday. She can learn the information because she reads Braille. Braille is a script that uses raised dots. Each letter is made from dots. People move their fingers across the raised dots to read. Maria learned to read Braille as a young child. Her books at school are in Braille. She enjoys reading poems and history. Maria’s teachers says that she is a good learner.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Maria hopes to go to university one day. Her teachers think that she can. Maria wants to set up a school of her own so that she can teach visually impaired children. Before this, Maria wants to be a writer. She wants to write a book about her feelings and experiences.She wants to show other impaired people that they can do amazing things in their lives!</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Choose the best answer.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1.       Maria cannot see because_.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          a) it is dark            </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          b) she is visually impaired  </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          c) she doesn’t feel well </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans:  b. she is visually impaired </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">2.       Maria knows it is a warm day because_.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          a) the birds are singing  </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          b) her friends tell her</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          c)  she feels the glass of the window</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans: c) she feels the glass of the window</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">3.       At school, Maria learns a lot of information by_.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          a) reading books in Braille script</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          b) having her friends read to her</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          c) listening to the teacher read</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans: a. reading books in Braille script.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">4.       If she goes to University, Maria will probably study_.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          a) history     b) maths    c) science</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans : a) history</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Complete the sentences with a word from the box. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><img alt="https://cdn.kalerkantho.com/public/news_images/share/photo/shares/1.Print/2024/11.November/01-11-2024/2/kalerkantho-ed-3a.jpg" height="77" src="https://cdn.kalerkantho.com/public/news_images/share/photo/shares/1.Print/2024/11.November/01-11-2024/2/kalerkantho-ed-4a.jpg" width="350" /></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">business person     computer engineer doctor</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">farmer         pilot   teacher</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">1.       A           works in a school. Children learn how to read and write from this person.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans : Teacher</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">2.       A           studies computer science and can fix computers.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans : Computer engineer</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">3.       A           looks after ill people and helps </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">them to become healthy. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans : Doctor </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">4.       A           flies planes. He or she travels around the world. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">          Ans : Pilot</span></span></span></span></p>