Test Reading Form 7

Taras Shevchenko was born ____ 9th March 1814. He was the third child in the family.

His parents were surfs which meant that they belonged to ____ master.

However, his grandfathers and great grandfathers were Cossacks and were free ___ .

And they fought for the freedom of their country. When Taras was two, the family ____ to the village where his father was from.

There the boy ____ his childhood .

At _____ time people believed that the sky was lying on some huge iron pillars.

When Taras was ____ six he also heard such stories. So, one day the boy got out into the street and then ______ along the road.

He wanted to find where those pillars were! His parents and sister _____ for him everywhere but they ____ find him!

Luckily, some merchants saw ___ boy in the fields, took him with them, and brought ____ home.

_____ the age of eight he learnt to read and write and became interested in arts.

When Taras was was nine his mother ______ and two years later the boy lost his father.

That was the beginning of his long and difficult road to _____.