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8 class   Reading (p.233- 235)

NELLIE BLY  

1. Read to find out if the statements are true or false. 

1. For many years most women had to stay at home.
2. In XIX century many women worked as a reporter.
3. It was not very simple for women to find the job of a reporter.
4. Nellie Bly is a real name.
5. Nellie Bly is a pen-name.
6. Nellie Bly was born in New York City.
7. She wrote a lot of different articles.
8. She wrote mostly about flowers and dresses.
9. Nelly Bly went around the world.

2. Read and choose the right words to fill in the gaps.

1. For many years women’s job was …

1. to hunt.
2. to cook food, clean the house and take care of children.
3. to go for a work.

2. Elizabeth’s family thought that…

1. She would be a reporter.
2. She would be a traveler
3. She would be a nurse or a teacher.

3. The owners of the factories were ….

1. Angry
2. Glad
3. Grateful.

4. Nellie had to leave …

1. Pittsburgh
2. New York
3. New Jersey

5. She decided to go around the world…

1. in 72 days
2. in 80 days
3. in 26 days.

6. She travelled …. during her voyage.

1. By steamship and train.
2. By train and on foot
3. By steamship and by boat.

3.  Answer the questions

1. What was the main job for women some centuries ago?
2. What dream had Elizabeth got?
3. Did everybody like her stories?
4. Why did she leave Pittsburgh?
5. Why she decide to go round the world?
6. How long did she travelled around the world?

4. Put the sentences into correct order.

1. Then she went across the Indian Ocean to China and Japan.
2. Elizabeth began to write exciting stories.
3. Elizabeth needed a job.
4. She went around the world faster than any other person.
5. Nellie Bly was not liked by everybody.
6. Joseph Pulitzer gave her job.

5. Make a plan and retell the story.