Guessing word meanings
1. Sara put on her.....(coat).........because she was cold.
2. Roy forgot his........(umbrella)........so he got wet in the rain.
3. The teacher told us to read the.........(story)...........for homework.
4. My school is far away, so I have to take a......(bus)........ .
5. Tom did not close the........(window)........... , so the room was very cold.

Henry had a wonderful birthday. His girl (1)......(friend)..........bought him a new watch. His brother (2).......(and)..........sister gave him a party. Henry's mother (3).....(made)........a special chocolate birthday cake, and all of Henry's good (4).....(friends)........came to his house. (5).....(they).........danced all night. Henry really (6)......(enjoyed).........his birthday.

THE STORY OF HELEN KELLER
Helen Keller was a famous American. She was a writer and a speaker. She wrote (1)....(books).......and articles about education and politics. She (2).......(travelled).......to every part of the world. But the surprising fact about Helen Keller is this: she could not see and she could not hear. This blind, deaf (3).......(author)...........was a very special person.

Helen Keller (4) was......(not)...........always blind and deaf. She was all right when (5).........(she)..............was born on June 27, 1880. But she (6)...........(was).............very sick the next year. After that, she was not the same. Her parents (7)........(loved)............her and (8)........(they)............tried to take care of her. But it was not easy.

By the time Helen was six (1).......(years).......old, her parents were very unhappy. (2)........(They)............knew that Helen was very smart. (3).....(But).......they could not teach her. They did (4).......(not).............know what to do. But they knew they had to do (5).........(something)............. .

When Helen was seven, they decided to find (6).....(help)........for Helen. They wrote to Michael Anagnos, a (7).........(doctor)............in Boston. They asked him to (8)........(find)...............a teacher for Helen.

BALLOONING
The first kind of air transporttation was not a plane. It was a balloon. People traveled by balloon one hundred years before there were planes or jet aircraft. Those early days of ballooning were exciting, but they were also dangerous. Sometimes they burned. However, the danger did not stop the balloonists.

The first real balloon flight was in France in 1783. Late that same year, two other Frenchmen ascended in a basket under a balloon. The built a fire under the balloon to help it stay up in the air for a few hours. The pilot could only control the altitude of the balloon. He could raise and lower the balloon to find the right wind direction.

THE STORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his picture, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details.

In about 1840, the process was improved so photographers could take picture of people and moving things. But the process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of film and processing equipment.

Matthew Brady was one well - know American photographer. He took many portraits of famous people. The portraits were very life - like and full of personality. They show the real inner part of people.