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Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style.

What did Victoria do before being a solo singer?

• Married to David Beckham

• Worked as fashion designer

• Joined The Spice Girl

• Created fashion style

• Wrote many books

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl". In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer,David Beckham. They have four children.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, and started her own fashion range called dVb Style.

She also had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

Based on the text, what do we know about Victoria?

• She is an ordinary woman.

• She is a multi-talented woman

• She designed The Spice Girls.

• She married to an ordinary person

• She arranged many songs for The Spice Girls

Victoria Caroline Beckham is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, fashion designer and business woman. She was born on April 17, 1974, in Essex, England. She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice. In 1999, she married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

After The Spice Girl split up, she pursued a solo singer career, but also started her own fashion range called dVb Style. Since this initial foray into fashion Victoria Beckham has brought out her own range of sunglasses and fragrance, entitled "Intimately Beckham"and a range of handbags and jewelry.

In addition she had written two best-selling books: one her autobiography and the other, a fashion guide.

Here are Victoria's talents, EXCEPT ...

• actress

• dancer

• fashion designer

• songwriter

• teacher

She became famous in the 1990's with the pop group "The Spice Girl"and was known as Posh Spice.

The synonym of famous is ....

• known

• paid

• learnt

• saw

• taught

In 1999, Victoria Caroline married the Manchester United and England footballer, David Beckham. They have four children, three sons and a daughter.

The word they refers to ....

• Beckham and Carlie

• Beckham and Rose

• Victoria Caroline and David Beckham

• Victoria Caroline and George

• Victoria Caroline and Johny Beckham.

General Sudirman was a high ranking Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian national revolution. He was the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces. On 12 November 1945, at an election to decide the military’s commander-in-chief in Yogyakarta.

General Sudirman commanded military activities throughout Java, including a show of force in Yogyakarta on 1 March 1949. When the Dutch began withdrawing, in July 1949 Sudirman was recalled to Yogyakarta and forbidden to fight further. In late 1949 Sudirman’s tuberculosis returned, and he retired to Magelang, where he died slightly more than a month after the Dutch recognised Indonesia’s independence.

What is the monologue about?

• A biography of General Soedirman

• The family of General Soedirman

• The death of General Soedirman

• A spirit of General Soedirman

• The military forces commanded by General Soedirman

General Sudirman commanded military activities throughout Java, including a show of force in Yogyakarta on 1 March 1949.

The synonym of commanded is ....

• asked

• ordered

• run

• told

• wanted

Picasso was one of the most outstanding and important artists of the 1900’s. He is best known for his paintings. Almost every style in modern art is represented in Picasso’s works.

Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain as the son of an art teacher. He studied painting from his father and his college level course of study at the academy of arts in Madrid.

From about 1895 to 1901, he painted realistic works in a traditional style. He, then, entered what was called the Blue PerioD. During this time, he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show the poverty he saw in Barcelona.

Why did Picasso become so popular? because …

• he was the most outstanding artist of the 1990’s.

• he painted in traditional style.

• he was son of an art teacher.

• he was known for his great paintings

• he studied in art school

From about 1895 to 1901, Picasso painted realistic works in a traditional style. He, then, entered what was called the Blue Period. During this time, he only used shades of blue in his paintings to show the poverty he saw in Barcelona.

What can be inferred from the text?

• Blue Period shows the poverty in Barcelona.

• Blue Period shows the prosperity in Barcelona.

• Picasso lived happily in Barcelona.

• Picasso liked modern art.

• Picasso liked using blue color.

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) — Astronomer and Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope and made many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor but noble family. His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educated.

Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated among his contemporaries. After three years of persecution, he resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he taught maths. His entertaining lectures attracted a large following and he was able to spend the next 18 years pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

Something that we can learn from Galileo Galilei’s biography is …

• We should believe in something and stay faithful to it no matter how hard.

• We must sacrifice everything to get ourselves educated.

• We must never go against the believe of the society to avoid getting imprisoned.

• We must always believe whatever the society believes to avoid getting persecuted.

• We should spend 18 years to pursue our interests.