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Hilary Mantel is a famous author. She wrote her first two books in 1985 and 1986, but they weren't very popular. She didn't have the same problem with her next book, A place of Greater Safety. It's about three men who were important during the French Revolution. Nowadays, Mantel usually writes about lives from the past. Her book Wolf Hall is very good, and¹ it won prizes when it came out.

   Summary: Hilary Mantel's first books were unsuccessful, but she succeeded with A Place of Greater Safety. Now she ...... past lives and won prizes for Wolf Hall.

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican artist. She painted and studied art when she was young. Frida married the artist Diego Rivera in 1929 and they lived and worked in Mexico City. During the nineteen thirties, they went around the world. Their paintings were famous in many countries. Frida's art often explored personal themes such as pain, health and love.
     What did Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera do during the 1930s?

• they travelled around the world

• they worked for an art school

• they painted around Mexico

write /Samuel Pepys /didn't /other countries /in /about / in his / important events / diary.

Did you ......... playing computer games when you ......... 10?

• start/ were

• started were

• start are

with his /of seventeen. /to father and /at /Marco Polo /travelled /the age /Asia /uncle

the 15th century. /people /the lives of from /saw /an exhibition /about /I

A: What did you do last weekend? B: We ........ a museum in Birmingham.

• was visited

• visit

• visited

: Garbrielle - Emilie was a famous scientist. She was born in Paris in 1706. At the age of 27, she started to study mathematics and physics. She was famous in the world of science and she sometimes worked with the famous French philosopher Voltaire. She wrote a translation of a famous book by the British scientist¹ Issac Newton. She died at the age of only 42.

Summary: Gabrielle-Émilie (1706-1748) was a famous French scientist. She studied math and physics, sometimes..........Voltaire, and translated Newton's famous book.

They ........... me a nice painting on my birthday a week ago.

• give

• given

• gave

In the 17th century, Samuel Pepys wrote the most famous diary in the English language. He began the diary in 1660 and finished it in 1669. Pepys wrote about important event¹ in the history of England and about the lives of famous people. His diary also described the everyday lives of the people in London and his family.² So, this diary is very useful for historians in the 21st century.

Summary: Samuel Pepys wrote a famous diary (1660-1669) about English history, famous people, and daily life in London. It is very ...... the 21st-century historians.