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PART B : READING COMPREHENSION.

I. Read the following text and fill in each blank with one suitable word.(1point)

John Lennon was born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always ………(1)………. on music

and played in pop groups at school and Art College. John got married

………(2)……Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son, his name was Julian. At that time, John

was a member of a group……..(3)…... ‘The Beatles’. Many beautiful songs were written by

John and wherever the group went, crowds of …….(4)……….gathered to see them. Lots of

people were their hair cut in a Beatles styles. Soon, everyone had heard of ‘The Beatles’ and

John was ………(5)…… richer than he had ever been.

Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records on his own after 1968,

and it was in the same year …….(6)…… his marriage to Cynthia ………(7)……to an end.

He had met Yoko Ono, a Japanese artist, …….(8)…….. he married the following year.

They ……(9)….. up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.

Many people consider John Lennon to be the most talented of all ‘The Beatles’. He sang

about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New

York apartment, the ……(10)…… world was shocked. More than 50,000 fans turned up to

a speacial ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.

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