Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 5, 6 and 7.
Alexander Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on August 6, 1881. He was the third of the four children. He attended a medical school in London and graduated in medicine in 1906. Fleming assisted in battlefield hospitals during the World War I from 1911 to 1918. There he observed many people dying of infection. Once the war was over, Fleming looked for medicine that would heal infection. Then he came back to the laboratory and carried out a lot of experiments to get cure from infections. At last, he was successful in his mission. In 1928, he discovered penicillin, a drug that he used to kill bacteria. Alexander Fleming died of heart failure in London in 1955.
The passage is about Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin. He was Scottish. Alexander was a graduate of medicine from a medical school in London. During the World War I, he assisted the soldiers. He observed that the people were dying of infection. So, he started his research on how to cure infections. Finally, he discovered penicillin. Penicillin is a drug that is used to kill bacteria and cure infections. This great man passed away in 1955.
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Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.
Rupa said that the page (a) ________ with a single letter B and slowly words came below (b) _______ letter. The teacher thanked Rupa and said that he would show her how the words (c) ________ written one after another like in the alphabet. Then the teacher (d) _______ the class to look at the board and ask him if it was (e) ________ or not.
Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| Name of events | Place | Year/Time | Achievement |
| Born | (i) _____ | in 1881 | |
| Graduated | (ii) _____ | ||
| (iii) ______ | from 1914 to 1918 | ||
| In 1928 | (iv) _____ | ||
| Died | (v) _____ |
Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| Who/What | Event/Activity | When | Place | Whom/By whom | Speciality |
| William Blake | was born | (i) _____ | (ii)____ | artist | |
| He | wrote his first verses | (iii) _____ | although he received no education | ||
| He | (iv) | in 1782 | Catherine Boucher | ||
| (v) | publication | in 1783 |
Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| Name of event | Year/Time | Place | Achievement |
| Was born | (i) ___ | ||
| Experienced first flight | (ii) ____ | ||
| Did M.Sc. | 1970 | (iii) ____ | |
| 20 July 1969 | (iv) ____ | ||
| (v)___ | 25 August, 2012 |
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