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It was late summer, 26 August 1910. A little girl was born to a rich Catholic merchant's family of Albanian descent in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of the three siblings and was named Agnes Gorixha Bojaxhiu. Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become the mother of humanity, loving and serving the poorest of the poor. Yes, we are talking about none other than Mother Teresa.

At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18 she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India.

After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary's High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta). Howeyer, the widespread poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to caring for the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.

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Air pollution (a) means the ways in which the air is polluted. Air is the most important element of human environment. Man cannot (b) live a single moment without air. But we do not think that it is we who (c) pollute this most vital element. Clean air is essential for life. Air is polluted in many ways. For example, smoke pollutes air. Man makes fires to (d) cook his food, to make bricks, burn refuse, melt pitch for road construction and burn wood. All these things produce heavy (e) smoke and this smoke pollutes air.

(a) strange (b) direction (c) rumbling (d) descending (e) balcony

The weather suddenly took a (a) strange turn that afternoon, and dark clouds began to gather. As the author was walking towards his room, he decided to change (b) direction . to a friend's place. The sound of (c) rumbling above made him stop and look up, where he saw a strange funnel cloud (d) descending from the sky. In a hurry to find shelter, he found a (e) balcony and crouched there as the storm intensified.

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Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest leaders in the modern world. He was a South African. He was sent to Robben Island for five years' imprisonment by the Government in 1962 for going against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies. Then again, he had to go there for the same reason. He was the first democratically elected President of the country & also the first black President. He worked for human rights & better future for South Africa. He died of lung cancer in 2013.

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