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It was Zishan's grandparents' house in the village. The night sky was clear. The full moon was shining brightly. All the family members had a delicious supper and sat in the yard. Zishan's cousins, Jahid and Shima, were very excited. They are the same age. They were also studying at a village school. Their grandparents gladly joined them. They were sitting on a bamboo mat. Everybody felt relaxed. They were talking, laughing and joking. The children's voices were the loudest. Jahid described how he played for his school in the Upazila Inter-School Tournament.

"What sports do you take part in, Zishan?" asked Jahid. Zishan could not answer. There was no playground in his school and around his house. Shima also told them how she won the first prize for 100 metre sprint in her school annual sports. She sang a beautiful Bhawaiya. Everybody clapped their hands in delight.

Julie's aunt Mrs Jahanara Khan told some funny jokes that made them laugh their heads off. The family gathering went on far into the night.

The disabled people suffer from physical or mental problems that limit their activities or senses.

Helen's formal education began at Horace Mann School for the deaf in Boston in 1890.

Helen was a deaf, dumb, and blind woman. Still she completed her graduation with the help of Anne Sullivan. Later she dedicated her life helping the disabled people to learn. Such devotion to help the disabled people made her a famous person all over the world.

Captain Arthur Keller contacted the Director of Perkins School for the Blind in Boston in order to receive suggestion and help for the education of his daughter, Helen Keller. As Hellen became deaf, dumb, and blind in 1882; she was unable to study at a general school.

Helen lost her eyesight, speech, and hearing capacity at the age of 2. Still with the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen learned how to communicate. She completed graduation from Radcliffe College in 1904. Then, she devoted her life to help the disabled people to learn. Therefore, physical disability could not prevent Helen from performing noble tasks.

When Helen was two, she had a severe fever and she became blind, deaf and dumb.

Helen Keller is a prominent humanitarian. She was born in, Alabama, USA.

When Helen was only two years old, she had a high fever that made her blind, deaf and dumb.

Helen lost her eyesight as well as her speech only at the age of two. At one stage, her father contacted Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. They sent Annie Sullivan for Helen's help. Annie taught Helen how to communicate with others without using speech. Therefore, definitely Annie gaye Helen a new life.

Anne Sullivan was Helen Keller's instructor. She was always with Helen after being introduced to her and helped her strongly. She worked hard to enable Helen to communicate.

Helen spent her entire life working for the disabled people. She wanted them to learn and get educated.

In 1890, Helen was admitted to Horace Mann School for the deaf in Boston. Her formal education stared through this admission.

(a) age; (b) there; (c) communicate; (d) formal; (e) explained.

Helen Keller was born healthy. She became blind, deaf and dumb at the (a) age of two after suffering from a high fever. Hearing about Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, her father went (b) there . A student named Anne Sullivan was sent from that school to help Helen to (c) communicate When Helen started (d) formal education, Anne always sat beside her in the class, and (e) explained her all the lectures and texts.

(a) humanitarian/activist; (b) cared; (c) disabilities; (d) them; (e) helping.

Helen Keller worked as a (a) humanitarian/activist . The sick, injured and disabled people were deeply (b) cared by her. People with (c) disabilities have problems that affect their body or mind. The problems also make it harder for (d) them to do things. Helen spent her life (e) helping them.

The train left Kamalapur Railway Station late. The departure time on the time table was 7:30 am, but it left at 8:00 am.

During the journey, Julie read a beautiful poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. She found similarities between the poem and real scenes while looking out of the windows.

Julie found the poem on the internet. She downloaded it from there.

The train was going to Dewangonj.

While travelling by a bus, we have to face traffic jam. But if we choose to go by train, we will not face any such occurrence. There is a rhythm in a train journey. Also, the train moves through the countryside which fills our heart with joy. Therefore, I think that a train journey is certainly more enjoyable than a bus journey.

(a) brother; (b) late; (c) compartment; (d) internet; (e) scenery.

Julie along with her parents and (a) brother boarded the Tista Express from Kamalapur. The train left the station a bit (b) late . The children sat by the window in a half-empty (c) compartment . Julie had collected a poem about a train journey from the (d) internet . As she looked out of the window, she noticed similarities between the poem and the (e) scenery outside.

(a) along; (b) traveling; (c) leave; (d) quickly; (e) next.

Zishan, Julie, (a) along with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arif Khan, got into first-class a compartment at Kamalapur Railway Station. They were (b) traveling on the Tista Express to Dewanganj. Zishan looked at the big timetable and saw that the train was supposed to (c) leave at 7:30 am, but it left at 8 o'clock. The train was moving (d) quickly . The children sat by the window (e) next to their parents. The compartment was only half full.