SSC English First Paper | Unit Seven | Lesson: 5 | People who stand out | The missionary

A. Listen to the Audio and fill in the gaps.

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To prepare herself to work with the________ ,Mother Teresa look an inlensive medical________ with the American Medical Missionary Sisters in________ India. Her first course of action in Kolkata was to________ children from die slums and start to teach them. Financial support and volunteers came________ to give a hand to Mother Teresa in her work for________ . In 950 her group, now called the Missionaries of Charity, received________ starus as a religious community. Members took the________ vows of poverty, chastity (purity), and________ , but they added a fourth vow — to give free ________ to the most poor.

The Missionaries of Charity received________ publicity, and Mother Teresa used it to________ her work. In 1957 they began to work with lepers (those suffering from leprosy, which is a terrible infectious disease). Gradually from one school they________ to nine elementary schools in Kolkata. They also opened a home  for________ and abandoned children. Soon they were in more than Indian cities. Mother Teresa also visited other________ such  as Sri  Lanka, Australia. Tanzania, Venezuela and Italy to begin new foundations.

Mother Teresa’s group________ to expand throughout the 1970s. They opened new________ in places such as Amman, Jordan, London, ________ ; and   New York. By  1979 Mother Teresa’s groups had   more   than________ different operations in over twenty-five countries around the world, with dozens more ventures to follow.

B. Read the completed text and say if the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct information.

1 Mother Teresa took a thorough medical training from the USA.

2 At first she collected children from the streets and gave them food and clothing.

3 She and her group started to look after and care for the lepers.

4 It took them a long time to go to other cities of India.

5 Mother Teresa went to several countries.

C.  Read the text in A again and complete the chart given below.

D. Read the text in A again and answer the following questions.

1 What did Mother Teresa initially do before beginning to work for humanity?

2 How many vows did the Missionaries of Charity take? What were they?

3 What did Mother Teresa and her group do? Now write the answers in your exercise book.