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21. Why do helicopters not need runways ...
A) they are smaller than planes. B) they can fly backward.
C) they can take off without moving forward. D) they can hover in the air.
22. What does the word CONVENTIONAL in the text refer …
A) delete B) tradition C) created for the first time D) for a large group of people
23. How are helicopters used as ambulances?
A) They lift trees out of forests. B) They airlift people uot of accident.
C) They chase suspects on the ground. D) They can drop water on fires.
24. What does the word HOVER in the text mean?
A) stay in one place in the air B) move straight up in the air C) fly sideways D) go backwards in the air


Indira Nehru was born on November 19. 1917, in Allahabad, India. While she was growing up, her family was active in the nonviolent resistance movement led to Mahatma Gandhi against Great Britain`s colonial rule of India. At the age 12 she joined movement by convincing thousands of Indian children to do odd jobs to aid the adults who were working independence. Indira`s education was irregular. She attended school in India and Switzerland for short periods. More often she studied at home. In 1934, she studied art and dancing at the university at Santiniketan. Later she attended Oxford University in England. In March 1942, Indira Nehru married Feroze Gandhi, a friend from her student days in England. A few months later they were arrested after she spoke at a public meeting defiance of a British law. She was imprisoned for 13 months.
25. What did Indira do when she was 12?
A) She started to attend school in India. B) She was arrested for speaking a public meeting.
C) She persuaded young children to help adults. D) She met with Mahatma Gandhi.
26. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Indira`s education?
A) Her study at school was interrupted by the war. B) She finished high school in Switzerland.
C) She didn`t have a normal and stable education. D) Her parents couldn`t afford her school education.