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24. The town crier`s job was important because …

A) they could be seen and heard everywhere. C) they shouted news to the residents of the town.

B) they stood in the markets and offered jobs. D) they were beautifully dressed.

25. The profession of town criers became out of date because …

A) more and more people became literate. C) they were tired of ringing the bell.

B) there was no more wars to announce. D) Prince William was born.

26. After six centuries William the Conqueror`s invasion of Britain …

A) More and more people began reading the news by themselves.

B) London went through the largest disaster in its history.

C) Town criers were paid less than previous years.

D) The Royal Family moved to Buckingham Palace.
Cher was born in the US on 20 May 1946 in El Centro, which is on the California, Mexico border. Her full name Cherilyn Sarkisian and she is part-Cherokee and part-Armenian, Turkish and French. She left high school when she was 16 and went to Los Angeles, where she planned to take acting lessons. There she met Salvatore Bono, who was working at the Gold Star Studios where Phil Spector was recording many famous singers. He discovered that Cher could sing, and they became the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Their first hit song was “I got you, babe”, which topped the charts in 1965. Cher was still only 19. They got married and had a daughter, who they called Chastity. In 1975 Sonny and Cher were divorced, and later that year Cher married Greg Allman, who was another famous rock star. But two years later Cher was divorced for the second time because of Allman`s drink and drug problems. She decided to turn to acting again. In 1982 she appeared in her first major film, “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean”, which was well received by the critics and public. She went to on win Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for her role in “Mask”, and finally she won an Oscar for “Moonstruck” in 1987.