Question

Read the text again. Mark the sentences (T) true,
(F) false or (DK) don't know.


Text

Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862-1900)

Mary Kingsley was born in London in 1862. Her father, George, was a doctor and also a travel writer. When she was a child, Mary didn't go to school because she had to look after her invalid mother. But Mary learnt a lot from reading the books in her father's library. She loved to hear her father's stories of foreign countries. When both of her parents died in 1892, Mary decided to travel. She wanted to visit Africa and learn about the life of the people there. When she arrived in West Africa in 1893, she lived with the local people. They showed her how to live in the African jungle

In Africa, Mary always wore the traditional clothes that women wore in England: long skirts, coats and fur hats. Her main work was collecting plants and fish.She returned to London with more than a hundred different African plants and fish

Marry wrote a book called Travels in West Africa which became a best-seller. People from all over England invited her to visit them and talk about her experiences in Africa.

In 1899, Mary returned to Africa to collect more plants and fish. She was in Cape Town during the Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902). She wanted to help and she decided become a nurse. While she was nursing the soidiers, Mary became very ill herself. She died at the age of 37

Answer 1

Ответ:1)False.

2)True

3)True

4)True

5)False

6)DK

7)False.

Объяснение: