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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.
27. What is TRUE according to the text?
A) Cher can speak Turkish and French B) Cher joined a singing group with Phil Spector
C) People didn`t like her last film D) She has only won one Oscar
28. When did Cher and Allman get divorced?
A) in 1965 B) in 1975 C) in 1977 D) in 1982
29. One can learn an unusual thing about her nationality?
A) she is a descendant of different ancestors. B) she is a typical American woman.
C) she has got a mainly European origin. D) she is mostly related to her mother.