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Phyllis Turner, a 94-year-old great grandmother from Australia, is said to be the world's oldest person to earn a university masters degree. She began studying for her Postgraduate degree at age 90 arid will receive her diploma this week from Adelaide University. She told Australian journalists that she feels very excited and it has been a wonderful experience.
Turner left primary school at the age of 12 after her father left the family. While her mother worked long hours washing, cooking and cleaning for a rich family, she took care of her brothers and sisters. Almost 60 years later, aged 70, she returned to study anthropology at Adelaide University. She was named the best student in 2002 before moving on to her master's degree.
Professor Maciej Henneberg said he was surprised by Turner's energy and dedication to study. He said, "Mentally she was like any other 25-year-old student. She has a very active mind. She used to wake up at five in the morning and think about something, and then phone to say she wanted to check on it." Henneberg said Turner completed some research on the anthropological history of Australia before the Europeans arrived.
Records show she is the oldest person in the world to receive a postgraduate degree. Henneberg added, "We are trying to get her into the Guinness Book of World Records."

1. What is the writer trying to do in the article?
A. Encourage the reader to study at a university
B. Argue that old people need more facilities to study
C. Suggest that age is not a problem when studying
D. Describe a great-great-grandmother’s home life

2. What information can the reader find in the article?
A. Why Phyllis Turner studied at Adelaide University.
B. The topic of the study she completed.
C. What Phyllis Turner’s hobbies and interests are.
D. The subjects offered at Adelaide University.
3. Phyllis Turner stopped studying at age 12 because
A. She missed her brothers and sisters.
B. She started working for a rich family.
C. She and her father left the family.
D. She had to help her mother at home.

4. Phyllis Turner professor thinks that
A. She is too old to study.
B. She likes other students.
C. It is amazing how active she is.

D. The university is fantastic.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1.c

2.a

3.d

4.c

Explicación:

Answer 2

Respuesta:

c

a

d

c

Explicación: