Vydáno dne 20.08.2006
Přečtěte si text o americkém spisovateli Kurtu Vonnegutovi, a doplňte správné předložky.
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a famous American novelist and short-story writer, was born ___________________________(1) 1922 ___________________________(2) Indiana. ___________________________(3) the lasttwo years ___________________________(4) Shortridge High Schoolhe was a co-editor ___________________________(5) the school newspaper andgained his first experience ___________________________(6) writing ___________________________(7) a wide audience.
After graduating ___________________________(8) Shortridge ___________________________(9) 1940,Vonnegut headed ___________________________(10) Cornell University.He specialized ___________________________(11) Chemistry, because his father wanted him to study something useful. However, his academic performance was very bad and Vonnegut decided to join the army.
___________________________(12) December 14, 1944, Vonnegut was captured ___________________________(13) the Germans and sent ___________________________(14) Dresden. ___________________________(15) February 13, 1945, the city was bombed ___________________________(16) allied forces, and 135,000 unprotected civillians were killed. Vonnegut was one ___________________________(17) the few people who survived the bombing, and returned to the United States.
Since then he has written many novels and short stories, as well as works ___________________________(18) non-fiction. The most famous is undoubtedly Slaughterhouse Five, which deals ___________________________(19) his experience ___________________________(20) a prisoner of war anda witness ___________________________(21) one ofthe greatest massacres ___________________________(22) human history.
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