AMELIA STORY

AMELIA EARHART

(American, 1898-1937)

The first woman pilot to fly the Atlantic Ocean

1.   Complete the text about Amelia Earhart, using the correct form of the verbs

Seventy years ago, Amelia Earhart (1)  was (be) America's favourite woman. In 1932, she (2)______ (tly) across the Atlantic Ocean alone: the first woman to do this. Her Journey (3)______ (start) in Newfoundland, Canadá: fifteen hours later, her Lockheed Vega airplane

(4) ______(arrive) in Londonderry. Ireland. People all over the world (5) ______(want) to meet this incredible woman. She (6) ______ (meet) King George V of England and (7)______ (become) friends with the US President, Frankiin D. Roosevelt.

The American people (8)______(love) her. Five years later, Amelia (9)______ (try) to fly around the world. An American University (10)_______ (give) her $50,000 for a new Lockheed Electra airplane. On the morning of July 2nd 1937, Amalia and her co-pilot, Fred Noonan (11)______ (leave) Lae, in New Guinea, and (12)______ (begin) their joumey to Howland island in the Pacific Ocean.

On July 3rd 1937. the American ship Itasca (13)_______ (receive) a radio mess-age from Amelia: a few minutes later her plane (14)______ (disappear). American ships (15)_______ (spend) nearly two weeks looking for the plane, but they (16)_______(find) nothing.