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In Mount Berry, Georgia, people find a group of schools built specially for mountain children. The schools,
as well as the mountain itself, are named after Martha Berry herself, a daughter of a Georgian mountaineer.
Martha Berry was born in 1866. Luckier than most Georgian mountain children, she received an education
But she never forgot other children of the mountains whose parents couldn't afford to send them to school. In
1902 Martha Berry started a school for these children It was housed in a single small log cabin and was attended
by only five pupils. Now, eighty years later, there are a score of Berry schools in the area, with a total of over
one thousand students and waiting list of about five thousand.
Martha Berry in her later years received many medals and honors for what she had done for the poor
mountain children of Georgia, and in 1931 she was named one of the twelve most important women in the
United States. She never stopped working for the mountain children till her death in 1942.
1. The first Berry School was founded ____.
A. to honor Martha Berry
B. in memory of Martha Berry
C. by the efforts of Martha Berry
D. in Martha Berry's own house
2. In Mount Berry there are now ____.
A. enough schools for all the local children
B. still not enough schools for all the local children
C. more than enough schools for all the local children
D. schools for local children as well as those from other parts
3. Martha Berry was named one of the twelve most important women in the US because ____.
A. she had helped develop one of the most backward areas
B. she had never stopped working till her death
C. she had received many medals and honors
D. she had helped set up some of the most advanced schools
4. The passage mainly tells us ____.
A. the history of the Berry School
B. about a poor area in the United States
C. Mount Berry's development in education
D. Martha Berry's work and achievement