Growing up on her own

WORLD No 2 tennis player Jelena Jankovic from Serbia (塞尔维亚) has won her second title of the year. She became champion of the China Open on September 28.
Jankovic first practiced tennis when she was nine years old. After six months Jankovic played her first match.
It was the national championship for kids up to 10 years old. She came to the semi-finals (半决赛).
When she was 11, she won a national championship for girls up to 12 years old. In order to continue her career, Jelena left Serbia and went to the United States.
At that time, she didn’t speak any English. And her family did not come with her. It was a hard time.
“I did not know what I needed to do when I was going to school. I could not do my homework. When you have a difficulty, there is nobody to help you. So, you learn it the hard way,” Jelena said.
However, it was a good learning experience for Jelena. “It makes me more independent (独立的) and stronger as a person. I know how to do everything by myself so I don’t have to depend on (依赖) my parents or somebody else to do it for me,” she said.
In the US, Jelena received better conditions for practice and development of her game. In 2000, she became a professional (职业选手) and has been shining on the tennis court ever since.
根据上面短文的内容回答问题    
1. Where is Jelena Jankovic from?
2. What is Jelena Jankovic’s job?
3. Why did she leave for the United States?
4. When did she become a professional?
5. What do you think of her hard time in the United States?
阅读下面短文。根据要求完成下列各题。把答案写在每小题后横线上。
This is a story about a famous American woman.Her name is Helen Keller.When she was only nineteen months old.she got an illness.It made her blind(瞎的)and deaf(聋的).She couldn't see or hear anything.So she couldn't learn to speak.When she was six,a young teacher came and taught her to read and write.Her name was Ann Sullivan.
Later,when she was ten,Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher,Sarah Fuller.Sarah Fuller taught her to speak.Helen put her fingers(手指)on Miss Fuller’s face and into her month.In this way,she learned to speak.She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak.She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world.Her hard work and her courage(勇气)made people in all countries love her.
【小题1】How old was Helen Keller when she was blind and deaf?
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【小题2】Why couldn't she learn to speak?
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【小题3】What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?
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【小题4】Why did she become famous?
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【小题5】What made all people love her?
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