All about the USA - People - Test 16

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Read the text and replace the underlined words in the sentences with the words below.

BILL GATES

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One
of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to private school. There he
met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers
and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession
with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer
program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program
that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile,
Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the
United States. He was the "King of Software." He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he
worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the
United States.


1. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.
2. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to no longer have his obsession with computers.
3. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.
4. Bill Gates and Paul Allen worked eighteen hours a day in their building where students live at Harvard.
5. When Bill Gates went to college, his parents thought he would get over his uncontrollable interest in computers.
6. Bill Gates has a strong wish to succeed.
7. Paul Allen started his own company to sell computer programs .
8. After two years, Bill Gates stopped taking classes at Harvard.
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Read the text and choose the best answer.

BILL GATES

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One
of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to private school. There he
met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers
and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession
with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer
program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program
that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile,
Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the
United States. He was the "King of Software." He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he
worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the
United States.


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