Level 3 m.
s February 2022
English test 2
Class : Name : ………./ 20
Text
Successful career of a famous genius
Bill Gates is one of the most influential and richest
men in the world. He is the chairman of Microsoft
corporation, the worldwide leader in software. Bill
Gates was born on October 28th 1955 in Seattle. He
has two sisters Kirsty and Libby. His father is a
lawyer and his mother is a teacher. When he was a
child he loved reading and did very well at school.
Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside school in
which he discovered his interest in software and began programming
computer at the age of 13.
Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1995 who had three children. Bill and
Melinda began a charity organization in 1994. He left Microsoft in 2008 to
devote his time to this humanitarian work. Because of his donation, he has
received awards from both the British and the Mexican governments. Bill and
Melinda are still doing charity work. Bill amassed a huge fortune, he became
a billionaire in 1986, and within a decade his fortune had reached into the
tens of billions of dollar; making him the world’s richest private individual.
Questions
A/ Reading comprehension (14pts)
Activity one: Put “True” or “False” in the following statements:
1- Bill Gates married Melinda in 1995 ……………..
2-Bill has two brothers and one sister ……………….
3-He started programming computing at the age of 16 ……………
Activity two: Answer the following questions according to the text:
1 Who is Bill Gates?
……………………………………………………………………………
2 When was he born?
…………………………………………………………………………….
3 Why did he leave Microsoft?
…………………………………………………………………………......
Activity three: Match each word with its definition:
1. philanthropist a. Someone who owns a wealthy fortune.
2. Billionaire b. A person who has very great and rare skill in science or art.
3. genius c. A person who helps the poor by giving money.
B/ Mastery of language
Activity one: Join the sentences using “who” or “which” in the following
sentences.
San Francisco is a great city in California. It is a touristic area.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
Steve jobs started apple. He was a billionaire businessperson.
……………………………………………………………………………………..
Jackie Chan is an actor. Jackie Chan was born in China.
………………………………………………………………………………………….
Activity two: Turn the following verbs into the past simple tense
Benjamin Franklin (to be) ………born on January 17th,1706 in Boston. He (live)………… in
Boston; Massachusetts. He was famous of reading books, he (discover)
…………….electricity during his kite experiment. Franklin (die) ……….on the 17th,January
1790 in Philadelphia.
Activity three: Classify the following words in the right column:
Cancelled offered started finished
/t/ /d/ /id/
Part two: Situation of integration
Your teacher asked you to write a short biography about the discoverer Christopher
Columbus
Date and place of birth: between 25th of August & 31st of October 1451 in Genoa. Italy.
Nationality: Italian
Best known for: Admiral for the ocean sea.
Discovery: The new world (Americas now)
Occupation: Maritime explorer.
Date and place of death: 20th of May 1506 in Spain.
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………
Activity two: Turn the following verbs into the past simple tense
Benjamin Franklin (to be) was born on January 17th,1706 in Boston. He (live) lived in
Boston; Massachusetts. He was famous of reading books, he (discover) discovered
electricity during his kite experiment. Franklin (die) died on the 17th, January 1790 in
Philadelphia.
Activity three: Classify the following words in the right column:
Cancelled offered started finished
/t/ /d/ /id/
finished Offered started
Cancelled
