School Year : 2017/2018 Teacher : Almallam Boujemaa

First Name: ……………………………………….. Al Khawarizmi High School

Family Name: ………………………….………………….. Time: 40 min
Class: …………….. N° ……………

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Quiz n° 2: Reading Comprehension _
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Teenager David Bolton has just put £9,000 in the bank after six
months of part-time work as a computer consultant. The electronic expert
from Croydon, South London, is fast establishing a reputation as one of
the country’s top experts in dealing with computer machinery.
For David, 15, his steps to fame and fortune began when he was only
nine, when his parents bought him a computer, a ZX-90. “I soon learned
to program it. I needed something bigger, so I had to save for ages to buy
an Amstrad”.
It was only about a year ago, however, that he decided to get serious
about computing. He went to night school to learn how to write programs,
and did a correspondence with an American university. He got in touch
with a computer seller, Eltec, who were so impressed that they gave him
computers and software worth more than £3,000. In return, he has to send
them a monthly report saying what he has done and what his plans are.
He helps companies by suggesting which computers they should buy, and
by writing individual programs for them. He can work quickly than any
older professionals. In one case he went to a company where a
professional programmer worked for six months and couldn’t find the
problem. David finished the job in 5 days.
It is because of his standard that in the short period he has been in
business, David has made about £9,000. With it he has bought more
equipment. How did he do it? “You have to be ambitious, and you have
to really want to get to the top. Believe in yourself, and tell yourself that
you are the best.”
A. GIVE AN APPROPRIATE TITLE TO THE TEXT. (0.5pts)
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B. ANSWER THSES QUESTIONS. (3pts)
1. How did David get a bigger computer?
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2. What did Eltec want him to do in return for the equipment they
gave him?
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3. How does he help other companies?
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C. ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER. (3pts)
1. It took David more than a year to earn £9,000.
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2. He worked on a computer for the first time when he was 14.
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3. To study computing, David took evening classes only.
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D. WHAT DO THE UNDERLINED WORDS IN THE TEXT REFER TO? (2pts)

1. it: …………….....…… 2. they: …..........………………
3. the job: …..…….......… 4. it: …………………………..

E. FIND IN THE TEXT WORDS THAT MEAN ALMOST THE SAME AS: (1.5pts)
1. celebrity (paragraph 2) : ........................................................................
2. amazed (paragraph 3): ...........................................................................
3. determined (paragraph 4): ...................................................