Exercise 8: Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list.

hours  -  face-to-face  -  instant messages   -   person   -    convenient   -    social networking sites

                                          How do young people communicate today?

     Nowadays, teenagers seem to communicate with their peers more on electronic devices than in

(1) ………………... They chat with their friends using messaging applications and

(2) ………………………………. They chat about almost everything, from homework and games to music trends. Their conversations tend to be short but can last for (3) …………. Many teenagers prefer this way of communicating to talking (4) ………………. They say that it is more

(5) ………………..., and they can do many things while chatting. They may be exchanging

(6) ………………………. with several friends and playing their favorite games at the same time.

 Exercise 9:  Read the passage and answer the questions below.

    Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. He is among the richest people in the world. Bill Gates’ interest in computers started when he was a teenager. After high school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go to Harvard to study law. At Harvard, he focused more on his interest in computers than on coursework. He often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard’s computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating because he wanted to open a software company with his friend, Paul Allen. However, he later said, “I don’t think dropping out is a good idea.” In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his speech by saying this to his father in the audience. “I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” Bill Gates is no longer working full-time for Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation which aims to improve health care, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.

  Questions:

1. Who is the co- founder of Microsoft? ..............................................................................................
2. 2. When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computers? .............. ………..................................
3. What did he study at Harvard University?...........................................................................................
4. What does the phrase ‘dropping out’ mean? …………………………………………………………
5. Why did he leave Harvard? ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. Who is he now running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation with? …………………………………..