Part 1
Text 1
A. Read the text carefully
Biography of Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to
Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne who gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by Paul and
Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View, California.
He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College
in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester, staying on to "drop in" on
courses that interested him. He took a job with video game manufacturer Atari to raise enough
money for a trip to India and returned from there a Buddhist.
Back in Cupertino he returned to Atari where his old friend Steve Wozniak was still
working. Wozniak was building his own computer and in 1976 Jobs pre-sold 50 of the as-yet
unmade computers to a local store and managed to buy the components on credit solely on the
strength of the order, enabling them to build the Apple I without any funding at all.
The Apple II followed in 1977 and the company Apple Computer was formed shortly
afterwards. By the time production of the Apple II ended in 1993 it had sold over 6 million units.
In 1985 Jobs was fired from Apple and immediately founded another computer company, NeXT.
In the meantime, in 1986, Jobs bought The Computer Graphics Group from Lucasfilm.
The group was responsible for making high-end computer graphics hardware but under its new
name, Pixar, it began to produce innovative computer animations. Their first title under the Pixar
name, Luxo Jr. (1986) won critical and popular acclaim and in 1991 Pixar signed an agreement
with Disney, with whom it already had a relationship, to produce a series of feature films,
beginning with Toy Story (1995).
In 1996 Apple bought NeXT and Jobs returned to Apple, becoming its CEO. In 2003,
Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent surgery in 2004. Despite the success
of this operation he became increasingly ill and received a liver transplant in 2009. He returned
to work after a six month break but eventually resigned his position in August 2011 after another
period of medical leave which began in January 2011. He died on 5 October 2011.
B. Answer the following question based on text above
1. Steve Job grew up in …..
a. San Francisco c. New York
b. Mountain View d. Portland
2. Apple II was built in …..
a. 1976 c. 1993
b. 1977 d. 1995
3. How long did he take a rest from his job?
a. Five months c. Eight months
b. Six months d. One year
4. Steve Jobs resigned from his position because…..
a. Apple fired him c. He won critical and popular acclaim
b. He signed an agreement with Disney. d. His health condition became worse
5. What did Steve do when he was fired from Apple?
a. Returning to Atari c. Signing an agreement with Disney
b. Founding NeXT d. Producing a series of feature films
Text 2
Albert Einstein Biography
March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955
A. Read the text carefully
Albert Einstein is one of the most notable and influential scientists of the twentieth
century. Although he became known as a genius of science and gained considerable fame later in
life, as a child he was slow in learning to speak, and had a rebellious nature towards the
conventional styles of learning at school, which left many teachers to believe he would amount
to little.
Inspired by a compass, his “sacred little geometry book”, and classical music, his interest
in science and mathematics grew and by the age of sixteen he was writing his first research
science paper, and attempting to skip the last few years of high school to enter the Swiss institute
of Technology. He failed the entrance exam but set a precedent in his life for thinking outside of
the box and challenging the rules.
His most famous discovery is the theory of relativity, E=MC2, which overturned Isaac
Newton’s laws by explaining the relation of energy and mass as a consequence of space and
time. First introduced in a 3-page paper in 1905, the theory was so revolutionary it couldn’t be
proven until more advanced technology was available years later.
Born in Germany and raised in the Jewish faith, Einstein strongly opposed injustices of
race and religion and often lent himself to the American civil rights movement and the efforts of
the Zionist movement to preserve and cultivate the Jewish faith. He was instrumental in setting
up the Hebrew University of Israel and was even invited to become Israel’s second president,
which he declined. Above all else Einstein maintained a non-nationalistic pacifist belief and
urged for the disarmament of all nations and the formation of a one-world government. Often
credited as the creator of the atom bomb, Einstein merely wrote a letter to President Roosevelt
warning of Germany’s possible use of nuclear weapons and was actually barred from
participating in the United States’ development of the atom bomb.
Taken from: http://www.biography.com
B. Answer the following question based on text above
1. Albert Einstein is well known as a …..
a. Columnist c. Scientist
b. Book author d. Lecturer
2. When did he write his first research science paper?
a. When he was sixteen c. Last few years
b. When he was seventeen d. In 1905
3. What is Albert Einstein’s faith?
a. Germany c. United Stated of America
b. Jewish d. Israel
4. Who is the President of America when he was alive?
a. Abraham Lincoln c. George W. Bush
b. Roosevelt d. William
5. Which one the following statement which is NOT TRUE?
a. Albert Einstein interesting in science and mathematics
b. Albert Einstein skip the last few years of high school
c. Albert Einstein pass the entrance exam in Swiss institute of Technology
d. Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt
Part II
Answer the following question with your best words!
1. Can you find any similarities between Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein? Describe it!
2. What have you learned from them? Explain it!
