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TIM BERNERS-LEE

Read the passage carefully and fill in the gaps with the words
given below.
Did you______? Tim Berners-Lee, ehm…actually Sir Tim Berners – Lee, is
the _______of the Word Wide Web.

He was born in the UK, London, in 1955 and, as a boy, he was very
________in_______. His favourite hobby was playing with gadgets.

He studied ______at Oxford University from 1973 to 1976 and worked


at a large scientific __________in Switzerland: CERN.

While he was working there, in 1990, he created the first web ______and
server and in 1991 he made the first_______.

Nowadays the Internet is used by _______of people every day and for a
great ________of reasons: searching for information, studying, finding
the way to ______a place, chat with friends all over the ______and so
on… Anyway, he didn’t _____a rich man for this, because he decided to
give his creation to the ______so _______can use it for free.

Tim Berners-Lee has had many awards and ______for his work. In 1999
Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most important people of
the last century. Moreover, Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in
1994 and he became Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

become / laboratory / physics / know / everyone / reach / Queen / world


(x 2) / website / interested / variety / inventor / millions / electronics /
prizes / browser

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SOLUTION

Did you know? Tim Berners-Lee, ehm…actually Sir Tim Berners – Lee, is
the inventor of the Word Wide Web.

He was born in the UK, London, in 1955 and, as a boy, he was very
interested in electronics. His favourite hobby was playing with gadgets.

He studied physics at Oxford University from 1973 to 1976 and worked


at a large scientific laboratory in Switzerland: CERN.

While he was working there, in 1990, he created the first web browser and
server and in 1991 he made the firs website.

Nowadays the Internet is used by millions of people every day and for a
great variety of reasons: searching for information, studying, finding the
way to reach a place, chat with friends all over the world and so on…
Anyway, he didn’t became a rich man for this, because he decided to give
his creation to the world so everyone can use it for free.

Tim Berners-Lee has had many awards and prizes for his work. In 1999
Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most important people of
the last century. Moreover, Queen Elizabeth II gave him a knighthood in
1994 and he became Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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