ISTA – Kalaa Sraghna Naciri

Who was Steve Jobs? Do you have an iPad, iPod, iPhone, a smartwatch or a Mac computer? If you don’t, you probably know
someone who has one (or wants one)! Steve Jobs made the company – Apple – that created these things that are now such an important
part of the lives of millions of people.
He was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California. When he was a boy, he had a special hobby: he liked to take apart
televisions and put them back together again. He was a very good student in school and even skipped a grade. After he finished grade four,
he went into grade six, and in 1972, when he was seventeen, he graduated from high school. He then began his studies in Reed College,
in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. Deciding to quit was not at all easy. It was difficult, but as Jobs later said, “I had no
idea what I wanted to do with my life.” Two years later in 1974, he travelled to India, and while there he learned about Buddhism.
After Steve Jobs returned to the United States, he found a job as a video game designer at a company called Atari, and two years after
that, in 1976, when he was only twenty-one years old, he created his own company – Apple Computer – with his friend, Steve Wozniak.
Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and had four children. Unfortunately, doctors discovered that he had cancer in 2003 and in 2011 he
died at the age of only 56.

1. Choose the best answer : (10 pts)

1. The article is about the Apple Computer company………. 6. Steve Jobs never graduated from high school………..
(a) TRUE (a) TRUE
(b) FALSE (b) FALSE
(c) It doesn’t say. (c) It doesn’t say.
2. When was Steve Jobs born?......... 7. In Paragraph 2, what does ‘it’ mean?...............
(a) 1974 (a) deciding to quit college
(b) 1955 (b) travelling to India
(c) 1964 (c) studying at college
3. He made his own televisions as a boy because his family was poor…….. 8. When did Steve Jobs make Apple Computer company?........
(a) TRUE (a) 1976
(b) FALSE (b) 1974
(c) It doesn’t say. (c) 1975
4. In Paragraph 2, what does ‘them’ refer to?.............. 9. What was the name of Steve Jobs’ wife?............
(a) hobbies (a) Atari
(b) computers (b) Steve
(c) televisions (c) It doesn’t say.
5. Why didn’t Steve Jobs study in grade five in school?................ 10. When did Steve Jobs die?...............
(a) He studied very hard. (a) 2003
(b) He thought it was too difficult. (b) 1991
(c) He didn’t know what to do with his life. (c) 2011

2. Complete the sentences with the words in the list : (5 pts)

attachment. blog. delete . document . download . e-book. e-mail address. file. in-box. keyboard. laptop. link. online. password. sign in
1. I can send you a message if you let me know your…………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. If you click on that …………………………………………………………………………, it will take you to a new website.
3. I sent you a message this morning. Did you check your ………………………………………….………………………………………………?
4. How many hours a day are you ………………………………………….……………………………………………….……………… ?
5. I bring my …………………………………………………………………………………………………… computer to work.
6. How do you upload and …………………………………………………………………………………………… files?
7. Be careful when you decide to open a …………………………………………………... It may have a virus!
8. I write about my travel experiences on my own personal ……………………………………………
9. You can …………………………………… any computer document. or e-mail message that you don’t want to keep.
10. Oh no! I just spilled my coffee on my computer ………………………………………………..! My boss will be really angry.

3. Underline the best answer for your vocabulary knowledge: (5 pts)

1. What do people do when they change something on a ‘document’? 6. What kinds of things can you find on a ‘keyboard’?
a) they attach it a) memory
b) they chat b) words
c) they download it c) letters
d) they edit it d) software
2. A ‘font’ describes which of the following things? 7. Which of the following things can a ‘link’ do?
a) a kind of computer a) open an Internet Cafe
b) an e-mail account b) close a file
c) letters c) help you save information
d) keys d) bring you to another website
3. In which of the following places can you always find a ‘home page’? 8. Which of the following things can a computer ‘mouse’ do best?
a) at home a) create a program
b) in a book b) buy computer software
c) on the World Wide Web c) move your cursor
d) in a printer d) eat cheese
4. Which of the following words best describes the word ‘icon’? 9. What should you do before you ‘paste’ something onto a document?
a) picture a) send an e-mail
b) number b) copy something
c) color c) sign out
d) size d) turn on a printer
5. Which of the following things can you find in an ‘inbox’? 10. Which of the following words best describes ‘password’?
a) a blog a) program
b) an e-mail message b) memory
c) hardware c) technology
d) a monitor d) secret