Unseen comprehension
প্রিয় ৯ম ও ১০ম শ্রেণির শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজি ১ম পত্রের একটি Unseen comprehension চর্চা করব এবং পরে এর উত্তর মিলিয়ে নেব।
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
Bill Gates was born on 28 October 1955 in Seattle, Washington United States. His birth name is William Gates III. Bill Gates is the head of the software company Microsoft and is one of the world’s wealthiest men. Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the 1970s, though Allen left the company in 1983. Gates oversaw the invention and marketing of the MS-DOS operating system, the Windows operating interface, the Internet Explorer browser, and a multitude of other popular computer products. Along the way he gained a reputation for fierce competitiveness and aggressive business savvy. During the 1990s rising Microsoft stock prices made Gates the world’s wealthiest man. His wealth has at times exceeded $75 billion, making Gates a popular symbol of the dominant computer geek of the late 20th century. In June of 2008, Gates announced that he would step down from day-to-day involvement in Microsoft by July of 2008. He said he would then remain chairman of the Microsoft board while focusing on his charitable foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates married Melinda French, a Microsoft employee, on 1 January 1994. The couple have three children: daughters Jennifer Katharine (B. 1996) and Phoebe Adele (B. 2002) and son Rory John (B. 1999). Gate’s personal charitable initiative, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has focused on global health issues, especially on preventing malaria and AIDS in poor countries. In 2005, ABC News reported that he had given away over six billion dollars in the previous five years. For their philanthropic activities, Time magazine named Bill and Melinda Gates (along with rock star and activist Bono) its Persons of the Year for 2005.
4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage.
Name of event Place Year/Time Contribution
Birth of Bill Gates (i)........... (ii)............
World's wealthiest man (iii)...........
Step down from day to day activities of Microsoft (iv)...........
Time Magazine: Persons of the year (v)...........
Answer to the no-4.
(i) Washington, United States (ii) 1955 (iii) 1990 (iv) 2008 (v) contributed six billion dollars to global health issues like malaria and AIDS.
5. From your reading of the above passage, fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank.
Bill Gates was born in (a) — in Seattle, Washington, United Sates. He is one of the world’s wealthiest (b) — and is the head of the software company Microsoft. Gates (c) — world’s wealthiest man during the 1990s due to Microsoft’s rising stock price, Gates (d) — in 2006 that he would step down from daily activities from Microsoft by July 2008. Since then he started focusing on his philanthropic (e) — .
Answer to the no-5.
(a) 1955 (b) persons (c) became (d) declared/ announced (e) activities.
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