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Listening: Grammar-in-Context
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Steve Jobs
Part 1: Listen & Understand
Listen to the article about Steve Jobs, and then answer the questions below (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
Listen to the article about Steve Jobs, and then answer the questions below (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
Part 2: Grammar-in-Context
Read the article and choose the correct words to complete the sentences (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
Read the article and choose the correct words to complete the sentences (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
Steve Jobs
Do you have an iPad, iPhone, iPod, or a Mac computer? If you don't, you probably know someone who has one (or wants one)! Steve Jobs (1)_____ the company - Apple - that created these things that are now such an important part of the lives of so many people. He (2)_____ on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California. When he was a boy, he (3)_____ a special hobby: he (4)_____ take apart televisions and radios - and then put them back together again. He (5)_____ a very good student in school, and even skipped a grade (he finished grade four and (6)_____ into grade six). In 1972, when he was 17, he graduated from high school. He then began his studies in college, (7)_____ dropped out after six months. Two years later, he travelled to India (8)_____ he stayed for seven months and learned about Buddhism. After he returned to the U.S., he (9)_____ a job as a video game designer. However, in 1976 (when he was only 21) he created (10)_____ own company - Apple Computer - with his friend Steve Wozniak. Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and had three (11)_____. Unfortunately, his doctors discovered that he had cancer in 2003 and in 2011 he (12)_____ at the age of 56.