Read the text below. For questions 1-12 choose the correct answer.
Time magazine has named Mark Zuckerberg,
the (1)___ of Facebook, as and their Person of the Year 2010. Zuckerberg, 26,
is the second-youngest (2)___ of the award. He won the award for connecting 12
percent of the planet on his social networking (3)___. This is an impressive
statistic considering the site has yet to make any impression in China. Mr
Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, naturally on his Facebook (4)___: "Being
named as Time Person of the Year is a real (5)___ and recognition of how our
little team is building something that hundreds of millions of people want to
use to make the world more open and connected. I'm happy to be a part of
that." The young entrepreneur (6)___ a quarter of the shares of Facebook
and is a multi-billionaire.
It was
uncertain for a (7)___ who would win Time’s annual honour. Readers voting in
the online poll chose the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as the winner. (8)___,
Time panelists chose Mark Zuckerberg. Time’s editor Richard Stengel explained
they chose Zuckerberg (9)___ he was a more positive figure than Assange and
because he changed “how we all live our lives in ways that are innovative and
even optimistic”. He wrote on Time’s (10)___: "There is an erosion of
trust in authority, a decentralizing of power and at the same time, perhaps, a
greater faith (11)__ one another…" he said. Mr Stengel continued:
“Zuckerberg sees the world as filled with potential friends.” Perhaps only the
Facebook creator himself knows how much (12)___he can do.
1
|
A founder
|
B creature
|
C user
|
D hacker
|
2
|
A prize
|
B winner
|
C championship
|
D supporter
|
3
|
A site
|
B PC
|
C blog
|
D web
|
4
|
A paper
|
B leaf
|
C mail
|
D page
|
5
|
A honourable
|
B honest
|
C honoured
|
D honour
|
6
|
A sells
|
B buys
|
C owns
|
D offers
|
7
|
A time
|
B while
|
C when
|
D whilst
|
8
|
A Furthermore
|
B However
|
C Moreover
|
D Likewise
|
9
|
A so
|
B because
|
C despite
|
D rather
|
10
|
A CD-rom
|
B hardware
|
C website
|
D browser
|
11
|
A in
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B on
|
C into
|
D off
|
12
|
A many
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B little
|
C less
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D more
|
| a. |
The man
who created Facebook has won a magazine’s award. |
T / F |
| b. |
Mark
Zuckerberg, at 26, is the youngest ever winner of this award. |
T / F |
| c. |
Over 20
per cent of the world population use Facebook. |
T / F |
| d. |
Zuckerberg
has a huge team helping him keep Facebook going. |
T / F |
| e. |
There
was a possibility Julian Assange could win the award. |
T / F |
| f. |
Time
chose Zuckerberg because he was more positive than Assange. |
T / F |
| g. |
Time’s
editor said our trust in authority increases year by year. |
T / F |
| h. |
Zuckerberg
believes we could have more friends in the future. |
T / F |
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