Michael's birthday present

Michael's birthday was coming soon, so he asked his dad for a bicycle so that he would not need to walk to school anymore. However, Michael's dad had lost his job and did not have much money. Michael got a book instead but he did not complain.
One bright and sunny day while Michael was walking past a convenience store on his way to school, he saw a big boy on a bike. The bike was too small for the boy. As the boy was turning around a corner, the bike skidded on a puddle of water and crashed into a lamp-post.

The boy was a prefect in Michael's school. Michael recognised him. The boy's name was William. William seemed to have broken his leg. Michael picked up William's bike which was not damaged and rode to the nearby hospital to get help. A few minutes later, an ambulance came and brought William to the hospital. Michael rode William's bike to school so he would not be late for class.

Answer the following questions.

1. Whose birthday was being mentioned in the story?
2. What item did Michael request from his father?
3. Why couldn’t Michael father buy him a new bicycle?
4. What item was bought by Michael’s father to replace the bicycle?
5. Who did Michael see while he was on his way to school? _
6. What happened to William?
7. Was William’s bike damaged?
8. How did Michael go to the hospital to get help?

Read the short text and answer the questions that follow.

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954. She is an American media personality, actress, television producer, literary critic and magazine publisher. She is best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and was once the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.

Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, including being raped at the age of nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.

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1. When she was born?
2. What is she best known with?
3. List out the achievements made by Oprah.
4. Where she was born?
5. Which word has the same meaning with ‘poor’?
6. Which phrase support that Oprah had a difficult life when she was small.

Tiger Woods

Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl and Kultida (Tida) Woods. He is the only child of their marriage but has two half-brothers, Earl Jr. and Kevin, and one half-sister, Royce from the 18-year marriage of Earl Woods and his first wife, Barbara Woods Gray. Earl is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran. Woods was of mixed African American, Chinese and Native American ancestry.
At birth, Woods was given "Eldrick" and "Tont" as first and middle names. His middle name, Tont, is a traditional Thai name. He grew up in Orange County, California and graduated from Western High School in Anaheim in 1994.
Woods is a Buddhist. He has said that his faith was acquired from his mother and that it helps control both his stubbornness and impatience.

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1.When Tiger Woods was born?
2.Who are Tiger Woods’s parents?
3.Tiger Woods has how many siblings? List out their names.
4.Who was his father’s first wife?
5.What does it means by “half-brother or half-sister’?
6.Which sentence supports the idea that Tiger Woods use faith to control his bad attitude?

Bill Gates

Read the short text below and answer the following questions.

William Henry "Bill" Gates III was born on October 28, 1955. He is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people and the wealthiest overall in year 2009. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.

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1. When was Bill Gates born?
2. What position held by him when he was in Microsoft?
3. When did he step down as the CEO of Microsoft?
4. What do you understand with the sentence; “He has authored or co-authored several books."
5. Which sentence describes that Bill Gates is the richest man in the world in year 2009?