Question

READING (Scanning) FAMOUS PEOPLE

Read the Internet article and decide if each statement is true or false.

Elon Musk

Early Life

Elon Musk (one of the richest people in the world with about $14 billion) was born on June 28,

1971 in the city of Pretoria, in South Africa. His father is South African, but his mother is from

Canada (Elon is now a U.S.

citizen). Elon was always very interested in computers, and when he was only 12 years old he

created a video game called ‘Blastar’ and sold it for $500.

University Study

Elon left South Africa in 1989 for Canada, where he studied at Queen’s University in Ontario.

After two years, he decided to change to the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. At

the age of 24, he graduated with bachelor degrees in physics and economics.

Career

After leaving university, still in his twenties, Elon Musk helped to create the PayPal company. He

later went on to create several other companies. Here are three of his biggest companies:  SpaceX – SpaceX makes rockets. With these rockets, Elon Musk is making plans for

humans to travel to the planet Mars where, he hopes, people will soon live.  Tesla – Tesla is a car company that is different from most car companies. It sells electric

cars.  SolarCity – SolarCity makes and sells solar power (electricity made from sunlight). It is

the second largest solar power company in the United States. It may one day be the

biggest.

1. Elon Musk was born on July 28, 1971. TRUE / FALSE

2. Elon’s father is from South Africa. TRUE / FALSE

3. When he was only 12 years old, Elon bought his first video game. TRUE/FALSE

4. In 1989, Elon Musk was 24 years old. TRUE / FALSE

5. Elon studied at three different universities in Canada and the U.S. TRUE/FALSE

6. Elon helped to make the PayPal company before he was 30 years old. TRUE/FALSE

7. He wants people to live on another planet. TRUE / FALSE

8. Tesla is famous because it sells cars and solar power. TRUE / FALSE

9. Tesla is an unusual car company. TRUE / FALSE

10. SolarCity is the biggest solar power company in the world. TRUE / FALSE​

Answer 1

Resposta com explicação:

1-False (Ele não é de Julho, ele é de 28 de Junho)

2-True

3-True

4-False (Diz que depois de 2 anos ele tinha 24, ou seja, em 1989 ele tinha 22)

5-False ( O texto só fala de 2: A Queen's University em Ontario e depois ele mudou para a University of Pennsylvania nos Estados Unidos)

6-False (Ainda no parágrafo falando de suas universidades, tem essa afirmativa "After leaving university, still in his twenties" ou traduzindo, "Depois de deixar a universidade ainda em seus vinte anos" ou seja ele ainda estava na casa dos 20 quando ajudou a criar a companhia do Paypal)

7- True

8-False(Apenas, na parte da Tesla fala sobre vender carros, a parte de energia solar é de outro tipo de companhia)

9-False (afirma que é a mais usada, já a Solarcity, que seria a empresa de carros a energia solar é a menos usada)

10- False (Diz que é a segunda maior companhia de energia solar no mundo. E que talvez em algum dia ela se torne a maior)

Desculpe se tiver algum erro, e espero ter ajudado um pouco ^^