World Famous Cities

Bethlehem is a city in Pennsylvania. Michael Andretti was born there. He is a retired Formula one driver. He is the son of Mario Andretti and the father of Marco Andretti. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,892, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania.
Athens is a city in Georgia. Kim Basinger was born there. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger played themselves in a 1998 episode of The Simpsons, in which Basinger corrects Homer Simpson on the pronunciation of her last name and polishes her Oscar statuette. Athens is also the hometown of Cindy and Ricky Wilson. They are founding members of The B-52s, a new wave rock band. The largest employer of Athens is the University of Georgia. It is a public research university. It is the oldest and largest of the state’s institutions of higher learning.
Amsterdam is home to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Kirk Douglas was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. He is one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood “golden age”. Amsterdam has a population of 18,355 inhabitants. Raymond Tomlinson was also born there. Credited with inventing network electronic mail, Tomlinson is the man who put the @ sign in e-mail.


TEXT COMPREHENSION


01-Choose the correct sentence according to the text:
a)Athens lies in Greece.
b)Amsterdam lies in the netherlands.
c)Marco Andretti was born in Bethlehem.
d)Bethlehem lies in New York.
e)Michael Andretti is a retired Formula One driver.

02-____________________was born in Amsterdam.
a)Mario Andretti b)Kim Basinger c)Ricky Wilson
d)Michael Andretti e)Kirk Douglas

03-Bethlehem lies in ________________________.
a)Pennsylvania b)California c)Georgia d)New York e)Florida

04-Mario Andretti is _________________of Marco Andretti.
a)son b)father c)brother d)grandfather e)nephew

05-Choose the correct sentence according to the text:
a)Alec Baldwin was born in Athens.
b)Homer Simpson was born in Athens.
c)Ricky and Cindy work at the University of Georgia.
d)Kirk Douglas was born in Georgia.
e)The University of Georgia lies in Athens.

06-Check the correct alternative according to the text:
a)Marco Andretti was born in Pennsylvania.
b)Raymond Tomlinson was born in Amsterdam.
c)Kim Basinger studied at the University of Georgia.
d)Cindy Wilson was born in the New York state.
e)Kirk Douglas is ninety four years old.

vocabulary 1

SUBJECT MATTER: SYNONYMS

01- MATCH:
(A) COUCH

(B) CROSS

(C) DEMISE

(D) DERRICK

(E) DINGHY

(F) DRIBBLE

(G) DUMB

(H) DEAR

(I) CRAVEN

(J) MENACE


( ) EXPENSIVE
( ) THREATEN
( ) CRANE
( ) BOAT
( ) MUTE
( ) SOFA
( ) DEATH
( ) DROOL
( ) ANGRY
( ) COWARDLY

02- MATCH:
( 1) DEVISE

( 2) DON

( 3) DROWSY

( 4) FAINT

( 5) FELON

( 6) FIEND

( 7) FILCH

( 8) FLATTER

( 9) FRET

(10)FUNK


( ) PANIC
( ) INVENT
( ) VEX
( ) DRESS
( ) SLEEPY
( ) CAJOLE
( ) WEAK
( ) DEMON
( ) PILFER
( ) CRIMINAL

BONNE
CHANCE!

SUBJECT MATTER: SYNONYMS

01- MATCH:
(A) JALOPY

(B) AILING

(C) BOSOM

(D) ADO

(E) ASSAIL

(F) BELIEF

(G) BLUFF

(H) BELCH

(I) BOGUS

(J) BOG


( ) BREAST
( ) CRATE
( ) ATTACK
( ) FEN
( ) BURP
( ) FAITH
( ) FALSE
( ) CLIFF
( ) ILL
( ) FUSS, TROUBLE

02- MATCH:
( 1) BRANDISH

( 2) BREW

( 3) BROOD

( 4) BUFF

( 5) BUMPKIN

( 6) BUZZARD

( 7) CALLOW

( 8) CHILLY

( 9) CHIDE

(10)GAMBLE



( ) VULTURE
( ) BEIGE
( ) YOKEL
( ) COLD
( ) WAGER
( ) INEXPERIENCED
( ) DISPLAY OSTENTATIOUSLY
( ) DRINK
( ) OFFSPRING
( ) REBUKE

BUENA
SUERTE!

CARLOS SLIM

Carlos Slim Helú (born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate and philanthropist who, as of 2012, is the richest person in the world for the third year in a row. He is the chairman and chief executive of telecommunications companies Telmex and América Móvil and has extensive holdings in other Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso SAB, as well as business interests elsewhere in the world.
América Móvil, which in 2010 was Latin America’s largest mobile-phone carrier, accounted for around US$49 billion of Slim's wealth by the end of 2010. His corporate holdings as of March 2012 have been estimated at US$69 billion.
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Slim was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1940 to Maronite Christian parents Julián Slim Haddad and Linda Helú, both of Lebanese descent. His father, born Khalil Slim Haddad, immigrated to Mexico at the age of 14 in 1902 and changed his first name to Julián. As it was not uncommon for Lebanese children to be sent abroad before they reached the age of 15 to avoid being conscripted into the Ottoman army, four of Haddad's older brothers were already living in Mexico at the time of his arrival.
Carlos Slim's mother, Linda Helú, was born in Parral, Chihuahua, of Lebanese parents who had immigrated to Mexico in the late 19th century. Her parents upon immigrating to Mexico had founded one of the first Arabic language magazines for the Lebanese-Mexican community, using a printing press they had brought with them.
In 1911, Julián established a dry goods store, La Estrella del Oriente (The Star of the Orient). By 1921, he had purchased real estate in the flourishing commercial district of Mexico City. These enterprises became the source of considerable wealth.
In August 1926, Julián Slim and Linda Helú married. They had six children: Nour, Alma, Julián, José, Carlos and Linda. Julián senior, who had been influential in the Lebanese-Mexican business community, died in 1953.
Personal life
Slim was married to Soumaya Domit from 1967 until her death in 1999. Among her interests were various philanthropic projects, including the creation of a legal framework for organ donation.Slim has six children: Carlos, Marco Antonio, Patrick, Soumaya, Vanessa, and Johanna.

TEXT COMPREHENSION

01- Choose the correct item according to the text:
a) Telmex is an Arabian company
b) América Móvil is a Lebanese company
c) When Khalil Slim Haddad arrived in Mexico, he was fourteen years old
d) Linda Helú passed away in nineteen ninety nine
e) Khalil Slim Haddad had been in the Ottoman army

02- Patrick is Carlos Slim’s __________________.
a) nephew b) uncle c) son d) dad e) sibling

03- Linda Helú was born in ________________.
a) Mexico b) Lebanon c) USA d) Saudi Arabia e) Canada

04- Carlos Slim is
a) Lebanese b) seventy years old c) the world’s wealthiest person
d) Vanessa’s grandfather e) Linda’s nephew

05- “conscript” (line 13) means:
a) To enroll compulsorily into service
b) To swim c) to swerve d) to end e) end