E12-U1 Review

When Bill Gates saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped_______Harvard without finishing his course.

• into 

• by 

• around 

• out of

Despite the pervasive press intrusions into her private life, Princess Diana remained very popular because people could identify__________her.

• in

• for

• with

• as

Elvis was_______shy and as a youngster was not keen on performing in public.

• relatively

• respectively 

• virtually 

• almost

As a teenager, he was uninterested in school - but became________ in music, listening to a huge_______of contemporary American music.

• bored - amount

• reluctant – diversity

• reckless - type

• absorbed - range

Elvis Presley was ________for the idea that rock 'n' roll music was having a negative effect on American teenagers.

• accused

• convicted

• criticized 

• charged

If Presley was considered a controversial and a rebellious_______, it just made him more popular with young listeners.

• creator

• figure

• character 

• celebration

Darwin was______a place on the HMS Beagle to act as a natural scientist on a voyage to the coast of South America.

• won 

• gained

• offered

• admitted

Martin Luther King devoted his life to the        of voting right for black people.

• effort

• realization 

• achievement

• performance

Mark Zuckerberg's enormous success has taken a lot of hard work and      .

• indifference  

• dedication 

• loyalty 

• reputation

He was ____ cancer when he was only 15 years old.

• devoted with

• diagnosed with

• resisted with

• accounted with