1 Reading Worksheet

1. Read the article. Who is Nick D’Aloisio? 5 points

Do you enjoy designing things? Are you good

at using computers? Why not combine all
your talents like this young inventor?
Meet Nick D’Aloisio. and summarizes it, producing a short version to
Nick lived in Australia download and read quickly on a smartphone. More
until he was seven, than a million people downloaded the app to use.
then he and his family In 2013, one of the world’s biggest Internet
moved to the U.K. At companies, Yahoo, bought Nick’s app for $30
age nine, Nick got his first
laptop and a year later he started
designing 3D models on it. Nick then taught m
million. At the age of seventeen, Nick became a
millionaire! Nick’s parents are looking after the

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money for him until he is older.

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himself to write computer programming code and
Today, he’s just like any other teenager: he enjoys
worked out how to make an app.
playing sports, spending time with his friends,

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When Nick was fifteen, he created an app for and seeing his girlfriend. But he’s also interested in
smartphones called Summly. He had the idea when motivating other young people to use their talents

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he was studying one day in his bedroom. It’s very
simple: his app takes a news story on the Internet
to create new products or start new businesses.
So if you have a great idea, go for it!

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3. Answer the questions.

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Understand meaning from context Choose
the correct meaning for each statement

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1. When did Nick get his first laptop?
from the article.
He got his first laptop when he was nine.
1. Why not combine all your talents …?

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a. Try a new hobby with a friend.
2. How old was Nick when he started designing
things on his computer?

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b. Think about using all the things you are
good at.

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2. Nick then taught himself to write computer
programming code …
a. Nick had a computer programming teacher.
3. Which type of device is Nick’s app for?

4. When and where did he invent his app?

b. Nick did not need help from another person

to learn how to program a computer.
3. It’s very simple … 5. How does his app work?
a. Nick’s idea is easy to download.
b. Nick’s app is easy to use.
4. Nick’s parents are looking after the money for
him until he is older. 6. What does Nick like doing in his free time?
a. Nick can have the money when his parents
think he is old enough.
b. Nick can’t have the money because it is his
parents’ money.

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