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Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955-5 October 2011), most popularly known as Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He was the pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was famous for his career in the electronic field of computers and consumers. This became possible through the marketing of Apple computers.
In 1985, Jobs left Apple after losing a power battle with the board of directors. He then founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher education and business market. Apple, however failed to bring up any new operating system during Jobs' absence. Jobs returned to Apple as an adviser, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. By 1998, Jobs brought Apple back to profitability from the verge of bankruptcy. He supervised the development of iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad. These devices are so simple and user friendly that even a child can operate them.
He supervised the company's Apple Stores; iTunes Stores and the App Stores too. The success of these products and services brought about steady financial returns for several years and pushed Apple to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. This triumph is regarded as the greatest turnarounds in the business history.
Steve Jobs has been highly acclaimed as a visionary leader. He has changed people's perspective towards the computer and how they use it, consume personal media and how they communicate with each other. Hence i-Books, iPhones, iPods and iPads have become extremely popular. Jobs saw and felt the need of Wi-Fi (wireless Internet connection) in laptops. It is he who made Wi-Fi a standard feature of every laptop, and of many other devices worldwide. So Jobs' dream to be anywhere anytime became a reality.
Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios. He became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.
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Today is haat bar, and Ameen prepares to go there with items to sell. He wears a short-sleeved floral shirt over his (a) _____ Sonabhan notices how much he has grown while walking along the (b) _____ . She realizes that Ameen now resembles his (c) _____ He has a long neck and (d) _____ shoulders, just like his father. For the first time, she sees her son as a (e) _____ .
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The text is about a mother giving (a) _____ to her daughter. She teaches tasks like (b)____ clothes and cooking. The mother warns her daughter not to act like a (c) ______ . She also emphasizes proper behaviour in (d) _____ The story shows the impact of (e) _____ roles on women.
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Air pollution (a) _____ the ways in which the air is polluted. Air is the most important element of human environment. Man cannot (b) _____ a single moment without air. But we do not think that it is we who (c) ______ this most vital element. Clean air is essential for life. Air is polluted in many ways. For example, smoke pollutes air. Man makes fires to (d) _______ his food, to make bricks, burn refuse, melt pitch for road construction and burn wood. All these things produce heavy (e) _____ and this smoke pollutes air.
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The weather suddenly took a (a) ______ turn that afternoon, and dark clouds began to gather. As the author was walking towards his room, he decided to change (b) ______ . to a friend's place. The sound of (c) _____ above made him stop and look up, where he saw a strange funnel cloud (d) _____ from the sky. In a hurry to find shelter, he found a (e) ______ and crouched there as the storm intensified.
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Nelson Mandela | |||||
| Profession | Politician and President | ||||
| Aim | (i) _____ | ||||
| Who/What | Event | Place | Time | Contribution | Award |
| Nelson Mandela | birth | (ii) ______ | 1918 | ||
| He | (iii) ______ | Robben Island Prison | 1964-1982 | ||
| He | was president | South Africa | (iv) _____ | ||
| He | was awarded | 1993 | guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multiracial democracy | (v) ______ | |
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