Usain Bolt worked hard to be a sprinter (his coach said he was too tall!), and won his first gold medal at 15. Since then, he has (1) the world several times, and, in the process, he has (2) a multi- . He now earns a salary of $20m a year, and though he doesn't have time to (3) any himself, he has given millions of dollars to charity. Nowadays, many young people are trying to (4) an online , like Mark Zuckerberg did with Facebook. he (5) the for a social-networking site with some friends at university, and it was so successful that, by the age of 23, he had (6) . He's now a billionaire and Facebook has over a billion users.
Shakira, who had her first big hit in South America when she was only 19, has set up her own charity, Pies Descalzos, in Colombia. The charity (7) poor children in , and helps them to get an education. In 2014, she (8) a Hero at the Radio Disney Music Awards for her charity work.
Complete the texts with the correct form of the expressions from Set B.
Set B
start a business (vp.) =
make a fortune (vp.) =
become a millionaire (vp.) =
win awards (vp.) =
develop the project (vp.) =
do voluntary work (vp.) =
break records (vp.) =
support the community (vp.) =
1) contemporaries as an outstanding novelIST.
2) His novels and tales WERE read widely in France,
3) Germany, Italy, Spain, England and THE USA.
4) The State Turgenev Museum openED in the
5) author'S native town of Oriol. Spasskoye-Lutovinovo,
6) where Ivan Turgenev (was) spent most of his life,
7) is also A museum and is open to the public. The
8) museum IS visitED by tourists from Russia and abroad.
9) The memorial department of (a) THE museum
10) ( is attracted) ATTRACTS many visitors. The rooms in this
11) building IS redecorated to look like the author's
12) original(ly) home. The "Living Room", the
13) "Dining Room", THE "Study-Bedroom" and the
14) "Library" ARE showN to the public. In the memorial
15) part of the museum one can (be seen) SEE the writer's
16) desk. Turgenev's WONDERFUL (wondering) novels: Rudin,
17) Fathers and Sons (CHILDREN),
18) On the EVe WRITTEN (wrote) there.
19) The sofa, which he (was) called "Samson,'
20) the ancient clock and other thingS,
21) WHICH (who) have been described by him in his works,
22) Can BE SEEN (see) in the museum.