A. Reading comprehension – True or false?

Read our article about Silicon Valley on pages 6-7 of English Now No 123. Then decide if the statements below are true or false. If a statement is false, think about why it is false. Then check your answers in part B.

1. Silicon Valley is a region in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
- a. True
- b. False
2. The idea to create a place like Silicon Valley came up during the Industrial Revolution.
- a. True
- b. False
3. The technology park created in the region in the 1950s was called Stanford Industrial Park.
- a. True
- b. False
4. The term ‘Silicon Valley’ was first used to describe this area by Frederick Terman, an engineering professor at Stanford University.
- a. True
- b. False
5. There are 300,000 inhabitants in the Silicon Valley region.
- a. True
- b. False
6. Giant tech companies like Google, Apple and Meta have their offices in Silicon Valley.
- a. True
- b. False
7. The biggest city in Silicon Valley is San Jose.
- a. True
- b. False
8. There are a hundred of millionaires living in Silicon Valley.
- a. True
- b. False
9. In places like Silicon Valley, a unicorn is a start-up company that is valued at least at $1 billion.
- a. True
- b. False
10. Tesla moved its offices from Silicon Valley to New York City in 2020.
- a. True
- b. False

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A. Reading comprehension – True or false?

1. Silicon Valley is a region in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

2. The idea to create a place like Silicon Valley came up during the Industrial Revolution.

3. The technology park created in the region in the 1950s was called Stanford Industrial Park.

4. The term ‘Silicon Valley’ was first used to describe this area by Frederick Terman, an engineering professor at Stanford University.

5. There are 300,000 inhabitants in the Silicon Valley region.

6. Giant tech companies like Google, Apple and Meta have their offices in Silicon Valley.

7. The biggest city in Silicon Valley is San Jose.

8. There are a hundred of millionaires living in Silicon Valley.

9. In places like Silicon Valley, a unicorn is a start-up company that is valued at least at $1 billion.

10. Tesla moved its offices from Silicon Valley to New York City in 2020.