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HSC English March 2014 Board Paper Maharashtra

HSC English March 2014 Board Paper Maharashtra Section A (Reading Skills, Grammar, Vocabulary, Note – making and Summary) Q1. A. Read the following extract and answer the questions given below: Today, at 29, Michael has discovered the power of another good idea that has helped him rise in just a few years from teen to tycoon. He has become the fourth largest manufacturer of personal computers in America and the youngest man ever to head Fortune 500 Corporation. Growing up in Houston, Texas, Michael And his two brothers were imbued by their parents, Alexander and Lorraine - he an orthodontist, she a stockbroker- with the desire to learn and the drive to work hard. Even so, stories about the middle boy began to be told early. Like the time a saleswoman came asking to speak to "Mr. Michael Dell' about his getting a high school equivalency diploma. Moments later, eight-year-old Michael was explaining that he thought it might be a good idea to get high School ou