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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to us computers.

( ) 6. Bill Gates grew up in _______.

A. Canada B. Australia C. America D. Germany

( ) 7. What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A. Sccience and maths B. Languanges and art

C. Maths ang languages D. Music and P.E

( ) 8. Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

A. making large machines B. playing computer games

C. mending old machines D. developing software

( ) 9. Bill started to play with computers ______.

A. in 1955 B. in 1968 C. in 1973 D. 1975

( ) 10. The word “personal” means _______.

A.个人的　　　 B.公众的　　　　　C.大型的　　　　 D.昂贵的

c

Fred, a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. At first he spent much time in studying all the machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr Dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker. ?

Four years later the young man got into the habit of(养成……习惯)drinking and was often drunk. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink, he agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧) but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, there telephone rang and Henry said ,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad. ”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“You’ll be given double pay next month. ”

“Oh, wonderful!”called out Fred. “What’s the bad news?”

“Mr Dick told me to take your place. ”