学位英语

Young Bill Gates

As a child and as an adult as well Bill was untidy. It has been said that in order to counteract this, Mary drew up weekly clothing plans for him. On Mondays he might go to school in blue, on Tuesdays in green, on Wednesdays in brown, on Thursdays in black, and so on. Weekend meal schedules might also be planned in detail. Everything had to fit in. Bill Gates hated wasting time, at work or during his leisure time.

Bill's contemporaries, even at the age, recognized that he was exceptional. Every year, he and his friends would go to summer camp. Bill especially liked swimming and other sports. One of his summer camp friends recalled, “He was never a nerd or a goof(傻瓜)or the kind of kid you didn't want on your team. We all knew Bill was smarter than us.”

Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science. He needed to go to a school that challenged him. His parents decided to send him to Lakeside — an all boys' school for exceptional students. It was Seattle's most exclusive school and was noted for its rigorous academic demands, a place where “even the dumb kids were smart”.

Lakeside allowed students to pursue their own interests, to whatever extent they wished. The school prided itself on making conditions and facilities available that would enable all its students to reach their full potential. In 1968, the school made a decision that would change thirteen year old Bill Gates' life and that of many of others, too.

The school gained access to a computer—a Program Data Processor (PDP) through a teletype machine. Bill Gates was immediately hooked — so was another student, Paul Allen, two years older than Bill.

Whenever they had free time, and sometimes when they didn't they would dash over to the computer room. The students became so single minded that they soon overtook their teachers in knowledge about computing and got into a lot of trouble because of their obsession — they were neglecting their other studies. Computer time was also proving to be very expensive. Within months, the whole budget that had been set aside for the year had been used up.

At fourteen, Bill was already writing short programs for the computer to perform. If Bill Gates was going to be good at something, it was essential to be the best.

Bill's and Paul's fascination with computers and the business world meant that they read a great deal. Paul enjoyed magazines like Popular Electronics, while Bill read business magazines. Computer time was expensive and, because both boys were desperate to get more time and because Bill already had an insight into what they could achieve financially, the two of them decided to set themselves up as a company: The Lakeside Programmers Group. “Let’s call the real world and try to sell something to it!” Bill announced.

1.Bill Gates hates wasting time only when he is doing his work.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:B

解析:该题说的是：比尔盖茨只有在工作的时候厌恶浪费时间。从第一段的最后一句的“比尔讨厌浪费时间，无论是在工作时还是在闲暇时”得出题干表述片面

2.His peers knew that Bill was cleverer and would become a successful businessman in the future.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:C

解析:该题说的是：他的同龄人们知道比尔比他们更加聪明，而且将来比尔会成为一个成功的生意人。文章的第二段只提到了比尔盖茨比他们都聪明，并没有提到他将来会怎么样

3.Lakeside is a school for exceptional students and bill was once there in his boyhood.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:B

解析:该题说的是：湖畔中学是一所专门为智力超常的孩子们设立的学校，比尔在小时候曾在那里就读。第三段的第三句话明确提到了湖畔中学是为智力超常的男生设立的学校，题干表述将范围扩大到所有的孩子，因此是错误的

4.Lakeside is trying her best to offer many facilities to help develop students’ interests.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:A

解析:该题说的是：学校尽全力提供设备以帮助孩子们培养兴趣。题干是对第四段的前两句的综合表述，因此是正确

5.Bill and Paul were classmates and both of them were totally attracted by the Program Data Processor.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:C

解析:该题说的是：比尔和保罗两个人在同一班级上课，并且两人都对程序数据处理机着迷。对于保罗，文章第五段提到了他对程序数据处理机着迷，而且他比比尔大两岁，至于两个人是否是同一个班级的同学，原文没有具体指出

6.Bill and Paul went to the computer room very frequently, and it cost them a lot of money.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:A

解析:该题说的是：比尔和保罗经常去上机，这花费了他们很多的钱。文章第六段的最后一句说“几个月后，一年用的预算就已经消耗殆尽了。”所以得出题干表述正确

7.Bill and Paul decided to set up a company and they made it before graduation.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

正确答案:C

解析:该题说的是：比尔和保罗打算自己开公司，两人在毕业前就完成了这个目标。原文的最后一段说两人打算开一家叫做“湖畔设计者集团”的公司，但没有说具体的时间和成功与否

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