Bill Gates is head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men. He was..

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Bill Gates is head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men. He was born on October 28, 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. He was a very bright boy. Science and math were his two favorite subjects at school. And he dreamed of being a scientist. Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13. At that time, a computer was a very large machine. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent as much time as possible on computers. In the end, they worked out a software program. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In 1975, Bill and his partners developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it. BASIC was a success. Then Bill left Harvard to work for Microsoft, a company he started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. After many years of hard work, Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies. And Bill Gates also becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.根据文章内容将信息卡补充完整。 小题1: ____________________________________________________________________________小题2: ____________________________________________________________________________小题3: ____________________________________________________________________________小题4: ____________________________________________________________________________小题5:

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小题1: (a) scientist  小题1: He/Bill (first ) started to play on computers./ starting to play on computers 小题1: (The name of the software programe is) Basic/ BASIC  小题1: They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon.   小题1: Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies. (Bill Gates also becomes) one of the richest businessmen in the world.

【主旨大意】本文介绍了著名的微软公司的创始人比尔盖茨。比尔在13岁开始接触电脑，并立即对之产生了浓厚的兴趣，17岁赚了创业的第一桶金。1975年大学还未毕业的比尔盖茨毅然放弃学业，和儿时好友保罗艾伦合作成立了微软公司，经过他们数十年不懈的努力，微软公司获得了巨大的成功。 小题1:根据文章第一段最一句话“And he dreamed of being a scientist.”可以得到正确答案。 小题1:文章第一段中的句子“He was born on October 28, 1955…”和第三段第一句话“Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13.”可以得到本题的正确答案。 小题1:由第三段第二句话“In 1975, Bill and his partners developed a software program called BASIC.”可得到正确答案。 小题1:由第三段的句子“They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing software for personal computers.”可以找到正确答案。 小题1:根据文章倒数第二段中的句子“After many years of hard work, Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies.”可得到正确答案。