Question

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 math. 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(哈佛大學). 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(發展) the software for personalcomputers. They improved(改進) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

1.Bill Gates grew up in _______.

A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

2.What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A．Science and math	B．Languages and art
C．Math and languages	D．Music and P.E

3.Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

A．making large machines	B．playing computer games
C．mending old machines	D．developing software

4.Bill started to play with computers ______.

A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．1975

5.The word “personal” means _______.

A．個人的

B．公眾的

C．大型的

D．昂貴的

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

1.根據文章內容Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington.可知答案為C。

2.根據文章內容His favorite subjects at school were science and math可知答案為A

3.根據文章內容they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.可知答案為D

4.根據文章內容In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.可知答案為B

5.根據單詞的意思為私人的，故選答案為A