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信息匹配
_________1．You run a billboard advertising business you inherited(继承)from your father, and you are looking to expand in new directions．What do you do?
_________2．You are a successful talk-show host, and have just achieved national recognition(认可)．You want more control over your show, and a greater share of its profits．What do you do?
_________3．You are still in college, but together with a friend you have established a software company that deals with major corporations．What do you do?
_________4．You are a successful business analyst(分析师), and come to think that the mail-order business model could be adapted to online book sales．What do you do?
_________5．You own several highly profitable waste-collection routes．The government has recently issued the Solid Waste Disposal Act, increasing standards of hygiene(卫生)in waste disposal．What do you do?
A．In 1968, H．Wayne Huizenga teamed with a partner to create a nationwide company for waste collection, a business traditionally made up of small, local companies．The new company, Waste Management, Inc．, became the foundation of his fortune．
B．While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates teamed with Paul Allen to develop a version of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800, the first personal computer．They licensed the software to the manufacturer of the Altair and formed Microsoft(originally Micro-soft)to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies．Gates decided to drop out(退学)of Harvard in his junior year to devote his time to Microsoft．
C．In 1963, Ted Turner took over his family billboard-advertising business．In 1970 he bought a failing UHF(ultrahigh frequency)television station in Atlanta, Georgia, and by 1975 Turner had transformed it into the first“superstation”－WTBS, by transmitting(传送)low-cost sports and entertainment programs via satellite to cable systems throughout the country．
D．In 1986, Oprah Winfrey formed Harpo Productions to produce her own show and other projects．With distribution rights(销售权)to her shows, Winfrey used profits to expand her business activities．By 1998 Winfrey was worth $675 million．
E．Microsoft founder Bill Gates planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health．Having already the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune would be put towards the cause except“a few percent left for the kids”．
F．Amazon．com founder Jeff Bezos grew interested in online retailing(零售业)in 1994 while working as a business analyst in New York City．After researching the success of different mail-order companies Bezos decided that books were the perfect product to see via the Internet．That year he left New York to establish his new company in Seattle, chosen for its being near to major book wholesalers and the advanced high-tech industry．In July 1995 Amazon．com developed its Website, and has since expanded to offer many other retail products in addition to books．
.Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft- ware, programming computers at age 13.In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities (慈善机构), including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age. 50. Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?A. At public elementary school. B. At the private Lakeside School.C. At Harvard University. D. At Microsoft Company. 51. Why did he drop out of Harvard?A. To change school. B. To spend all his energies to Microsoft.C. To find a full-time job. D. To earn money.52. How does Gates spend much of his time?A. Meeting with people. B. Travelling around the world.C. E-mailing some friends. D. Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.53. What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?A. gave. B. earned. C. made. D. received.
单词拼写（共5小题，每空一词，每小题0.5分，满分2.5分）
1.Which country is going to h___________ the next Olympics?
2.Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation a__________ .
3.A bomb e____________ suddenly by the roadside and destroyed the road and lots of cars.
4.A young boy was _____________ (攻击) by a dog while he was walking in the park.
5.The company ___________ (雇用) thirty people last month.
根据首字母和汉语提示，写出下列单词的正确形式。
1. He became___________﹙完全﹚deaf during the last years of his life.
2. The production of this year has been__________﹙减少﹚by 30%.
3. He was badly injured in the accident, and now his life is in d________.
4.I don’t believe that computers will r________ human beings.
5. It’s___________﹙不寻常﹚for him to refuse a drink .
6. Most of the houses were d__________ in the terrible earthquake.
7. Computer is one of the greatest scientific____________﹙成就﹚.
8. There is no e___________ that he is a thief.
9. The books has a great ___________﹙影响﹚on his life.
10. He h________ his arms while playing basketball.
单词拼写（共10分）
1．At home i clothes are suitable, while on important occasions you should dress formally.
2．Would you please do me a f to give my present to Tom?
3．The boy looked c at the difficult maths problem and was sure to work it out.
4．I asked him if he was willing to have dinner with me , he h for a while and unwillingly agreed.
5．Believe it or not, I d of becoming a manager when I was young.
6．Training in （人际关系的）skills. is essential in modern society.
7．The earth quake had been （预报）several weeks before, but no one took notice of it.
8．As I （提到）earlier, there have been a lot of changes recently.
9． The couple wanted to （捐赠）a great sum of money to the Red Cross.
10. If you want to keep fit, diets are more effective when （和…结合）with regular exercises.
