Today, no one thinks of Bill Gates as a failed entrepreneur or a college dropout yet．Both of these things are true of Gates, American richest man and the pioneering genius who leads the computer software industry．
Gates was born in Seattle in 1955．Young Gates’ grades weren’t always great．Although he did well in science and maths, he was something of an underachiever．But in the eighth grade he found his passion．In the 1960’s, the mothers’ club at Gates’ school bought a computer for the students．
Gates discovered it and soon became computer crazy．He spent every evening and weekend trying to master computer technology．His computer usage fees were so high that he hide from his parents the amount he spent．It wasn’t long, though until his programming passion turned toward real goals．He and his friend Paul Allen started a company called Traf-0-Data．Their goal was to use new computer technology to count passing cars．The company went broke．After all he was only in the eighth grade．And it didn’t discourage his interest in technology．In fact, it was because of his passion for programming that he later dropped out of Harvard．He spent two dissatisfying years at the university before he left to form another company with Allen．Gates and Allen called their software company Microsoft．In the 1970s it was only a small operation running out of loaned office in Arizona．Gates would work late into the night and sometimes sleep under his desk．Today, Microsoft is the software industry giant．As chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates operates as the prince of programmers．
Despite his wealth and recent marriage, Gates hasn’t slowed down．He is still a workaholic, putting in long hours at the office．
(1)
The first computer that Gates was crazy for was a computer ________
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A．
at home
B．
at school
C．
at the mothers’ club
D．
at an office
(2)
Once Gates was ________
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A．
a failed entrepreneur
B．
a good student in his middle school
C．
a crazy student
D．
honest enough to tell his parents how much he spent on computer
(3)
Gates’ first company was ________
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A．
successful
B．
unsuccessful
C．
started when he was at college
D．
called Microsoft
(4)
Which of the following sentences is true
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A．
Gates graduated from Harvard
B．
The company Microsoft mainly use new computer to count passing cars
C．
The company Microsoft was started by Gates and Allen
D．
Not only chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is also a prince in the USA
(5)
The underlined word workaholic here means ________
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A．
a member of the company
B．
a common person with high position
C．
a person who has great interest in PC
D．
one who has a strong determination and interest to work
April 22,2010 will be the 18th celebration of the annual Take Our Daugluers to Work Day(TOD), a project the National Ms．Foundation for Women of America(NFW)developed to expose girls to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace．
The program offers, millions of girls a first - hand view of the many career opportunities available in their futures．Now that women make up 46 peroent of the U．S．workforce, girls can find role models in every occupational field-from politics to molecular biology to professional athletics, to name just a few．TOD encourages girls to focus on their abilities and opportunities, not just their appearance．
The NFW developed the project more than a decade ago to address the self-esteem problems that many girls experience when they enter adolescence．At school, boys often receive more encouragement in the classroom, especially in math．science and computer science, the academic fields that tend to lead to the highest salaries．Women receive on average only 73 cents for every dollar that men are paid．and remain vastly underrepresented(数量不足)in top executive positions and technology fields．TOD aims to give girls the confidence and inspiration they need to develop successful careers, particularly in non-traditional fields．
Perhaps because the program had become so widespread and successful, TOD had been criticized for excluding boys．and it was expanded in 2003to include boys．The program's official website states that the program was changed in order to provide both boys and girls with opportunities to explore careers at an age when they are more flexible in tenns of gender stereotyped roles．"We should also show boys that becoming a child care provider is as acceptable a choice as becoming a police officer or CEO," added Sara K．Gould．executive director of the NFW．
(1)
The purpose for having a Take Our Daughters to Work Day is ________
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A．
to encourage girls to get top paying jobs
B．
to let girls spend more time with their mothers
C．
to show girls possibilities for work and careers
D．
to give girls a chance to visit their mothers' offices
(2)
Why are women underrepresented in some fields such as technology?
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A．
They are not interested in these fields．
B．
They are not encouraged to work in these fields．
C．
They are not paid the same as men in these fields．
D．
They are not allowed to be educated in these fields．
(3)
TOD was criticized because some people ________．
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thought it was not fair to boys
B．
did not like having children at work
C．
did not have daughters to take to work
D．
would rather have their daughters stay at home
(4)
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．
Boys are now included on Take Our Daughters to Work Day．
B．
Women and men have always been treated equally at work．
C．
Homemaking and raising children are jobs for girls only．
D．
Girls grow up receiving more attention than boys．
(5)
What can we learn from Sara K．Gould's words?
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A．
Boys are sometimes more careful and responsible than girls．
B．
It is most suitable for women to look after children at home．
C．
Aboy's life ambition should be to become an officer or CEO．
D．
It is also acceptable for boys to do what girls are supposed to．
