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As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates once said that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. Only 15 years later he was a billionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in American with assets (资产) of about US$6.3
Billion.
Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October 1956. He first started to play
with the computer at the age of 13 at his school. At that time, computers were very large
machines. Operators were required to learn complex computer languages before the
machines could be used. Even then, a great deal of time and effort was needed to perform
the simplest functions. Before long Gates was an expert at working the school’s computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top
universities in the USA---Princeton. Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began
classes there the next autumn, majoring in maths. But he spent as much time in the
computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.
By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had 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 because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not yet completed his
degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had
formed called Microsoft.
His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It
was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was bought by IBM in 1980.
Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around
the world.
As chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man. To most people, Gates, in spite of his wealth, is humble and ordinary. He spends his money carefully and
often eats in fast-food restaurants.
1. When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be______.
A. an engineer B. a scientist C. a businessman D. a professor
2. Bill Gates became a billionaire______.
A. at the age of 31 B. in 1985 C. in the 1970’s D. by 1992
3. When Gates was in Harvard University, he________.
A. became head of Microsoft company
B. spent most of his time in computer laboratories
C. developed the first computer program
D. succeeded in making computers carry out instructions
4. Before the invention of BASIC, software programs____.
A. were very cheap B. were not considered commercially (商业地)
C. were very expensive D. were complex but dull
5. Bill Gates was regarded as______. A. a strong-minded man B. a crazy man
C. a man spending freely D. a common, normal person
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