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The richest man in the world can now also claim a degree from the college he dropped out of three decades ago. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered the commencement (典礼) address at Harvard University on Thursday, and was awarded the L. L. D. honorary doctorate (博士头衔).
“Our speaker is known as the most influential entrepreneur(企业家) of the personal computer revolution. He was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2007, ” said Harvard’s president, Derek Bok. Then Bok spoke more directly to Gates: “Just think what you could have achieved if you had stayed another two years.”
Gates told the students, many of whom will soon be launching into full-time careers, that work isn’t the only thing of importance.
“Judge yourself not on the professional accomplishments but on how well you have addressed the world’s inequities, how you have treated people who have nothing to do with you,” he said.
In recent months, Gates has been giving a larger part of his time and energy to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on issues including global health and education. In 2008, he plans to make the foundation his chief responsibility.
But for the most part, the Microsoft co-founder stuck to the serious message about trying to make the world a better place. He urged the graduates not to get discouraged about seemingly intractable (棘手的) challenges of poverty and poor health.
As many as 30,000 people were expected to attend the outdoor commencement ceremony. Gates wasn’t the only high-profile speaker on the
45. We know from the text that Bill Gates__________.
A. got an important award from
B. left the college for his career ahead of two years
C. addressed at
D. urged the graduates not to fight the AIDS in developing countries
46. What is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
A. it claims a degree from the college one dropped out of
B. it delivers the commencement address at
C. it fixes its eyes on issues about health and education throughout the world.
D. it collaborates on great efforts to attend the commencement ceremony
47. On this special day, Bill Gates has done all the following EXCEPT that _______.
A. he claimed a degree B. he used much of his time and energy to his Foundation
C. he gave a speech. D. he went to work with journalist Jim Lehrer
48. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that __________.
A. A large number of some famous men went to
B.
C. General Kofi Annan acted as a professor at
D. Jim Lehrer,John Lithgow and Kofi Annan are Gates’ brothers
查看习题详情和答案>>"Mark Twain" was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) when he wrote books. His father was a lawyer, but a poor one, who lived at Florida, Missouri. The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. His father died when he was very young, and then there was even less money than before.
Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great River Mississippi, and he did this himself at one time (1857).
Where did he find the name "Mark Twain"? It came from the great river itself. It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships. When a man called "By the mark twain!" he meant that the river was "two marks deep" there, that is to say, six feet deep ( "Twain" is an old form of the word "Two".) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young, and he used them as a penname all his life.
During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds, and this helped him a great deal when he started to write. But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861. Many of the great ships on the river stopped work. Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother, who was at that time Governor of Nevada. There, near the town of Carson, Samuel became a gold miner, but he never made much money at the time. He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him. He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada, and this seemed more hopeful. He found that he could write.
He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon, and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing. Among his books is his own story (1908).
He is now always known as Mark Twain, and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens. He traveled in America and in England, and went to Oxford in 1907. He was one of the greatest American writers of the time, and could ake his readers laugh – a thing which few writers can do. He died in 1910.
1. "Mark Twain" was _________.
A. a famous American writer B. name of a book
C. a great river in America D. a large ship
2 As a child, Samuel did not get much education because _________.
A. his father died too early
B. the family was very poor
C. he disliked school very much
D. he could learn what he liked from the people he met
3. What gave him a great deal when he started writing? _______
A. His poor childhood B. The Mississippi river
C. All kinds of travelers he met D. His brother
4. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Samuel loved writing from his early age
B. Samuel did not love writing at the beginning
C. his writings to the newspaper were successful
D. his brother encouraged him to write more
5. According to the writer of the passage, a good writer could _________.
A. write a lot for his readers B. make a lot of money for his family
C. cause his readers to laugh D. travel everywhere he wanted
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