Question

【题目】阅读短文，并按要求完成76—80题。

Bill Gates is head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men. He was born on October 28, 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. He was a very bright boy. Science and math were his two favorite subjects at school. And he dreamed of being a scientist.

Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13. At that time, a computer was a very large machine. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent as much time as possible on computers. In the end, they worked out a software program. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In 1975, Bill and his partners 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. Then Bill left Harvard to work for Microsoft, a company he started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. After many years of hard work, Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies. And Bill Gates also becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.

76 题判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）；77 题完成句子；78—79 题简略回答问题；80 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

【1】Bill Gates developed a software program called BASIC by himself.

【2】Bill Gates was born in _________ and grew up in Seattle. ____________________ .

【3】What did Bill Gates do on his 13?

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【4】What did Bill Gates and Paul Allen think of the computer?

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【5】_________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】 1955 with his two sisters

【3】He / Bill (first) started to play on computers.

【4】They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon

【5】他们升级软件使它在人们用的时候更加简单。

【解析】

文章大意：本文介绍了著名的微软公司的创始人比尔盖茨。比尔在13岁开始接触电脑，并立即对之产生了浓厚的兴趣，17岁赚了创业的第一桶金。1975年大学还未毕业的比尔盖茨毅然放弃学业，和儿时好友保罗艾伦合作成立了微软公司，经过他们数十年不懈的努力，微软公司获得了巨大的成功。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中的句子In 1975, Bill and his partners developed a software program called BASIC.“1975年，比尔和他的伙伴开发了一个叫做BASIC的软件程序。”可知，本句叙述Bill Gates developed a software program called BASIC by himself.“比尔盖茨自己开发了一个叫做BASIC的软件程序。”是错误的，故答案为F。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中的句子He was born on October 28, 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters.可知，比尔盖茨出生于1955年，和他的两个姐妹一起在西雅图长大。故答案为(1). 1955 (2). with his two sisters

【3】细节理解题。根据文中的句子Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13.可知，比尔盖茨13岁时，第一次开始玩电脑，故答案为He / Bill (first) started to play on computers.

【4】细节理解题。根据文中的句子They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon.可知，他们认为计算机很快就会进入每个办公室和每个家庭，故答案为：They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon.

【5】翻译题。要求将英文句子They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.翻译成汉语。They“他们”；improve“改善、改进”；the software“软件”；it指代前面的the software，to make it easier“去使它更容易”；for people to use computers“对于人们使用电脑”；故答案为：他们改进软件，使人们使用计算机时更容易。