One of the World’s richest Self-made Men and His Vision Bill Gates, the head of the world’s biggest computer software companies, the Microsoft Corporation, had mission: to put a computer on every of 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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One of the World’s richest Self-made Men and His Vision Bill Gates, the head of the world’s biggest computer software companies, the Microsoft Corporation, had mission: ”to put a computer on every office desk and in every home．“ Bill Gates has had this mission since he was a university student nineteen years ago．This deep personal motivation (动机), together with his technical skill and his business marketing skills have helped him to create a giant computer company and to make him wealthy．Although he is so wealthy, Bill Gates does not want to retire．He is still very interested in his vision and he travels the globe, from Beijing to London, making quick stops in cities to promote (推销) the new software products of his company.

The central vision of Bill Gates is the “information highway”．This is a .network of fiber-optic cables (电缆) for computers that will link every home, office and shopping mall in the future．This computer network system will have an effect on business transactions, shipping and education．Bill Gates says that the main application of this new technology will be in communication．It will be a way to find people with common interests and to share opinions with them.

But is this communication by computer along the “information highway” really a good thing? Won’t we be sitting at home, only “socializing” with our computer, paying big companies money so that we can receive information that some large communications corporation somewhere has decided is “acceptable” for us to read ？No, says Bill Gates．He thinks that the phrase “information highway” is a terrible phrase．It makes people think that we are all going down the same road, he says．In fact, the computer network will let us choose our own intellectual (智力的) direction．It will give us freedom．It will also bring good to society, because it will allow for the spread of education．When more and more people have access (通路) to education, the gap between rich and poor will narrow.

In the mean time, however, the gap between the rich and poor is still there．To be added to, this now is the gap between those with computers and those without.

1．Bill Gates’ success lies in ________.

A．his university life, his education and his vision

B．his strong will, his quick-mind and his friendship

C．his deep personal motivation, his technical skill and his business marketing skills

D．his long years of planning

2．The main application (使用) of the “information highway” is ________.

A．education

B．communication

C．money-making

D．word-formation

3．Bill Gates thinks that “information highway” is ________.

A．not a good thing, but a good phrase