Bill Gates was born on October 28,195He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（軟件程序）with the old machine. Bill sold it for $ 4 200 when he was only 17.

　　In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company（公司）called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Alien. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. Se they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved（改進）the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

(1). Bill Gates grew up in ________.

[　　]

A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

(2). What subjects did Bill like best at school?

[　　]

A．Science and maths.

B．language and art.

C．Maths and language.

D．Music and P.E.

(3). Bill's company worked hard at ________.

[　　]

A．making large machines

B．playing computer games

C．mending old computers

D．developing software

(4). Bill started to play with computers ________.

[　　]

A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．in 1975

(5). The word“personal” means ________.

[　　]

A．個人的

B．公眾的

C．大型的

D．昂貴的
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　　“Well, Bill. I'm not sure whether to send you to heaven or hell. After all, you greatly helped society by putting a computer in almost every home, yet you also created that terrible Windows XP. I'm going to let you decide where you want to go.”

　　Bill replied,“Well, what's the difference between the two?”

　　God said,“I'm willing to let you visit both places, to see if it will help your decision.”

　　“Okay, then,”said Bill,“Let's try hell first.”

　　So Bill went to hell. It was a beautiful, clean, sandy beach with clear water and lots of beautiful women running around, laughing and playing about. The sun was shining; the temperature perfect. He was very pleased.

　　“This is great,”he told God.“If this is hell, I really want to see heaven.”

　　“Fine,”said God, and off they went.

　　Heaven was a place high in the clouds, beautiful and sunny, with angels flying about. It was nice, but not as nice as hell.

　　“Hmmm, I think I'd prefer hell,”he told God.

　　“Fine,”replied God,“as you desire（如你所愿）.”

　　So Bill Gates went to hell.

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　　“How is everything doing?”He asked Bill.

　　“This is terrible. This is nothing like the hell I visited two weeks ago. What happened to that other place, with the beaches and the beautiful women playing in the water?”

　　“Oh,”God said,“what you saw is a screensaver（屏幕保護）I designed by myself. Glad you like it!”

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(2) Bill preferred the hell to the heaven.

(3) Bill decided to stay in hell as soon as he got there.

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　　　 A. song　　　 B. book　　　　 C. school　　　 D. film

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