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阅读理解 　　Bill Gates, the head of the world’s biggest computer software company, the Microsoft Corporation, has a mission, “Put computers 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 interest, together with his technical skill and his business marketing skills helped him to create a giant computer company and to make him wealthy． 　　Although he is so wealthy, Bill Gates does not want to give up．He is still very interested in his vision(远见)and he travels the globe, from Beijing to London, making quick stops in cities to sell the new software products of his company． 　　The central vision of Bill Gates is the “information highway”．This is a network of computers that will link every home, office and shopping mall in the future．This computer network system will have an effect on business, shopping and education．Bill Gates says that the main use 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 computers along the “information highway” really a good thing? Won’t we be sitting at home, only “socializing” with our computers, paying big companies money so that we can receive information that some large communication corporation somewhere has decided and that is “acceptable” for us to read? “No,” says Bill Gates, who 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 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 receive education, the gap between the rich and the poor will narrow． 　　In the meantime, however, the gap between the rich and the poor is still there．To be added to this now is the gap between those with computers and those without． (1) The underlined word “mission” in this text means a ________． [　　] A． course B． job C． duty D． goal (2) The reasons for Bill Gates’ success are as follows EXCEPT ________． [　　] A． his vision and his travel over the world B． his technical skill and his business marketing skills C． the money we pay for the information received from the “information highway” D． his deep personal interest (3) The best title of this passage should be ________． [　　] A． Bill Gates, His Vision and Mission B． The Gap the Computer Brings about C． The Advantages of the Computer Network D． One of the World’s Richest Self-made Men

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;
解析：

根据第一段“This deep personal interest, together with his technical skill and his business marking skill helped him to create a giant computer company and to make him wealthy．”可知比尔·盖茨成功的原因有B、D两项；根据第二段“…his vision(远见)and he travels the globe…making quick stops in cities to sell the new software products of his company．”可知A项也是其成功的原因。

提示：

(1)	根据第一段“‘Put computers on every office desk and in every home．’Bill has had this mission since he was a university student nineteen years ago”可知比尔·盖茨自从上大学时就有“让每个办公室和每个家庭都有电脑”这个目标，由此可推出答案。
(3)	根据文章第一句可知本文是讲述电脑界著名人物Bill Gates，第一段讲述他的mission，第二、三段讲述他的vision，可推出答案。