单选题
Bill Gates: Unleashing Your Creativity

I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.
For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a chunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.
When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of "a computer on every desk and in every home," which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have.
And after 30 years, I'm still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade.
I believe that computers are the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn't solve on their own.
Computers have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world's knowledge. They're helping us build communities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.
Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it "tap-dancing to work". My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, but what makes me "tap-dancing to work" is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetime's worth of photos, and they say, "I didn't know you could do that with a PC!"
But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world. There are still far too many people in the world whose most basic needs go unmet. Every year, for example, millions of people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developed world.
I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible.
As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant or tragic than the death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesn't take much to make an immense difference in these children's lives.
I'm still very much an optimist, and I believe that progress on even the world's toughest problems is possible and it's happening every day. We're seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.
I'm excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve tough problems, we're going to make some amazing in all these area in my life.

单选题 A computer was as big as an icebox when Bill Gates was a high school student.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 文章第2段中的答案相关句说“30年以前的计算机大小如冰箱”,根据文章第3段可推断出“30年以前比尔盖茨应该在上7年级”,综合这两部分信息可知,“在比尔盖茨上7年级的时候,计算机像冰箱那么大”。7年级正好是在美国上中学的时候,因此问题句的内容与文章中相关内容一致。
单选题 Bill Gates has been dreaming of the popularity of computers for his lifetime.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 答案相关句在第3段。根据文章第3段的内容可以推断出比尔盖茨在30年以前期待计算机的普及,根据文章第5段的内容可以推断出比尔盖茨现在仍然相信计算机因其独特的功能而受到人们的欢迎,因此问题句提供了正确的信息。
单选题 Bill Gates compares his hard work on a PC to "tap-dancing to work".
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从第7段中可以看出当比尔盖茨给人们展示计算机方面的新成就时,他感到像是跳着踢踏舞去工作,因此问题句没有提供正确的信息。
单选题 To Bill Gates' mind, there is a big difference between the death of the poor's children and the death of the rich's children.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 在文章第10段中比尔盖茨明确地说“非洲儿童的夭折与其他任何地方的一样,都是一个悲剧,都令人感到悲痛”,由此可见穷人孩子的死亡与富人孩子的死亡之间并没有大的差异。
单选题 So far Bill Gates has contributed several dozen billion dollars to the charities.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 利用问题句中的特征结构several dozen billion dollars和细节信息词charities共同作为答案线索,在文章中查找答案相关句。结果发现这两个线索结构在文章中均没有直接或间接出现,由此可见问题句的内容在文章中没有被提及。
单选题 Bill Gates and his wife consider it their duty to help the poor better their health and education as much as possible.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 依据文章倒数第4段和倒数第5段的内容可知,“比尔盖茨和他的妻子致力于帮助尽可能多的穷人改善他们的健康和教育情况”,这与问题句的内容一致。
单选题 Bill Gates will leave only a small portion of his wealth for his children.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 利用问题句中的细节信息结构a small portion of his wealth和his children共同作为答案线索,在文章中查找答案相关句,结果发现这两个线索结构在文章中均没有直接或间接出现,由此可见问题句的内容在文章中没有被提及。