单选题 William Kunz is a computer genius (天才). When he was just 11, Kunz started writing software ware programs, and by 14 he had worked out his own computer game. As a high school first-year student in Houston, Texas, he won first prize in a science fair for a program he wrote. In his third year, he took top prize in an international science and engineering fair for designing a program to analyze and sort DNA patterns.
Kunz went to attend Carnegie Mellon, one of the nation's highest-ranked universities in computer science. After college he got a job with Oracle in Silicon Valley, writing software used by companies around the world.
Three years later, Kunz is in his first year at Harvard Business School. He left software engineering partly because he earned much less than his friends who were going into law or business. He also worried about job security (保障), especially as more companies move their programming outside the country to lower costs.

单选题 What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Kunz won several top prizes.
B. Kunz liked taking part in fairs.
C. Kunz designed several programs.
D. Kunz had a gift for programming.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为“第一段主要告诉我们什么?”本文第一段列举的各个例子都想告诉我们，库兹在编程方面很有天赋。故D正确。

单选题 What did Kunz study in Carnegie Mellon?

A. Business.
B. Engineering.
C. International law.
D. Computer science.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为“库兹在卡内基梅隆大学学的是什么?”从本文的第二段的第一句“...one of the nation's highest-ranked universities in computer science.”可知，他学的是计算机科学，故D正确。

单选题 Why did Kunz decide to go to Harvard Business School?

A. To get a secured and better paid job.
B. To improve his working conditions.
C. To start a business with his friends.
D. To go outside the country to work.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。题干意为“库兹为什么决定上哈佛商学院?”本文的最后一段告诉我们他后来去读哈佛商学院是因为他所赚的钱比他那些从事法律和商业的朋友们少得多。他也很担心工作保障，尤其是当更多的公司为了降低费用而把他们的公司搬往美国以外时，故A正确。