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after his graduation from secondary school, gates was accepted by the three top universities in the usa.he chose harvard and began classes there the next autumn, majoring in moths.but he was still interested in computers and spent as much time in the computer labs as he did in the lecture halls.
by 1975, gates and a partner, paul had developed a software program called basic.this was not the first program created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.until then, the computer hardware—the machines themselves—had been the expensive part of computing.
basic was a success because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions.although he had not yet completed his degree, gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called “microsoft.”
his next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich.it was called dos, and ibm purchased it in 1980.it was the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world before windows came into being.
39.in paragraph 3, it is implied (暗示) that gates __________.
a.was in poor health
b.was not interested in sports
c.was a very neat and tidy person
d.did not mind being teased
40.when gates went to harvard he __________.
a.spend most of his time in computer labs
b.developed the first computer software program
c.divided his time between his maths studies and the computer labs
d.was not doing well in maths
41.before the development of basic, __________.
a.software programs were not considered commercial(商業) projects
b.software programs were very expensive
c.no one wanted to pay for computer software
d.software was more expensive than hardware
42.gates formed the new company microsoft __________.
a.and began to develop windows
b.because he was already working on dos
c.because he could not work on dos while he was at university
d.and left university to work there full time
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michael, an american, stays home on workdays.he plug into his personal computer terminal in order to connect with the office.after work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer.on many days, michael doesn’t talk to any other human beings, and he doesn’t see any people expect the ones on television.michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible.the inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.