William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporationthe

William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation．the  worldwide  leader in software  services  and  internet technologies for personal and business puting．
Bill Gates was born on October 28．1 955 in a family having rich business，political and munity service background．His great—grandfather was a state legislator(立法者)and a mayor，his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer．
Bill strongly believes in hard work. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence，you can achieve anything．From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and petitive．These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose．1n school，he had an excellent record in mathematics and science．Bill’s parents came to know their son’s  intelligence and decided to send him to a private school，known for its good academic environment．It was a very important decision in Bill Gates’ life where he was first introduced to a puter．Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in puter and formed “programmer’s Group” in late l968．
Later，Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started a new pany of their own，Traf-O-Data．They developed a small puter to measure traffic flow．From this project they earned around$20，000．In 1973．he left home for Harvard University．He did well over there，but he couldn’t find it interesting．He spent many long nights in front of the school’s puter and the next day asleep in class．
Within a year．Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard．Then he formed Microsoft．Microsoft’s vision is“ A puter on every desk and Microsoft software on every puter”．His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put him where he is today．He does not believe in mere(纯粹的)luck，but just hard work and petitiveness．
Bill Gates is not a greedy person．In fact，he is quite a giving person when it es to puters，internet and any kind of funding．Several years ago, he visited Chicago’s Einstein Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicago’s schools and museums where he donated(捐款)a total of $1 1 0，000，a bunch of puters，and provided internet connectivity to a number of schools．Secondly，Bill Gates donated 38 million dollars for the building of a puter institute at Stanford University．Gates has decided to give away 95％of all his earnings when he retires．
【小题1】．How old was Bill Gates when he retired from Microsoft in late June of 2008?A．52．B．55．C．60．D．62．【小题2】．What does Bill Gates believe are most important in achieving success?A．Intelligence and luck．B．Hard work and intelligence．C．Money and interest．D．Good education and ambition．【小题3】．What is the most important turning point in Bill Gates’ life?A．He left home for Harvard University．B．He dropped out from Harvard University．C．He and his friend Allen started a new pany．D．He was sent to a private school where he first studied puter．【小题4】．What kind of person can we say about Bill Gates?A．Wealthy，greedy and successful．B．Ambitious，Intelligent and selfish．C．Intelligent．successful and generous．D．Lazy，intelligent and petitive．. A