Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune , largely to the cause of global health , during the course of his lifetime . With an estimated（估计）worth of more than $ 40 billion , according to Forbes , the project will be no small feat （功绩）for Gates . Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $ 24 billion to address global health issues , Gates said that eventually his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids.”
So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest ? Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity” in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world . Improving the health of the populations , he says , has proven to be an essential method in helping poor countries to be financially successful . “National borders allow inequalities ,” said Gates : “We all need to take a more global view , rather than just saying my country is doing well . We have to step up these health issues , knowing how few resources are going into them .”
Gates said that both his parents set an example for him as a child . His father , William H. Gates , was the head of the local Planned Parenthood , and his mother , Mary , volunteered for the United Way . As he gathered his fortune , Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well , but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole-heartedly to one project until he was about 60.
However , Gates , 47 , began to question his ability to wait that long . “It seemed there was a real time urgency,” Gates said . “I started to think , How many lives could I save before then ?”
1.Bill Gates believes that one important way of developing poor countries is .
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A．to set up more foundations for them |
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B．to aid them with natural resources |
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C．to put more effort into the health issues in them |
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D．to help them take a more global view |
2.It can be learned from the text that Bill Gates thinks .
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A．Americans should care about people in other countries |
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B．Americans should treat fellow citizens well |
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C．Americans should devote themselves to certain projects |
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D．Americans can be world-famous by giving away vast fortune |
3.Bill Gates gave away his vast fortune earlier than he had expected because of .
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A．his weakening health condition |
B．his parents’ suggestions |
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C．his great success in business |
D．his concerns for suffering people |
Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（宽厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”
“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”
1. Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr. Briggs?______.
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A．He was a worker. |
B．He was an official. |
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C．He was a student. |
D．He was a businessman. |
2.The word “ruin” in the second paragraph means .
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A．lose |
B．break |
C．leave |
D．destroy |
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years. |
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B．Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work. |
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C．A great number of very old people die every year. |
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D．The number of the very old people who died every year is small. |
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If you think you are sick, you are sick no matter what 41 says. 42 , if you believe in your doctor, and if he tells that you are going to feel better, you probably will. The 43 of the mind on the body does exist and sometimes can be powerful. It exists whether one is 44 of it or not.
Take the 45 of Mrs. Green, for example. She was unable to get to sleep at night and was too tired during the day to do some simple things that she 46 enjoy doing. She had headaches more often which 47 her from reading or watching TV. The more she thought about her conditions, 48 she felt. At last she went to 49 her doctor, whom she had known for years. The doctor listened to her and gave her a very 50 examination. Then he said to her, “ There is nothing 51 wrong with you physically, but I accept the fact 52 you don’t feel well. I’m going to give you some pills that should help. I want you to 53 one after dinner and one half an hour 54 you go to bed tonight. Call me tomorrow and tell me 55 you feel.
56 Mrs. Green telephoned, “Doctor, I had the first 57 night’s sleep in two months. What is in this pills 58 ?” The doctor said, “It is an old formula（配方） I have 59 for years. Just 60 taking them for a week.” Turning to the nurse, he said, “It’s wonderful what a little baking soda（苏打） can do.”
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Madame Michel found herself in an position, and therefore she felt rather_________. .
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B．embarrassed; embarrassed |
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D．embarrassed; embarrassing |
We were about to go outing______ it began to snow heavily.
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B．while |
C．as |
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If you have got _____temperature without coughing, perhaps you have caught _____cold. Just stay in _____bed. Don’t think that you have got SARS?
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A．the; the; / |
B．a; a; / |
C．a; the; the |
D．a; a; the |
