Question

In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.

1. Bill Gates

Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people. Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.

2. Steve Jobs

The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.

3. Frank Lloyd Wright

As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

1. What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?

   A. Hardworking students.                       B. Very successful students.

   C. Students failing to finish their school education.   D. Students from poor families.

2.Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?

   A. People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.

   B. Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.

   C. If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.

   D. We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.

3.According to the writer, Bill Gates _________.

   A. is richer than any other man in the world

B. is well-known in Harvard University 

C. finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree

   D. is the only founder of Microsoft

4.Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?

A. The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.

B. Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.

C. Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.

D. Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

5. What does the author want to tell us in this passage?

A. Successful people often have unordinary life experience.

B. College education is not so important to one’s success.

C. People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.

D. Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.C 推理题。本文介绍的三个人都是从学校里退学以后开始干自己的个人事业的人，故Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.中的dropouts应该是指那些没有完成学业的人。故C正确。

2.A 细节题。根据本段1,2行receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others.说明读一流大学的人要比那些没有读一流大学，或者没有读大学的人有更多的机会成功，故A正确。

3.B 细节题。根据第二段第一行Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,”说明在哈佛大学中比尔盖茨是非常有名的，故B正确。

4.B 细节题。根据第三部分最后一句However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.说明乔布斯认为他短暂的大学生活并不是没有帮助的，故B正确。

5.D 主旨大意题。根据文章的主题段中的第2,3行if it is gold, it will shine one day.以及本文所列举的三个例子都说明没有大学的学习经历，通过努力学习，我们仍然可以取得成功，故D正确。

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