Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company. He is among the
richest people in the world. Bill Gates' interest in computer started when he was a teenager. After high
school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard. Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go
to Harvard to study law. At Harvard he focused more on his interest in computers than on coursework. He
often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard's computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating
because he wanted open a software company with his friend. Paul Allen. However, he later said. "I don't
think dropping out is a good idea." In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his
speech by saying this to his father in the audience. "I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad,
I always told you I'd come back and get my degree." Bill Gates is no longer working full time for
Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation which aims to improve
health care, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.
111. When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computer?
A. during his teenage years
B. when he went to university
112. What did he study at Harvard University?
B. business
A. computer science
113. The phrase 'dropping out' means
A. giving up his studies B. finishing school
114. Why did he drop out of Harvard?
A because he was ill
C.when he was a nursery school
D.when he played video games in a computer lab
B.because he wanted to study at another university
C. law
D. Math
C. leaving school
D. going to school
C. because he wanted to start a software company
D. because he was bored with studying
115. He is now running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation with
A. his friend, Paul Allen B. his father
C. nobody
D. his wife
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company. He is among the
richest people in the world. Bill Gates' interest in computer started when he was a teenager. After high
school, he was accepted to several top colleges in the USA: Harvard. Yale, and Princeton. He chose to go
to Harvard to study law. At Harvard he focused more on his interest in computers than on coursework. He
often relaxed by playing video games in Harvard's computer lab. He left Harvard before graduating
because he wanted open a software company with his friend. Paul Allen. However, he later said. "I don't
think dropping out is a good idea." In 2007, he received an honorary degree from Harvard. He began his
speech by saying this to his father in the audience. "I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad,
I always told you I'd come back and get my degree." Bill Gates is no longer working full time for
Microsoft. He is now, with his wife, running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation which aims to improve
health care, reduce poverty, and promote education around the world.
111. When did Bill Gates first develop his interest in computer?
A. during his teenage years
B. when he went to university
112. What did he study at Harvard University?
B. business
A. computer science
113. The phrase 'dropping out' means
A. giving up his studies B. finishing school
114. Why did he drop out of Harvard?
A because he was ill
C.when he was a nursery school
D.when he played video games in a computer lab
B.because he wanted to study at another university
C. law
D. Math
C. leaving school
D. going to school
C. because he wanted to start a software company
D. because he was bored with studying
115. He is now running the Bill & Melina Gates Foundation with
A. his friend, Paul Allen B. his father
C. nobody
D. his wife