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Books don’t grow on trees        A local community college professor decided to fight back. “The price of books for our students is just getting higher and higher and, combined with the rising cost of tuition, it’s killing these kids,” said Peter Jason, Ph.D. “Remember, students are one of the poorest groups of people in America. Almost half of them have at least one part-time job. In fact, one of my students has three jobs. She is a part-time sales clerk at a clothing store three days a week, then works three evenings a week as a pizza cook, and on weekends she does manicures     Today, no one thinks of Bill Gates as a failed entrepreneur or a college dropout yet. Both of these things are true of Gates, American richest man and the pioneering genius who leads the computer software industry.      Gates was born in Seattle in 1955. Young Gates' grades weren't always great. Although he did well in science and maths, he was something of an underachiever. But in the eighth grade he found his passion. In the 1960's, the mothers' club at Gates' school bought a computer for the students.     Gates discovered it and soon became computer crazy. He spent every evening and weekend trying to master computer technology. His computer usage fees were so high that he hide from his parents the amount he spent. It wasn't long, though until his programming passion turned toward real goals. He and his friend Paul Allen started a company called Traf-0-Data. Their goal was to use new computer technology to count passing cars. The company went broke. After all he was only in the eighth grade. And it didn't discourage his interest in technology. In fact, it was because of his passion for programming that he later dropped out of Harvard. He spent two dissatisfying years at the university before he left to form another company with Allen. Gates and Allen called their software company Microsoft. In the 1970s it was only a small operation running out of loaned office in Arizona. Gates would work late into the night and sometimes sleep under his desk. Today, Microsoft is the software industry giant. As chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates operates as the prince of programmers.     Despite his wealth and recent marriage, Gates hasn't slowed down. He is still a workaholic, putting in long hours at the office.1. The first computer that Gates was crazy for was a computer _   __  .A.  at home    B.  at school    C.  at the mothers' club    D.  at an office2. Once Gates was ___ _    .  A.  a failed entrepreneur   B.  a good student in his middle school  C.  a crazy student    D.  honest enough to tell his parents how much he spent on computer3. Gates' first company was ___      .      A. successful  B. unsuccessful  C. started when he was at college  D. called Microsoft4. Which of the following sentences is true?A. Gates graduated from HarvardB. The company Microsoft mainly use new computer to count passing carsC. The company Microsoft was started by Gates and AllenD. Not only chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is also a prince in the USA5. The underlined word workaholic here means ___      _.A. a member of the company            B. a common person with high positionC. a person who has great interest in PC   D. one who has a strong determination and interest to work