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1、一．阅读判断第十一篇：BillGates:UnleashingYourCreativity I'vealwaysbeenanoptimistandIsupposeitisrootedinmybeliefthatthepowerofcreativityandintelligencecanmakethewordabetterplace. ForaslongasIcanremember,I'velovedlearningnewthingsandsolvingproblems.SowhenIsatdownatacomputerforthefir
2、sttimeinseventhgrade,Iwashooked.Itwasaclunkyoldteletypemachineanditcouldbarelydoanythingcomparedtothecomputerswehavetoday.Butitchangedmylife. WhenmyfriendPaulAllenandIstartedMicrosoft30yearsago,wehadavisionof"a computeroneverydeskandineveryhome",whichprobablysoundedalitt
3、letoooptimisticatatimewhenmostcomputerswerethesizeofrefrigerators.Butwebelievedthatpersonalcomputerswouldchangetheworld.Andtheyhave. Andafter30years,I'mstillasinspiredbycomputersasIwasbackinseventhgrade. Ibelievethatcomputersarethemostincredibletoolwecanusetofeedourcurio
4、sityand inventiveness--tohelpussolveproblemsthateventhesmartestpeoplecouldn'tsolveontheirown. Computershavetransformedhowwelearn,givingkidseverywhereawindowintoalloftheworld'sknowledge.They'rehelpingusbuildcommunitiesaroundthethingswecareaboutandtostayclosetothepeoplewho
5、areimportanttous,nomatterwheretheyare. LikemyfriendWarrenBuffett,IfeelparticularlyluckytodosomethingeverydaythatIlovetodo.Hecallsit"tap-dancingtoWork".MyjobatMicrosoftisaschallengingasever,butwhatmakesme"tap-danceingtowork"iswhenweshowpeoplesomethingnew,likeacomputerthatc
6、anrecognizeyourhandwritingoryourspeech,oronethatcanstorealifetime'sworthofphotos,andtheysay,"Ididn'tknowyoucoulddothatwithaPC5!" ButforallthecoolthingsthatapersoncandowithaPC,therearelotsofotherwayswecanputourcreativityandintelligencetoworktoimproveourworld6.Therearestill
7、fartoomany peopleintheworldwhosemostbasicneedsgounmet7.Everyyear,forexample,millionsof peoplediefromdiseasesthatareeasytopreventortreatinthedevelopedworld. Ibelievethatmyowngoodfortunebringswithitaresponsibilitytogivebacktotheworld. Mywife,Melinda,andIhavecommittedtoim
8、provinghealthandeducationinawaythatcanhelpasmanypeopleaspossible. Asafather,Ibelievethat
