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【題目】Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up about being a parent, stating that 13 is an appropriate age for a child’s first cell phone.

The 57-year-old, father-of-three, revealed on the Today Show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed phones until their thirteenth birthday and his youngest daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one.

“We’ve chosen in our family that it’s 13 where you get a phone,” the self-made billionaire explained.

He said as a result his children often return home from school complaining:“All the other kids have it. I’m the only one without it, and it’s so embarrassing.”

Asked if he keeps passwords to his son and daughters’ email and Facebook accounts, Mr Gates said that he doesn’t for Jennifer, 16, who he describes as “independent”.

He admitted that monitoring online activity is “a very tricky issue for parents now.”

Despite their vast wealth Mr and Mrs Gates, who live in Lake Medina, just outside Seattle, Washington, have said they want to give their children as normal an upbringing as possible.

It was previously reported that their youngsters have to complete household chores and are given a modest amount of pocket money.

And in 2010 Mr Gates said that he intended to give most of his $ 61 billion fortune away rather than hand it down. “That wouldn’t be good either for my kids or society,” he said.

Also during the “Today” Interview with host Matt Lauer, Mr Gates, who stepped down from Microsoft in 2008 to concentrate on philanthropy (慈善事業(yè)) , said that helping others gives him the same excitement as creating software.

“What you really feel is what you’ve achieved. If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it－it lets them get their work done in better ways－that’s exciting,” he explained.

【1】Bill Gates will not let his children own a cell phone ________.

A. until they reach the age of 13

B. if they don’t really need one

C. unless they do some housework

D. before they become independent

【2】Which of the following is true about Bill Gates’ children?

A. All his children now have cell phones.

B. Phoebe has her own cell phone.

C. They are not given any pocket money.

D. Jennifer can use the Internet freely.

【3】What does the underlined word “That” refer to in the text?

A. Being a parent as a billionaire.

B. Handing all his money down to his children.

C. Allowing his children to have their phones.

D. Giving away all his money to good causes.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A. How Bill Gates made himself a billionaire.

B. How Bill Gates deals with his money.

C. How Bill Gates managed his business.

D. How Bill Gates brings up his children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了微軟公司的創(chuàng)始人比爾·蓋茨教育孩子的方法。

【1】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段內(nèi)容可知，比爾·蓋茨只允許年滿13歲的孩子使用手機(jī)，故選A項。

【2】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段內(nèi)容可推斷出，比爾·蓋茨不對Jennifer的郵箱和Facebook賬戶設(shè)置密碼，因為他認(rèn)為年滿16歲的Jennifer已經(jīng)“獨(dú)立”了，即她可以自由地使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)，故選D項。

【3】B 推理判斷題。畫線詞所在句子意為：那對我的孩子和整個社會都不好。由于that指代上文中提到過的事，所以根據(jù)上一句“在2010年蓋茨先生說他打算把他610億美元的財產(chǎn)大部分都捐出去而不是留給自己的孩子”可知，此處that指把自己的財產(chǎn)留給孩子，故選B項。

【4】D 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章通過介紹比爾·蓋茨給孩子配手機(jī)時有年齡限制，讓孩子做家務(wù)，和他不準(zhǔn)備把所有財產(chǎn)都留給孩子的例子，說明了蓋茨先生想讓自己的孩子像普通家庭的孩子一樣成長，這些都是比爾·蓋茨教育孩子的方法，故選D項。