#6.
Bill Gates is a very important person in the (1) .................. industry. He (2) ................ been chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is (3) .................. the richest person in the world. How did he do it?
He learned a lot (4) ................... his parents. While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and (5) .................... a successful lawyer. From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) ........................ you want something. His mother was a very busy teacher, but she enjoyed (7) ...................... to parties. From this, he learned something else: (8) ................... you want to work hard and play hard, you have to (9) ............... a schedule.
When Bill was young, he spent a lot of time alone. (10) ...................... most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and (11) ................ it when he was eight years old.
Bill’s childhood was not all work, (12) ...................... He (13) ................. to play a lot of sports- swimming, water, skiing, tennis. He was very serious (14) ................ sports. He loved winning and he hated (15) .................... When Bill got older he spent more and more (16) .............. working- and playing- (17) ................... a computer.
Before he was twenty, Bill developed the world’s first computer (18) .......................... for the personal computer. Once he was thinking about the future, he realised something important. He thought that every home was (19) .................... to have a computer, and every computer would (20) ........................ software- his software. He said, “I’m going to make my first million dollars on software by the time I’m 25.” And he did.
Bill Gates is a very important person in the (1) .................. industry. He (2) ................ been chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is (3) .................. the richest person in the world. How did he do it?
He learned a lot (4) ................... his parents. While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and (5) .................... a successful lawyer. From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard (6) ........................ you want something. His mother was a very busy teacher, but she enjoyed (7) ...................... to parties. From this, he learned something else: (8) ................... you want to work hard and play hard, you have to (9) ............... a schedule.
When Bill was young, he spent a lot of time alone. (10) ...................... most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and (11) ................ it when he was eight years old.
Bill’s childhood was not all work, (12) ...................... He (13) ................. to play a lot of sports- swimming, water, skiing, tennis. He was very serious (14) ................ sports. He loved winning and he hated (15) .................... When Bill got older he spent more and more (16) .............. working- and playing- (17) ................... a computer.
Before he was twenty, Bill developed the world’s first computer (18) .......................... for the personal computer. Once he was thinking about the future, he realised something important. He thought that every home was (19) .................... to have a computer, and every computer would (20) ........................ software- his software. He said, “I’m going to make my first million dollars on software by the time I’m 25.” And he did.