Steve
Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over
2,000 students from Qinghua University and Beijing University.
Ballmer,
president of Microsoft Corp., received a warm welcome at Qinghua
University when he gave a talk on the next generation of the Internet
on September 19th.He came to China last week for a two-day visit,
during the time he slept only four hours and had many meetings with
government official and businessmen.After all those business matters,
he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands of questions from the
excited students.
Ballmer,
who joined Microsoft in 1980, was the first business manager hired by
Bill Gates, a schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard.Gates first dropped
out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still studying, but
also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates' five-year-old
Microsoft in 1980.
In
his talk to the students, Ballmer described what the Internet will
bring to their life.He said there are several hundred Qinghua
graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and
in the US.He also warned the students not to drop out of school and
follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself.
1.Ballmer
gave a talk on _____ at
Qinghua.
A.he
future of the Internet
B.how
to use the software made in his company
C.what
computers will bring to universities
D.his
own experience from Harvard to Microsoft
2.It
seemed that Ballmer came to China mainly _____.
A.to
meet some government officials
B.to
give a talk at Qinghua University
C.for
business matters
D.to
visit places of interest
3.He
encouraged Chinese student _____.
A.to
work on software
B.to
study hard and finish their college education
C.to
work for Microsoft in China or in America
D.to
follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself
4.From
the passage we know Steve Ballmer _____.
A.graduated
from Harvard University
B.asked
the students a lot of questions
C.was
Gates' schoolmate
D.started
Microsoft Corp.in 1980
5.Which
of the following is TRUE?
A.Bill
Gates started Microsoft Corp.in1980.
B.Ballmer
stayed in China for only four hours.
C.Ballmer
dropped out of school earlier than Gates.
D.Ballmer
gave a talk to the students from Beijing University and Qinghua
Universit