2017職稱英語考試?yán)砉ゎ怌級閱讀判斷新增文章

2017職稱英語考試?yán)砉ゎ怌級閱讀判斷新增文章(4)BillGates:UnleashingYourCreativityI'vealwaysbeenanoptimistandIsupposeitisrootedinmybeliefthatthepowerofcreativityandintelligencecanmakethewordabetterplace.ForaslongasIcanremember,I'velovedlearningnewthingsandsolvingproblems.SowhenIsatdownatacomputerforthefirsttimeinseventhgrade,Iwashooked.Itwasaclunkyoldteletypemachineanditcouldbarelydoanythingcomparedtothecomputerswehavetoday.Butitchangedmylife.WhenmyfriendPaulAllenandIstartedMicrosoft30yearsago,wehadavisionof"acomputeroneverydeskandineveryhome",whichprobablysoundedalittletoooptimisticatatimewhenmostcomputerswerethesizeofrefrigerators.Butwebelievedthatpersonalcomputerswouldchangetheworld.Andtheyhave.Andafter30years,I'mstillasinspiredbycomputersasIwasbackinseventhgrade.Ibelievethatcomputersarethemostincredibletoolwecanusetofeedourcuriosityandinventiveness--tohelpussolveproblemsthateventhesmartestpeoplecouldn'tsolveontheirown.Computershavetransformedhowwelearn,givingkidseverywhereawindowintoalloftheworld'sknowledge.They'rehelpingusbuildcommunitiesaroundthethingswecareaboutandtostayclosetothepeoplewhoareimportanttous,nomatterwheretheyare.LikemyfriendWarrenBuffett,IfeelparticularlyluckytodosomethingeverydaythatIlovetodo.Hecallsit"tap-dancingtoWork".MyjobatMicrosoftisaschallengingasever,butwhatmakesme"tap-danceingtowork"iswhenweshowpeoplesomethingnew,likeacomputerthatcanrecognizeyourhandwritingoryourspeech,oronethatcanstorealifetime'sworthofphotos,andtheysay,"Ididn'tknowyoucoulddothatwithaPC5!"ButforallthecoolthingsthatapersoncandowithaPC,therearelotsofotherwayswecanputourcreativityandintelligencetoworktoimproveourworld6.Therearestillfartoomanypeopleintheworldwhosemostbasicneedsgounmet7.Everyyear,forexample,millionsofpeoplediefromdiseasesthatareeasytopreventortreatinthedevelopedworld.Ibelievethatmyowngoodfortunebringswithitaresponsibilitytogivebacktotheworld.Mywife,Melinda,andIhavecommittedtoimprovinghealthandeducationinawaythatcanhelpasmanypeopleaspossible.Asafather,IbelievethatthedeathofachildinAfricaisnolesspoignantortragicthan9thedeathofachildanywhereelse,andthatitdoesn'ttakemuchtomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren'slives.I'mstillverymuchanoptimist,andIbelievethatprogressoneventheworld'stoughestproblemsispossible--andit'shappeningeveryday.We'reseeingnewdrugsfordeadlydiseases,newdiagnostictools,andnewattentionpaidtothehealthproblemsinthedevelopingworld.I'mexcitedbythepossibilitiesIseeformedicine,foreducationand,ofcourse,fortechnology.AndIbelievethatthroughournaturalinventiveness,creativityandwillingnesstosolvetoughproblems,we'regoingtomakesomeamazingachievementsinalltheseareasinmylifetime.詞匯：unleashvt.解開;放縱;使自由inspirevt.鼓舞optimistn.樂觀主義者incredibleadj.難以置信的clunky(clonky)adj.發(fā)出沉悶金屬聲的curiosityn.好奇心inventivenessn.發(fā)明創(chuàng)造的能力teletype(teletype-writer)n.電傳打字機(jī)poignantadj.令人悲痛的，可憐的tragicadj.悲劇的，悲慘的visionn.想象;幻想;美景immenseadj.巨大的注釋：1.berootedin：扎根于;深深地存在于2.Itwasaclunkyoldteletypemachineanditcouldbarelydoanythingcomparedtothecomputerswehavetoday.那是一臺笨重的舊式電傳打字機(jī)，跟我們今天的電腦相比幾乎干不了什么事。本句中，barely意為almostnot;compareto在美國英語中也可以等同于comparewith(與……相比)。3.They’rehelpingUSbuildcommunitiesaroundthethingswecareaboutandtostayclosetothepeoplewhoareimportanttoUS，nomatterwheretheyare.電腦幫助我們就我們所關(guān)心的事情建立一個(gè)交流的場所，并且與那些我們認(rèn)為對我們有重要意義的人密切相處，不管他們身在何處。careabout指不管喜歡或不喜歡的事情都很關(guān)心、介意、在乎、計(jì)較。擊、輕敲”;tapdance是“踢踏舞”。這里實(shí)際意思是“(手指)輕輕敲擊鍵盤的工作”。5.PC(personalcomputer)：個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)6.ButforallthecoolthingsthatapersoncandowithaPC，therearelotsofotherwayswecanputourcreativityandintelligencetoworktoimproveourworld.除了我們能用計(jì)算機(jī)做的所有神奇的事情，還有很多其他方式發(fā)揮我們的創(chuàng)造力和智慧，從而使世界更加美好。7.gounmet：得不到滿足。在這里go是系動詞，unmet是過去分詞作表語：8.committo此處意為，保證做某事。9.noless…than：和……一樣，不亞于……10.andthatitdoesn’ttakemuchtomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren’Slives.而且要改善這些孩子們的命運(yùn)，其實(shí)不難。此處it是形式主語，真正的主語是不定式短語tomakeanimmensedifferenceinthesechildren’Slives。練習(xí)：1.AcomputerwasasbigasaniceboxwhenBillGateswasahighschoolstudent.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned2.BillGateshasbeendreamingofthepopularityofcomputersforhislifetime.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned3.BillGatescompareshishardworkonaPCto"tap-dancingtowork".ARightBWrongCNotmentioned4.ToBillGates'mind,thereisabigdifferencebetweenthedeathofthepoor'schildrenandthedeathoftherich'schildren.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned5.SofarBillGateshascontributedseveraldozenbilliondollarstothecharities.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned6.BillGatesandhiswifeconsiderittheirdutytohelpthepoorbettertheirhealthandeducationasmuchaspossible.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned7.BillGateswillleaveonlyasmallportionofhiswealthforhischildren.ARightBWrongCNotmentioned答案與題解：1.A文章第三段中比爾?蓋茨說，當(dāng)他念七年級時(shí)，電腦就是冰箱那么大2.A文章第三段比爾?蓋茨說，他30年前與PaulAllen一起創(chuàng)辦微軟公司時(shí)就夢想一桌一機(jī)、一戶一機(jī)，而且從其他各段也可以看到他對電腦有很多的期待。3.B從第七段第二句可以看到作這樣比較的是他的朋友WarrenBuffett，而不是他自己。4.B在倒數(shù)第三段，比爾?蓋茨已經(jīng)明確說，所有這些兒童的死亡都一樣令人傷心和悲痛，沒有什么區(qū)別。5.c文章沒有提到他給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)捐款的事。6.A倒數(shù)第四段比爾?蓋茨認(rèn)為他一生好運(yùn)，就理應(yīng)回報(bào)社會，所以他和他的妻子做出了，要幫助盡可能多的人改善醫(yī)療和教育條件。7.C文章沒有提到。譯文：比爾·蓋茨：發(fā)揮你的創(chuàng)造力我一直是個(gè)樂觀主義者，我想這是因?yàn)槲疑钚艅?chuàng)造力和智慧能使世界變得更美好。在我的記憶中，我喜歡學(xué)習(xí)新東西、解決難題。所以當(dāng)我七年級時(shí)第一次坐在電腦前時(shí)，我立刻被吸引住類。那是一臺笨重的舊式電傳打字機(jī)，跟我們今天的電腦相比幾乎什么事都不能做。但是它卻改變我的一生。30年前我和朋友保羅·艾倫創(chuàng)辦微軟的時(shí)候，我們預(yù)見到一個(gè)“每個(gè)辦公桌和每個(gè)家庭都會有一臺電腦”的時(shí)代。在那個(gè)計(jì)算機(jī)像冰箱一樣大的時(shí)代，這聽起來也許太樂觀了一點(diǎn)。但是我們相信個(gè)人計(jì)算機(jī)會改變世界。而它們真的做到了。30年后的今天，計(jì)算機(jī)仍然會激發(fā)我的熱情，好像我又回到了七年級的年代。我認(rèn)為計(jì)算機(jī)是能滿足我們的好奇心，激發(fā)我們創(chuàng)造精神的最神奇的工具，它能幫助我們解決最聰明的人都不能獨(dú)自解決