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备战2021年高考英语·爱尚阅读

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The world's richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self -

made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.

Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question — and — answer session for online

programe Reddit, the Microsoft founder revealed that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or

Chinese. He said

：

"I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's and I guess it helps my

vocabulary. "I keep hoping to study one of these——probably French because it is the easiest. I

did Duolingo

（

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免费语言学习工具）

for a while but didn't keep it up."

Gates, who is worth $ 79. 3 billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for making

an audience surprising in Beijing when he spoke fluent Putonghua. He said

：

” Mark Zuckerberg

amazingly learned Putonghua and did a Q&A with Chinese students - incredible. "

Owner of a building worth more than $ 120 million in his hometown of Medina, Washington,

Gates' admission over language is not the first time he has given insight into his family habits and

personal insights.

Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself ——to his own exacting standards

every night and shared the surprising revelation that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel

L Jackson to play her husband in a biopic

（传记电影）

. He also admitted that he would pick up a

$ 100 bill if he found it on the street.

As he took the top spot on Forbes 28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he

said he is pretty basic when it comes to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing

in shoes and racquets

（网球拍）

for when he plays tennis.

When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the generous philanthropist

（慈善家）

said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break, " Don't stay up too late even if the book

is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. I am still working on this problem, " he said.

can’t Bill Gates speak foreign languages?

e he was slow at language learning.

e he has no time to study them.

e he has no determination to study them.

e he didn't study foreign languages at school.

the passage we can learn that________.

admires Zuckerberg for speaking Putonghua fluently.

Zuckerberg earned much more money than Bill Gates.

Gates once did well in learning Chinese in high school.

Gates seldom tell other people about his personal affairs.

's the main idea of the 5

th

paragraph?

likes to make films.

loves to do housework.

is a common person in life.

' wife is unsatisfied with him.

can we describe Gates?

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