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1、 2022年职称英语理工类C级阅读判断复习(4)I”ve always been an optimist and I suppose it is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the word a better place.For as long as I can remember, I”ve loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the fir
2、st time in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of “acomputer on every desk and in every home“,
3、 which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have.And after 30 years, I”m still as inspired by computers as I was back in seventh grade.I believe that computers a
4、re the most incredible tool we can use to feed our curiosity andinventiveness - to help us solve problems that even the smartest people couldn”t solve on their own.Computers have transformed how we learn, giving kids everywhere a window into all of the world”s knowledge. They”re helping us build com
5、munities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to us, no matter where they are.Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it “tap-dancing to Work“. My job at Microsoft is as challenging as
6、 ever, but what makes me “tap-danceing to work“ is when we show people something new, like a computer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one that can store a lifetime”s worth of photos, and they say, “I didn”t know you could do that with a PC5 !“But for all the cool things that a
7、 person can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world6. There are still far too manypeople in the world whose most basic needs go unmet7. Every year, for example, millions ofpeople die from diseases that are easy to prevent or
8、treat in the developed world.I believe that my own good fortune brings with it a responsibility to give back to the world.My wife, Melinda, and I have committed to improving health and education in a way that can help as many people as possible.As a father, I believe that the death of a child in Afr
9、ica is no less poignant or tragic than9 the death of a child anywhere else, and that it doesn”t take much to make an immense difference in these children”s lives.I”m still very much an optimist, and I believe that progress on even the world”s toughestproblems is possible - and it”s happening every d
10、ay. We”re seeing new drugs for deadly diseases,new diagnostic tools, and new attention paid to the health problems in the developing world.I”m excited by the possibilities I see for medicine, for education and, of course, fortechnology. And I believe that through our natural inventiveness, creativit
11、y and willingness to solve tough problems, we”re going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas in my lifetime.词汇：unleash vt.解开;放纵;使自由 inspire vt.鼓舞optimist n.乐观主义者 incredible adj.难以置信的clunky (clonky) adj.发出沉闷金属声的 curiosity n.奇怪心inventiveness n.创造制造的力量 teletype (teletype-writer) n.电传打字机p
12、oignant adj.令人哀思的，可怜的 tragic adj.悲剧的，凄惨的vision n.想象;梦想;美景 immense adj.巨大的解释：1.be rooted in：扎根于;深深地存在于2.It was a clunky old teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today.那是一台笨重的旧式电传打字机，跟我们今日的电脑相比几乎干不了什么事。本句中，barely意为almost not;compare to在美国英语中也可以等同于compare w
13、ith (与相比)。3.Theyre helping US build communities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important to US，no matter where they are.电脑帮忙我们就我们所关怀的事情建立一个沟通的场所，并且与那些我们认为对我们有重要意义的人亲密相处，不管他们身在何处。care about指不管喜爱或不喜爱的事情都很关怀、介意、在乎、计较。4.“tapdancing to work”：“跳着踢踏舞工作”。tap原意是“叩击、小扣
14、”;tap dance是“踢踏舞”。这里实际意思是“(手指)轻小扣击键盘的工作”。5.PC(personal computer)：个人计算机6.But for all the cool things that a person can do with a PC，there are lots of other ways wecan put our creativity and intelligence to work to improve our world.除了我们能用计算机做的全部奇妙的事情，还有许多其他方式发挥我们的制造力和才智，从而使世界更加美妙。7.go unmet：得不到满意。在这里
15、go是系动词，unmet是过去分词作表语：mit to此处意为，保证做某事。9.no lessthan：和一样，不亚于10.and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference in these childrenS lives.而且要改善这些孩子们的命运，其实不难。此处it是形式主语，真正的主语是不定式短语to make an immense difference in these childrenS lives。练习：1. A computer was as big as an icebox when Bill Gates was a high school student.A RightB WrongC Not mentioned2. Bill Gates has been dreaming of the popularity of computers for his lifetime.A RightB WrongC Not mentioned3. Bill Gates compares his hard work on a PC to “tap-dancing to work“.A RightB WrongC N
