Câu hỏi:

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Read the following text about Bill Gate, the co-founder of Microsoft, and answer the questions below.

           Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.

          In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

     Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA.

Questions 4. Was Bill Gates the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA at the age of 34 ?…………………………………………………………

Trả lời:

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Đáp án “Yes, he was.”

Theo thông tin bài văn cung cấp, ta thấy: “By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the USA."

Dịch nghĩa:

“Bill Gates sinh năm 1955 tại bang Washington. Ông lớn lên trong một gia đình giàu có. Cha mẹ ông đã gửi ông vào học tại một trường tư thục. Tại đó, ông gặp người cộng sự kinh doanh của mình, Paul Allen. Khi họ học lớp tám, họ đã viết các chương trình cho máy tính doanh nghiệp và kiếm được nhiều tiền.

Năm 1973, Gates được nhận vào Đại học Harvard. Cha mẹ ông rất vui. Họ nghĩ rằng ông sẽ vượt qua niềm đam mê với máy tính và trở thành một luật sư như cha mình. Hai năm sau, Gates bỏ học Harvard để làm việc về một chương trình máy tính với người bạn Allen. Họ làm việc 18 giờ mỗi ngày trong một phòng ký túc xá ở Harvard. Họ đang viết chương trình vận hành một trong những chiếc máy tính cá nhân đầu tiên. Năm 1975, họ thành lập một công ty tên là Microsoft để bán sản phẩm của mình.

Allen mắc bệnh ung thư và rời Microsoft vào năm 1983. Anh ấy đã hồi phục sau vài năm và bắt đầu công ty riêng của mình. Trong khi đó, Microsoft trở thành một công ty khổng lồ. Đến năm 1990, ở tuổi 34, Gates trở thành tỷ phú trẻ nhất trong lịch sử nước Mỹ.

Câu hỏi: Bill Gates có phải là tỷ phú trẻ nhất trong lịch sử nước Mỹ ở tuổi 34 không?

Câu trả lời: Có, đúng vậy.”

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