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China's highly﹣respected translator and writer YangJiang passed away on May 25 in Beijing, aged 105.

    Yang graduated from Dong wu University in Suzhou, Jiangsu, in 1932.She went to the UK and France to study in 1935 and returned to China in 1938.

    Yang wrote lots of works and most of them are still popular now.

    What's more, Yang finished a translation of Don Quixote, This made her the first Chinese to translate a whole book from Spanish.Her translation has been given as national gifts to visiting leaders of other countries.

    In 2001, Yang gave away royalties(版税) from books written by her husband QianZhong shu and herself worth 10 million yuan, to set up a scholarship fund(奖学金) to help poor students.

    Bill Gates is the former chairman of Microsoft Corporation, a worldwide leader in software and Internet technologies, With his friend Paul Allen, he founded Microsoft in the 1970s.With the development of Microsoft.he becomes one of the richest men in the world.

    In 1999 Gates wrote a book named Business@theSpeedofThought.The book shows how computer can solve business problems in new ways.The book was published in 25 languages and is welcome in more than 60 countries.

    Bill Gates has made great contributions to education and health all over the word.He has given away about 21 billion dollars for education and health.When China was struck by COVID﹣19(新冠肺炎).he also offered millions of dollars.

(1)Where did YangJiang pass away?  

A.In Shanghai.

B.In Jiangsu.

C.In Beijing.

D.German.

(2)In which language is Don Quixote written?  

A.English.

B.Spanish.

C.French.

D.In Zhejiang.

(3)When was Microsoft Corporation set up?  

A.In1969.

B.In1965.

C.In1985.

D.In1975.

(4)What was the book Business@the Speed of Thought about?  

A.Howto solve business problems with computers differently.

B. How to earn money.

C.How to increase the speed of thought.

D.Howto be a successful person.

(5)What do Yang and Gates have in common(共同点) ?  

A.They are both successful in business.

B.They both care about education.

C.They are both very rich in the world.

D.They both have translated lots of books.

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