2015高考英语复习方案（外研版）作业手册：必修4Module4《GreatScientist》.docVIP

课时作业(二十二)　[必修4　Module 4 Great Scientists](限时：35分钟)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ⅰ.阅读理解founder, president and chairman of the board of A, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mothers ancestors were early settlers in Texas, and over the generations had acquired a 25，000-tric alarm to keep his younger sisters and brothers out of his room and changed his parents garage into a laboratory for his science projects. After he graduated from Princeton University with a degree in computer science and electrical engineering, Jeffrey Bezos found employment on Wall Street, where computer science was increasingly in demand to study market trends. He rose quickly, becoming a senior vice-president, and looked forward to a bright career in finance, when he made a discovery that changed his life, and the course of business history. In 1994, there was still no Internet commerce to speak of. One day that spring, Jeffrey Bezos observed that Internet usage was increasing by 2，300 per cent a year. He saw an opportunity for a new circle of commerce, and immediately began considering the possibilities. Bezos founded A in 1994, setting up the original company in his garage. The company was called Amazon for the seemingly endless South American river with its numberless branches. It started as an online bookstore but soon diversified to all kinds of products. His work with Amazon eventually led him to become one of the most excellent dot璫om entrepreneurs. He was named Time magazines Person of the Year in 1999. In 2008, he was selected by the US News World Report as one of Americas Best Leaders. Bezos Amazon has become 搕he earths biggest anything store? A is now called 搊ne of the smartest strategies in buooksiness history”． Today, Jeffrey Bezos lives in the north of Seattle and is increasingly concerned with charity activities. “Giving away money takes as much attention as building a successful company，” he said.Bezos ________. A．had to work with his grandfather on their farm all day long B．show