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湖南绥宁县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解选练（1） 高考英语冲刺阅读理解。 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 “Some of the worst human tragedies happening in the world today go on because we dont really see them. We rarely make eye communication with people who are suffering, so we act sometimes as if the people dont exist．” The speaker is Bill Gates，the worlds richest man．At a gathering in Seattle，he is talking not as the Microsoft chairman but as a partner in a strong personal duty. For Gates and his wife，Melinda，making less inequality in global health and domestic education has become a lifes goal． Having set up their foundation(基金会)with close to $29 billion，the Gates are on track to become historys greatest philanthropists(慈善家). But they do more than just give money out. Experts praise the couple for their wisdom and their ability to gather others:“Even with this great contribution，”says Susan Schwab, president and CEO of the University System of Maryland Foundation,“they know they cant solve these problems alone．” Their devotion came from different sources．For Melinda，it was a vacation to Zaire．Where she was struck by meeting women in being extremely poor．For Bill，it was reading that millions of children die every year from preventable diseases. “Melinda and I had assumed that if there were medicines and treatments that could save lives, government would be doing everything they could to get them to…people，”Bill said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. “We couldnt escape the cruel conclusion that…some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not．” From shock came action. They focused on the simple message that one life is worth no more or less than another. Frances Hesselbein, chairman of the non-profit Leader to Leader Institute, says：“Sometimes people give in a very fair way, but there is something about what they are doing…that is the opposite of that. It is very difficult to understand and very personal．” Both Gateses read scientific books and travel exten