英语（外研版）作业手册：必修3Module5GreatPeopleandGreatInventionsofAncientChina.doc

第  PAGE 5 页 共  NUMPAGES 5 页 英语（外研版）作业手册：必修3 Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China [必修3　Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China] (限时：35分钟) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in the US who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration. 1．Bill Gates Harvards campus paper Harvard Crimson called Bill Gates “Harvards most successful dropout”， while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the worlds richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the worlds wealthiest people. Gates entered Harvard in autumn of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. 2．Steve Jobs The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldnt have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldnt afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless. 3．Frank Lloyd Wright As the Americas most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism”. Wrights splendid résumé included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York