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阅读限时练(三　必修3　Unit 5　Canada—“The True North” (对应学生用书第313页)Ⅰ.阅读理解A (2017年湖南长沙高三年级统一模拟考试)In between running one of the worlds largest charitable agencies and acting as Microsofts technology advisor, andout reads, according to the billionaire, most of which are focused on business and economy. Here are Bills top four picks ( with parts of his full review of each book)．hed in 1969 and remains one of Gates favorites.He re-read it again this year, labeling it the best business book he has ever read. “Shortly after we met, Warren Buffett lent me this collection of business articles from The New Yorker from the 1950s and 1960s.I loved them as much as he did.Brooks insights(洞察力)into business have aged beautifully, sparked much discussion concerning income inequality throughout this year.Gates also got to sit down with Piketty himself after reading the non-fiction work to discuss the topic. “As I told him, although I have concerns about some of his secondary points and policy prescriptions, I agree with his most important conclusions：inequality is a growing problem and governments should play a role in reducing it.”resses how countries such as Japan, South Korea and China have continued to achieve high growth, and why other countries have failed to do the same. “The agriculture section of the book was particularly insightful.It provided ample food for thought for me as well as the whole agriculture team at our foundation.And it left us thinking about whether parts of the Asian model can apply in Africa.” Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization, by Vaclay Smil Smils books are a constant favorite of the Microsofts founder—one of his books makes Gates list almost every year.“Making the Modern World” came out late in 2013 and explores the global use of materials, from silicon to wood and plastic. “If anyone tries to tell you were using fewer materials, send him this book.With his usual skepticism and his love of data, Smil shows how our ability to make things with