2019版高三英语一轮复习 阅读限时练3 Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China 外研版必修3.docVIP

Module 5　Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China(限时：35分钟)(对应学生用书第329页)Ⅰ.阅读理解A (2017·长沙高三统一考试)In between running one of the worlds largest charitable agencies and acting as Microsofts technology advisor, manages to find time to read books, both long and short.Now Gates梬ho has been labeled a 揼reedy?reader梙as released a list of his favorite books.All of the books are standout 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)．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, ear.Gates also got to sit down with Piketty himself after reading the non-fiction work to discuss the topic. 揂s 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.”ed to achieve high growth, and why other countries have failed to do the same. 揟he 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梠ne of his books makes Gates slist 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. 揑f anyone tries to tell you were using fewer materials, send him this book.With his usual skepticism and hirs love of data, Smil shows how our ability to make things with fewer materials梥ay, soda cans