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Topic 5　Great scientists (Book 5?Unit 1)Ⅰ.阅读理解A话题词数建议用时埃隆·马斯克3197分钟(2018·武汉市调研)Elon Musk was born in South Africa, in 1971. A crazy fan of computers, by the age of twelve, Musk had written the code (代码) for his own video game, which he sold for a profit.He attended Queens University in Canada, and transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned two bachelors degrees, economics and physics. He was admitted to Stanford University in California, intending to earn a PhD in energy physics.First Company — Zip2 CorporationIn 1995, at the age of 24, Musk dropped out of Stanford University after just two days of classes to start his first company Zip2 Corporation. It was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of TheNewYorkTimes and the ChicagoTribune newspapers. In 1999, Musk got DS| 22 million from the sale of Zip2.Online BankingIn 1999, Elon Musk started X．com with DS| 10 million dollars from the sale of Zip2. X．com was an online bank, and he was credited with inventing a method of securely transferring money using a receivers e-mail address.PayPalIn 2000, X．com bought a company called Confinity, which had started an Internet money-transfer process called PayPal. Elon Musk dropped the online banking focus to concentrate on becoming a global payment transfer provider. In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for DS| 1.5 billion.Space Exploration TechnologiesIn 2002, Elon Musk started SpaceX. He is a long-standing member of the Mars Society, a non-profit organization that supports the exploration of Mars, and Musk is interested in building a greenhouse on Mars. SpaceX has been developing rocket technologies to enable Musks project.Tesla MotorsIn 2004, Elon Musk cofounded Tesla Motors, of which he is the only product architect. Tesla Motors builds electric vehicles. The company has built an electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster.SolarCityIn 2006, Elon Musk cofounded SolarCity, a photovoltaic (光电的) products and services company with his cous