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#5036 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading
Warm-Up
Check Your Understanding
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Name ______________________________________________
1.
From the context of the passage, what is IBM?
a. a software company
c. a maker of personal computers
b. a PC
d. a company owned by Gates
2.
From the context of the passage, what is the meaning of
version?
a. a form of something
c. the final copy of a file
b. a charity
d. a story
3.
What is the operating system of a computer?
a. the insides of a computer
b. the main program for controlling a computer’s functions
c. the “on” switch
d. the maker of software
4.
How old was Gates when Microsoft was chosen to develop the operating system for IBM personal
computers?
a. fifteen
c. thirty
b. twenty-five
d. fifty
Bill Gates was a good student in school, but
he was more interested in a new invention.
The personal computer was beginning to
interest people in the early 1970s, and he was
one of these people. By the age of fifteen,
most of his classmates were playing sports
and beginning high school. Bill Gates was
working with computers. That year, Gates
and a classmate, Paul Allen, set up their first
software company. They wrote programs
for computers. At the age of twenty, he and
Allen began to design programs to run on PCs.
They also started Microsoft
®
that year. Five
years later, Microsoft was chosen by IBM
®
to
design the operating system on their new PC.
The operating system is the main program for
running a computer’s functions.
Bill was not yet thirty, and he was running
one of the most vital new companies in the
world. Gates wrote the system for running
the IBM
®
and similar PCs. His company sold
millions of copies. In 1985, Microsoft wrote
the first
version of the Windows
®
system. It
is used on many computers. The company
has sold millions of copies of Windows. It is
constantly being revised and improved.
Bill Gates is still involved in making his
company the leading maker of software for
computers. However, he no longer runs the
daily operations of his company. He still plans
and develops new and better software. The
success of his company has made Bill Gates
one of the richest men in the world. But he
doesn’t keep his money for himself. He gives
a lot to charity. He has created one of the
largest charities. This charity supports efforts
to improve health, education, and libraries
all over the world. Gates has given billions
of dollars so people can learn better and live
longer.
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