In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for succes

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 U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t 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 America’s 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. Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
【小题1】What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?A．Hardworking students.B．Very successful students.C．Students failing to finish their school education.D．Students from poor families.【小题2】Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?A．People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.B．Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.C．If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.D．We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.【小题3】According to the writer, Bill Gates .A．is richer than any other man in the worldB．is well-known in Harvard UniversityC．finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degreeD．is the only founder of Microsoft【小题4】Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?A．The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.B．Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.C．Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.D．Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.【小题5】What does the author want to tell us in this passage?A．Successful people often have unordinary life experience.B．College education is not so important to one’s success.C．People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.D．Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.C

(答案→)C 解析：谁说大学毕业是学生唯一的出路？谁说学习成绩好就 是一切？看看下面这几位连大学都没读完的辍学生，他们的人生就是最好的回答【小题1】猜词题：从第一段的句子：we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. 可知dropout是辍学的意思。选C【小题2】推理题：从第一段的句子：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. 可以推断出名牌大学毕业的学生更有可能获得工作。选A【小题3】推理题：从第二段的句子Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,”可知比尔盖茨在哈佛大学是很出名的。选 B【小题4】排除题：第三段的句子：Because his family couldn’t afford his college education,说明A是对的，从第四段的句子：then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism.可知wright的老师是著名的艺术家。Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.从这句话可知D是对的，所以答案是B【小题5】主旨题：从第一段的句子： However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. 可知作者想要说的是没有大学教育，只要勤奋都可以成功。选D

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