【单选题】
Gates and Jobs Have a FriendlyChat
LEGENDARY technology rivalsBill Gates and Steve Jobs made a rare joint appearance and wasted no time being nice at a chat at Wall Street Journal’s "D、All ThingsDigital" conference last Wednesday.
"Bill built the first software company in the industry," said Jobs, co-founder of the US’sApple InC、"Bill focused on software before anyone."
Gates, the MicrosoftCorp co-founder, hailed Jobs for taking big risks and developing products with "incredible taste and elegance".
Jobs and Gates recalled the early days working together in the 1970s, sharing their views on the state of technology at that time.
When Kara Swisher, the journal’s technology reporter asked for the greatest misunderstanding in their relationship, Jobs joked: "We’ve kept our marriage secret for over a decade now."
Gates added: "Neither of us have anything to complain about, in general... It’s been fun to work together."
The two touched briefly on the US 2008 elections. Gates said candidates should be measured by their ideas for improving education.
The two worked together in the 1970s, but their companies have remained fierce rivals. Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to found Microsoft with childhood friend PaulAllen. He turned the company into the world’s largest maker of computer software.
Jobs and friend Steve Wozniak foundedApple in 1976, five years before IBMCorp jumped into the personal computer market.After leavingApple in 1985, Jobs made a triumphant return in 1997 whenApple was struggling to survive.
Jobs is widely credited withApple’s renaissance with a string of innovative products--the iMac computer for consumers, the powerful PowerMac and PowerBook, and more recently, the iPod digital music player.
Microsoft has long dominated with its Windows operating system and software programs likeExcel and Office.ButApple scored big with its iPod, introduced in 2001, and its iTunes online music store. Next month, the company’s set to introduce its much-anticipated iPhone mobile handset. Microsoft released the Zune music player in November to compete with iPoD、
An audience member later asked the two men what they learned from each other. "The way he does things is just different. It’s magical," Gates saiD、
"Microsoft learned how to partner with people really well, and I think ifApple could have had a little more of that in itsDNA, it would have served it extremely well," said Jobs.
Gates graduated from Harvard University in 1975.A．Right
B、Wrong
C．Not mentioned
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
文章第8段的第2句提到，盖茨是在1975年辍学的，而并没有毕业。题目的表述与文章内容不符，本题的正确答案应选择B。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
LEGENDARY technology rivalsBill Gates and Steve Jobs made a rare joint appearance and wasted no time being nice at a chat at Wall Street Journal’s "D、All ThingsDigital" conference last Wednesday.
"Bill built the first software company in the industry," said Jobs, co-founder of the US’sApple InC、"Bill focused on software before anyone."
Gates, the MicrosoftCorp co-founder, hailed Jobs for taking big risks and developing products with "incredible taste and elegance".
Jobs and Gates recalled the early days working together in the 1970s, sharing their views on the state of technology at that time.
When Kara Swisher, the journal’s technology reporter asked for the greatest misunderstanding in their relationship, Jobs joked: "We’ve kept our marriage secret for over a decade now."
Gates added: "Neither of us have anything to complain about, in general... It’s been fun to work together."
The two touched briefly on the US 2008 elections. Gates said candidates should be measured by their ideas for improving education.
The two worked together in the 1970s, but their companies have remained fierce rivals. Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to found Microsoft with childhood friend PaulAllen. He turned the company into the world’s largest maker of computer software.
Jobs and friend Steve Wozniak foundedApple in 1976, five years before IBMCorp jumped into the personal computer market.After leavingApple in 1985, Jobs made a triumphant return in 1997 whenApple was struggling to survive.
Jobs is widely credited withApple’s renaissance with a string of innovative products--the iMac computer for consumers, the powerful PowerMac and PowerBook, and more recently, the iPod digital music player.
Microsoft has long dominated with its Windows operating system and software programs likeExcel and Office.ButApple scored big with its iPod, introduced in 2001, and its iTunes online music store. Next month, the company’s set to introduce its much-anticipated iPhone mobile handset. Microsoft released the Zune music player in November to compete with iPoD、
An audience member later asked the two men what they learned from each other. "The way he does things is just different. It’s magical," Gates saiD、
"Microsoft learned how to partner with people really well, and I think ifApple could have had a little more of that in itsDNA, it would have served it extremely well," said Jobs.
Gates graduated from Harvard University in 1975.A．Right
B、Wrong
C．Not mentioned
网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
文章第8段的第2句提到，盖茨是在1975年辍学的，而并没有毕业。题目的表述与文章内容不符，本题的正确答案应选择B。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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