Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17. In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University . In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing the software forpersonalcomputers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

Answer the following questions:
1. how much did Bill sell the computer for?
2. how old was he?
3. when was he born?
4. what year?
5. what were his favorite subjects?
6. where did he grow up?
7. where did he go to school?
8. did he finish?
9. at what age did he start to play with computers?
10. when did he quit harvard?
11. what year did he start microsoft?
12. with who?
13. did they work on hardware or software?
14. did they make it easier for people to use?
15. for what type of computers was the software?
16. where did they imagine computers would be?

Numbered answers:
1. $4,200
2. 17
3. October 28
4. 1955
5. science and math
6. Seattle
7. Harvard
8. no
9. 13
10. In his third school year
11. 1975
12. Paul Allen
13. software
14. yes
15. personalcomputers
16. every office and every home