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SteveBallmerisalwaysexciting,ashewasthistimeinfrontofover2,000studentsfromQinghuaUniversityandBeijingUniversity.

Ballmer,president(总裁)ofMicrosoftCorp.,receivedawarmwelcomeatQinghuaUniversitywhenhegaveatalkonthenextgeneration(一代)oftheInternetonSeptember19th.HecametoChinalastweekforatwo-dayvisit,duringwhichhesleptonlyfourhoursandhadmanymeetingswithgovernmentofficials(政府官员)andmenofbusiness.Afterallthosebusinessmatters,hecametoQinghuaandwasaskedthousandsofquestionsfromtheexcitedstudents.

Ballmer,whojoinedMicrosoftin1980,isthefirstbusinessmanagerhired(聘用)byBillGates,aschoolmateofBallmeratHarvard.GatesfirstdroppedoutofschooltostartMicrosoftandBallmerwasstillstudying,buthealsogaveuphisstudiesandjoinedBillGates’five-year-oldMicrosoftin1980.

Inhistalktothestudents,BallmerdescribedwhattheInternetwouldbringtotheirlife.HesaidthereareseveralhundredQinghuagraduatesnowworkingorbeingtrainedatMicrosoftbothinChinaandintheUS.HealsowarnedthestudentsnottodropoutofschoolandfollowtheexamplesofBillGatesandhimself.

54.Ballmergaveatalkon___________atQinghua.

A.thefutureoftheInternetB.howtousethesoftwaremadeinhiscompany

C.whatcomputerswillbringtouniversitiesD.hisownexperiencefromHarvardtoMicrosoft

55.ItseemedthatBallmercametoChinamainly___________.

A.tomeetsomegovernmentofficialsB.togiveatalkatQinghuaUniversity

C.tomanagebusinessmattersD.tovisitplacesofinterest

56.HeencouragedChinesestudents___________.

A.toworkforMicrosoftinChinaorinAmericaB.tofollowtheexamplesofBillGatesandhimself