Bill Gates is a very important person in the (1)………. industry. He (2)………. been chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation for several years. He is (3)……….. the richest person in the world. How did he do it?
He learned a lot (4)……… his parents. While Bill was going to school, his father went to college, got a degree, and (5)…….. a successful lawyer. From this, Bill learned that you have to work hard (6)……… you want something. His mother was a very busy teacher, but she enjoyed (7)……… to parties. From this, he learned something else: (8)…….. you want to work hard and play hard, you have to (9)…….. . a schedule.
When Bill was young, he spent a lot of time alone. (10) …….. most of his friends were playing, Bill read all of the World Book Encyclopedia and finished it when he was eight years old.