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It’ s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his ful
It’ s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his ful
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2018-01-18
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It’ s no great surprise that Bill Gates has decided to walk away from his day-to-day involvement with Microsoft, and use his full attention to oversee how the Bill Gates Foundation spends its $ 16 billion on philanthropy, or charity. But Gates is not the first one to follow the path. Ever since the industrial revolution, wealthy self-made businessmen and businesswomen have felt a calling to create a legacy that goes beyond a profit and loss sheet. The saying " He who dies rich, dies disgraced" runs deeply through the business community.
But out of all the great philanthropists, Mr. Gates’ career path appears to be closest to the oil millionaire John Rockefeller. Both were self-made men and both became the richest men on the planet. Rockefeller was in his late fifties when he turned his attention full time to philanthropy— creating vast charitable foundations to promote health and education. Now Gates says he will do the same in his early fifties. " With great wealth comes great responsibility," he adds.
Like Gates, many philanthropists do not want to pass on too much wealth to their children. They want them to be comfortable, with a nice house and some money in trust for their grandchildren. But they don’ t want to leave them millions and millions because they know how important it is for them to make their own way. In Britain, for instance, the newspaper’ s rich lists are increasingly dominated by self-made millionaires, rather than inherited wealth. New money is less likely to be tied up in assets, making it ripe for philanthropy.
The appearance of the welfare state also had a great impact on attitudes to philanthropy. The state was saying it would take over much of the role of what was once regarded as the responsibility of private philanthropists.
Bill Gates has done all’ the following EXCEPT______.
选项
A、abandoning his career with Microsoft’s daily business
B、devoting the rest of his life to philanthropic causes
C、leaving his children enough money for a comfortable life
D、defying John Rockefeller in creating charitable foundations
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。根据文章第一段第一句“It’s no great surprise that…on philanthropy,or charity.”和第三段第二句“They want them to be comfortable…for their grandchildren.”可知,比尔. 盖茨决定放手微软的日常管理,将全部精力投向慈善事 业。因此,选项A和B都是正确的。根据文章第三段第二句可知,许多慈善家和比 尔·盖茨一样,不想给子女留下太多财产,只要够他们过舒适的生活就行,所以选 项C也是正确的。注意,defy意为“藐视,公然反抗”,与文章第二段内容相悖。故 选D。
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