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Bill Gates was 20 years old. Steve Jobs was 21. Warren BufTett was 26. Ralph Lauren was 28. Estee Lauder was 29. These now i

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问题     Bill Gates was 20 years old. Steve Jobs was 21. Warren BufTett was 26. Ralph Lauren was 28. Estee Lauder was 29.
    These now iconic names were all 20-somethings when they started their companies that would throw them, and their enterprises, into some of the biggest successes ever known. Consider this: many of the truly remarkable innovations of the latest generation—a list that includes Google, Face-book and Twitter—were all founded by people under 30. The number of people in their mid-20s disrupting entire industries, taking on jobs usually reserved for people twice their age and doing it in the glare of millions of social media "followers" seems to be growing very rapidly.
    So what is it about that youthful decade after those awkward teenage years that inspires such shoot-for-the-moon success? Does age really have something to do with it? It does. Young people bring fresh eyes to confronting problems and challenges that others have given up on. 20-something entrepreneurs see no boundaries and see no limits. And they can make change happen. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, has another, colder theory that may explain it: Ultimately, it’s about money.
    In other words, it’ s the young people who have nothing to lose, with no mortgage and, frankly, with nothing to do on a Friday night except work, who are the ones often willing to take the biggest risks. Sure, they are talented. But it’ s their persistence and zeal, the desire to stay up until 6 a.m. chugging Red Bull, that is the difference between being a salaried employee and an entrepreneur.
    That’ s not to say that most 20-somethings are finding success. They’re not. The latest crop of ueber-successful young entrepreneurs, designers and authors are far, far from the norm. In truth, unemployment for workers age 16 to 24 is double the national average.
    One of the biggest challenges facing this next generation—and one that may prevent more visionary entrepreneurs from succeeding—is the staggering rise in the level of debt college students have been left with. If Peter Thiel’ s theory is right, it is going to be harder and harder for young people to take big risks because they will be crushed with obligations before they even begin.
    If you’re over 29 years old and still haven’t made your world-changing mark, don’t despair. Some older people have had big breakthroughs, too. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the phonograph until he was 30.
The first paragraph is used to show______.
选项 A、various famous men
B、the age of founders
C、the success of enterprises
D、the success of 20-somethings
答案D
解析 根据题干关键词定位到第一段。该段指出了比尔·盖茨、史蒂夫·乔布斯等人当时的年龄，具体是何时还需要借助第二段首句的信息，该句句意为“这些如今的偶像都在20多岁的时候创立了自己的公司，一举成名，他们的企业也均获得了前所未有的巨大成功”，所以D项“20多岁年轻人的成功”表述准确，为正确答案。A项“各种名人”和B项“创立者的年龄”均是表面信息。C项“事业的成功”属于过度推断，故排除。
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