Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, resigned 【小题1】Teachers’ Day from leading the e-commerce giant he 【小题2】(set) up 20 years ago. The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by 【小题3】(dress) up like a rock star at his farewell party.

In fact, his rags-to-riches story is 【小题4】example of doing something different. 【小题5】(visit) the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a 【小题6】 (share) apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. Although 【小题7】 (face) with great challenges, the company 【小题8】 (gradual) brought e-commerce to China. His success has inspired a number of Chinese tech 【小题9】 (businessman). Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. “It’s the dreams 【小题10】keep us never afraid of setbacks.” Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9.

On Oct. 16, 2018, one of the two co-founders of Microsoft, Paul G. Allen, 【小题1】 (die) at age 65 from cancer.

When 【小题2】 comes to Microsoft, the first person we think of 【小题3】 (be) Bill Gates, the other co-founder of the company. However, Allen was just as important to the 【小题4】 (create) of the company. Allen was, many people say, a much quieter person. He was content with the science side of things, while Gates has the 【小题5】 (good) head for business.

When the pair started Microsoft in the mid-1970s, they focused on the microcomputer industry. Microcomputers were small computers 【小题6】 (design) to be used in the home.

However, 【小题7】 they lacked was an operating system, which is where Microsoft came in. The company’s big break came in 1980, 【小题8】 Microsoft created the MS-DOS operating system. Later came Windows.

After Allen passed away, Bill Gates made a statement 【小题9】 (praise) Allen, “Even in high school, before most people knew what a personal computer was, Paul predicted that chips would get super-powerful and would 【小题10】 (eventual) give rise to a whole new industry.”

Musk is widely recognized as one of the most influential【小题1】(figure)of our time. He founded SpaceX, a private space exploration company【小题2】has revolutionized the aerospace industry with its reusable rockets. He has also been an advocate for sustainable energy solutions,【小题3】which his cutting-edge company Tesla has played a crucial role. All these achievements have led him to【小题4】(admire)as one of the most creative men in modern history.