Compound Dictation (Directions:) You will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read fo r the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 1 to 7 with the exact words you have just heard. For the blanks numbered from 8 to 10, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. He’s the most ___1___ businessman in the world. Many ___2___ have been written about how he has dominated the revolution in personal ___3___ . But we know little about him as a person. Here’s a ___4___ anecdote which may show his personality: when Bill Gates was in the ___5___ grade, his parents decided that he needed some kind of help. He was at war with his mother Mary, an extrovert woman who believed that he should do what she told him. She would call him to ___6___ from his bedroom, which she had given up trying to make him clean, but he wouldn’t ___7___ . “What are you doing?” she once asked him. “I'm thinking,” Bill answered. “You're thinking?” “Yes, Mom, I’m thinking,” he said aggressively. “Have you tried thinking?” Finally, his parents decided to ___________8____________ . The psychologist concluded that Bill was extremely intelligent. __________________9______________ , the psychologist told Bill’s parents: “You’re going to lose. You had better adjust to it because there’s no use trying to punish him. It’s useless to try to compete with him.” ______________________10______________________.