Compound Dictation 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 send him to a psychologist. The psychologist concluded that Bill was extremely 8. _______________. After a one year session and a large amount of tests, the psychologist told Bill’s parents: “You’re going to lose. You had better 9. _______________ to it because there’s no use trying to punish him. It’s useless to try to 10. _______________ with him.” A lot of computer companies have concluded the same.