Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Sea
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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
 Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft ware, programming computers at age 13.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft"s president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates" foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
小题1:Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?| A．At public elementary school. | B．At the private Lakeside School. | | C．At Harvard University. | D．At Microsoft Company. |
小题2:Why did he drop out of Harvard?| A．To change school. | B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft. | | C．To find a full-time job. | D．To earn money. |
小题3:How does Gates spend much of his time?| A．Meeting with people. | | B．Travelling around the world. | | C．E-mailing some friends. | | D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees. |
小题4:What does the underlined word “donated” in the last paragraph mean?| A．gave. | B．earned. | C．made. | D．received. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了微软公司的创始人比尔盖茨的很多细节，如教育经历，个人奋斗史以及慈善事业。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第一段最后一句It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft ware, programming computers at age 13.可知B项内容正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章第二段3,4,5行In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen.可知他退学的因为是想把更多的时间花在自己的公司上。故B正确。
小题3:D 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段最后2行Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.可知D项正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据本句Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.可知他把很多钱把捐给了the Gates Library Foundation。故该词是指捐，给与。故A正确。
点评：本文介绍了微软公司的创始人比尔盖茨的很多细节，如教育经历，个人奋斗史以及慈善事业。文章基本上是考查细节题，对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。 |
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For years I wanted a flower garden．But then we had Matthew．And Marvin．And the twins, Alisa and Alan．And then Helen．Five children．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was tight, as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I" d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn"t grow on trees, you now．”
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own．
One spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by．I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches．Then I put my glasses on－and I couldn"t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree．Think of" all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: ‘‘IOU eight hours of digging time．Love, Marvin．"
Marvin kept his promise, too．He dug up a nice ten－by－fifteen foot bed for me And my other children bought me tools, ornaments , a trellis（格架）, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．
That was three years ago．My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．I feel like they"re right there with me．
I"m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
小题1:Why did the mother say "Money doesn"t grow on trees"? .| A．She wanted them not to spend extra money | | B．She was too sad to say anything else | | C．She told them a truth on money | | D．she just played a joke with them |
小题2:What do we know about the mother according to the text? ．| A．She is a bad-tempered woman | | B．She believes money can grow on a tree now | | C．She is a writer | | D．She is hard-working in housekeeping |
小题3:What can be inferred from the text? ．| A．The author raised five children | | B．The money tree was a Mother Day"s gift | | C．It cost Marvin eight hours to dug up the bed | | D．Children planted a weeping willow in the yard |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text? ___ ．| A．My Money Tree | B．The Garden of My Children | | C．Mother"s Love | D．Marvin"s Promise |
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On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food． The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs． He was 11 and hardly able to stand． Marine major Brian Dennis looked 12 and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest．
Dennis couldn"t stand seeing the dog 13_．He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs pulled through but was still in 14 ．The next day, the team had to 15 . Ten days later, Dennis" unit was back, and so was Nubs． He was still 16 ，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away． Nubs, slowly but 17 , followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18 the men lost sight of him．Two days later, beyond Dennis" 19 , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost（前哨）．The dog had 20 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had 21 his life．From then on Nubs and the men 22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins（废墟）．
Until an order came that they were not 23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would 24 _ to live the good life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to 25 Nubs to America．
A year later, when Dennis and the dog were 26 in California, at first Nubs didn"t 27 the guy．But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis" arms, jumping 28 again and again to lick his friend"s face．
A little love and concern in the middle of 29 will not save a violent world． But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a 30 of a harmonious（和谐的）world．
| 小题1: | | A．shaking | B．waiting | C．barking | D．resting |
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| 小题2: | | A．lower | B．better | C．clearer | D．closer |
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| 小题3: | | A．worry | B．suffer | C．fear | D．starve |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprise | B．control | C．pain | D．anger |
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| 小题5: | | A．leave | B．drill | C．fight | D．walk |
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| 小题6: | | A．dirty | B．weak | C．thin | D．tired |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．happily | C．easily | D．determinedly |
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| 小题8: | | A．unless | B．since | C．until | D．after |
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| 小题9: | | A．imagination | B．reach | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小题10: | | A．caught | B．tracked | C．guarded | D．found |
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| 小题11: | | A．loved | B．started | C．saved | D．taken |
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| 小题12: | | A．traveled | B．met | C．grew | D．slept |
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| 小题13: | | A．allowed | B．expected | C．needed | D．required |
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| 小题14: | | A．go | B．like | C．try | D．continue |
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| 小题15: | | A．lead | B．fly | C．drive | D．show |
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| 小题16: | | A．reunited | B．interviewed | C．watched | D．gathered |
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| 小题17: | | A．notice | B．believe | C．recognize | D．bother |
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| 小题18: | | A．out | B．about | C．around | D．up |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．danger | C．war | D．space |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．view | C．concern | D．promise |
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The house was quiet at 5 am and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring（轻微颤动声）of the freezer had been the sea.
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches—but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches. She’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight, Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.
Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way...
小题1:What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?| A．He left the house quietly. | B．He had breakfast at home. | | C．He left a note on the freezer. | D．He put a sweater in his schoolbag. |
小题2:“He settled for some biscuits” means that Tim_______.| A．had to leave the biscuits on the table | | B．liked biscuits better than sandwiches | | C．had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches | | D．could only find some biscuits in the kitchen |
小题3:What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?| A．The height of the first rocks. | B．The ups and downs of the waves. | | C．The change in the position of the sun. | D．The vast stretch of the sunlit beach. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?| A．The sea looked like a piece of gold. | | B．Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived. | | C．Tim was the only person on the beach. | | D．The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave. |
小题5:In the story, Tim’s mood changed from_______.| A．loneliness to craziness | B．anxiousness to excitement | | C．helplessness to happiness | D．eagerness to nervousness |
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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly（蝴蝶） caught in a thorn（荆棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy（仙女）. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned（倾斜） toward her and whispered（耳语）in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
小题1:Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤儿） girl .| A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help it | B．failed to help it release from the thorn | | C．fell down on it too | D．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn |
小题2:The butterfly after being saved by the little girl.| A．flied away | B．was more beautiful than before | | C．changed into a fairy | D．still died |
小题3:The only thing that the little girl wanted was .| A．wealth | B．parents | C．happiness | D．friends |
小题4:The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because .| A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die | | B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died | | C．they wanted to pray for her after her death | | D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness |
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You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells （炮弹）are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t 36 carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very 39 . In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were 41 .
What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it 46 it is a war.”
But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullets（子弹）are flying 48 your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be 50 .”
“None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ” adds Michael. But he always 52 a lucky charm（护身符）with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53 , and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 55 , because you know he doesn’t believe you .”
| 小题1: | | A．really | B．simply | C．merely | D．even |
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| 小题2: | | A．battlefield | B．crowd | C．camera | D．house |
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| 小题3: | | A．directors | B．producers | C．actors | D．viewers |
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| 小题4: | | A．depressing | B．disappointing | C．dangerous | D．endangered |
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| 小题6: | | A．buried | B．defeated | C．wounded | D．beaten |
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| 小题7: | | A．take | B．bring | C．make | D．show |
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| 小题8: | | A．Stories | B．scenes | C．passages | D．contents |
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| 小题9: | | A．faith | B．nightmare | C．dream | D．duty |
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| 小题10: | | A．how | B．why | C．where | D．because |
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| 小题11: | | A．even if | B．as if | C．even so | D．ever since |
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| 小题12: | | A．fear | B．surprise | C．sadness | D．shame |
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| 小题13: | | A．past | B．into | C．through | D．around |
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| 小题14: | | A．occurs | B．returns | C．goes | D．continues |
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| 小题15: | | A．away | B．out | C．home | D．there |
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| 小题16: | | A．die | B．leave | C．remain | D．escape |
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| 小题17: | | A．wears | B．carries | C．hangs | D．holds |
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| 小题18: | | A．seldom | B．never | C．many times | D．some time |
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| 小题19: | | A．consider | B．promise | C．guess | D．accept |
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| 小题20: | | A．screaming | B．laughing | C．crying | D．whispering |
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