William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corpor
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William H. Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation.the worldwide leader in software services and internet technologies for personal and business computing. Bill Gates was born on October 28.1 955 in a family having rich business,political and community service background.His great—grandfather was a state legislator(立法者)and a mayor,his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer. Bill strongly believes in hard work. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence,you can achieve anything.From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive.These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose.1n school,he had an excellent record in mathematics and science.Bill’s parents came to know their son’s intelligence and decided to send him to a private school,known for its good academic environment.It was a very important decision in Bill Gates’ life where he was first introduced to a computer.Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “programmer’s Group” in late l968. Later,Bill Gates and his close friend Allen started a new company of their own,Traf-O-Data.They developed a small computer to measure traffic flow.From this project they earned around$20,000.In 1973.he left home for Harvard University.He did well over there,but he couldn’t find it interesting.He spent many long nights in front of the school’s computer and the next day asleep in class. Within a year.Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard.Then he formed Microsoft.Microsoft’s vision is“ A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer”.His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put him where he is today.He does not believe in mere(纯粹的)luck,but just hard work and competitiveness. Bill Gates is not a greedy person.In fact,he is quite a giving person when it comes to computers,internet and any kind of funding.Several years ago, he visited Chicago’s Einstein Elementary School and announced grants benefiting Chicago’s schools and museums where he donated(捐款)a total of $1 1 0,000,a bunch of computers,and provided internet connectivity to a number of schools.Secondly,Bill Gates donated 38 million dollars for the building of a computer institute at Stanford University.Gates has decided to give away 95%of all his earnings when he retires. 小题1:.How old was Bill Gates when he retired from Microsoft in late June of 2008?小题2:.What does Bill Gates believe are most important in achieving success?A.Intelligence and luck. | B.Hard work and intelligence. | C.Money and interest. | D.Good education and ambition. | 小题3:.What is the most important turning point in Bill Gates’ life?A.He left home for Harvard University. | B.He dropped out from Harvard University. | C.He and his friend Allen started a new company. | D.He was sent to a private school where he first studied computer. | 小题4:.What kind of person can we say about Bill Gates?A.Wealthy,greedy and successful. | B.Ambitious,Intelligent and selfish. | C.Intelligent.successful and generous. | D.Lazy,intelligent and competitive. |
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Are dreams of any use to the dreamer or to anybody else? We may remember the traveler who __36__ the ship Waratah at Durban because of his terrible _37__. The Waratah later disappeared entirely, with everyone on _38_. The traveler’s dreams helped him and saved him from 39_, but they didn’t help the other people. Why was this man treated _40__ from everyone else? Another man _41__ had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest _42__ two men ran out and tried to throw him to the _43___. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed. He reached a place _44__he saw two _45__ roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road ought he to _46__ ? He heard the two men _47____ him, getting nearer and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the _48__ , and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was _49___ here kindly and given a room, and so he was _50__ from the two men. That was the dream. Twenty years later he was _51___ in the Black Forest and as it _52___ in the dream long before, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads as in the dream.He_53___ the dream and took the road to the right. He soon _54___a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years _55__ had Saved his life. 小题1:. A.left | B.got | C.drove | D.enter | 小题2:. A.ideas | B.suggestions | C.dreams | D.words | 小题3:. A.board | B.ship | C.sea | D.deck | 小题4:. A.life | B.death | C.illness | D.disease | 小题5:. A.similarly | B.differently | C.strangely | D.unfortunately | 小题6:. A.alone | B.once | C.still | D.even | 小题7:. A.while | B.as | C.before | D.when | 小题8:. A.floor | B.earth | C.soil | D.ground | 小题9:. A.which | B.that | C.where | D.who | 小题10: A.same | B.separate | C.divided | D.crossed | 小题11:. A.take | B.bring | C.carry | D.go | 小题12:. A.next to | B.in front of | C.beside | D.behind | 小题13:. A.house | B.hotel | C.left | D.right | 小题14:. A.accepted | B.received | C.refused | D.closed | 小题15:. A.killed | B.murdered | C.saved | D.robbed | 小题16:. A.exactly | B.really | C.sincerely | D.actually | 小题17:. A.happened | B.performed | C.acted | D.chose | 小题18:. A. forgot | B.remembered | C.missed | D.noticed | 小题19:. A.arrived | B.left | C.reached | D.got | 小题20:. A.front | B.before | C.later | D.after |
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Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday.The day after her birthday Mrs. Smith went shopping.She got on 36 and sat down next to an old lady. 37 she noticed that the old lady’s handbag was 38 .Inside it, she found a wad(沓)of pound notes 39 the one her husband had given her. She quickly 40 her own bag—the notes were 41 .Mrs. Smith was now sure that the old lady sitting 42 her must have stolen them.She thought 43 not have to call the 44 as she didn’t like getting people 45 . So she decided to take back the money 46 the lady’s handbag and say 47 about it.She looked around the bus to make sure 48 was watching, then she carefully put her hand into 49 handbag, took out the notes and 50 her own handbag. When she got home that evening, she showed 51 the beautiful hat she had bought.“How did you 52 it?” he asked.“ 53 you gave me for my birthday, of course.”“Oh, 54 then?” he asked, as he 55 a wad of pound notes on the table. 小题1:..A.a bus | B.a train | C.an old ship | D.a plane | 小题2:..A.In a minute | B.After a while | C.For a second | D.On the moment | 小题3:..小题4:..A.the same that | B.perhaps was | C.probably as | D.exactly like | 小题5:..A.looked at | B.watched carefully | C.saw to | D.looked into | 小题6:..A.gone | B.missed | C.disappear | D.found | 小题7:..A.close | B.next to | C.before | D.behind | 小题8:. A.she would | B.he could | C.she must | D.he might | 小题9:..A.driver | B.old lady | C.police | D.husband | 小题10:..A.to difficulty | B.into trouble | C.out of work | D.seeing her | 小题11:. 小题12:..A.something | B.everything | C.anything | D.nothing | 小题13:. A.nothing | B.somebody | C.nobody | D.neither | 小题14:..A.the old lady’s | B.her husband’s | C.the police’s | D.her own | 小题15:..A.gave it away | B.put them into | C.brought them out | D.took it to | 小题16:..A.the driver | B.the police | C.the old lady | D.her husband | 小题17:..A.pay for | B.spend on | C.cost in | D.take to | 小题18:..A.Use them | B.With the money | C.With that | D.Using it | 小题19:..A.how is it | B.what’s that | C.where is it | D.why is this | 小题20:..A.put up | B.held out | C.pointed to | D.handed up |
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When Mr. David retired(退休),he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his great surprise, many tourists(游客)came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心), came in and look round. Price(价格): twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(导游).” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away. 小题1:. 、Mr. David’s house was that many tourists came to see it.A.so small | B.so quiet | C.so interesting | D.such interesting | 小题2:. 、Mr. David put a notice on the window in order .A.to drive the visitors away | B.to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity | C.to let visitors come in and look round | D.to get some money out of the visitors | 小题3:. 、The notice made the visitors .A.more interested in his house | B.lost interest in his house | C.angry at the unfair price | D.feel happy about the price | 小题4:. 、After Mr. David put up the notice .A.the visitors didn’t come any longer | B.fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house | C.more and more tourists came for a visit | D.no tourist would pay the money for a visit | 小题5:. 、At last he had to sell his house and move away because .A.he did not like it at all | B.he could not work as a guide | C.he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house | D.he could not live a quiet life in it |
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John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour 36 than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 37 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 38 the first here. If he came as 39 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 40 done.” John began to get on with his work and by half past nine he had 41 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 42. He wondered 43 she was ill or if she had taken the day 44. But Mr. Steele came and 45 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 46, he said. It’s not like her. She’s usually 47. John said that he had no 48 where Mary was. But 49 the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 50 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 51 most of the night. She hadn’t 52 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 53 and suggested that she take the day off. She 54 him and said she would stay, but she 55 said a word for the rest of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at one o’clock he suggested to Mary that they go and have lunch together, and she agreed. 小题1:..A.later | B.faster | C.slower | D.earlier | 小题2:..A.next | B.last | C.third | D.first | 小题3:..A.almost | B.about | C.actually | D.finally | 小题4:.A.soon | B.early | C.late | D.quick | 小题5:.A.job | B.book | C.work | D.thing | 小题6:..A.taken | B.sold | C.finished | D.ended | 小题7:.A.too | B.yet | C.still | D.already | 小题8:..A.whether | B.why | C.when | D.either | 小题9:.小题10:..A.told | B.warned | C.answered | D.asked | 小题11:..A.telephone | B.drive | C.ride | D.stay | 小题12:..A.later for work | B.absent | C.ill | D.the first to come | 小题13:..A.question | B.idea | C.thought | D.mind | 小题14:.A.at that moment | B.for a moment | C.long before | D.after work | 小题15:.A.happy | B.pale | C.red | D.excited | 小题16:..A.asleep | B.away | C.alone | D.awake | 小题17:.A.got | B.wanted | C.hoped | D.begun | 小题18:.A.cruel | B.kind | C.angry | D.glad | 小题19:..A.taught | B.told | C.laughed at | D.thanked | 小题20:..A.hardly | B.nearly | C.mostly | D.immediately |
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One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.” Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below. Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car. Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors. “We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says. 小题1:.The strange light came from ________.A.The bright moon. | B.Duffy’s car. | C.The broken car in the valley | D.an unknown place | 小题2:.The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.A.on the top of the cliff | B.with its wheels upward | C.with its head upward | D.on the road as usual | 小题3:. Duffy wrapped the man because_________.A.he was badly injured | B.he had lost too much blood | C.he had nothing on | D.it was too cold that day | 小题4:. From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least. |
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