The 12—year—old CEO（首席执行官）of a Web site design company will be one of 300 busine

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The 12—year—old CEO（首席执行官）of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on a trade visit to China in March.
Keith Peiris, who founded Cyberteks Design in June 1999 and now has 25 clients （客户）in North America ,insisted in an interview that he is “just like any other kid.”
He and his father will spend nine days on the Team Canada trip to Beijing ,Shanghai and Hong Kong ,where Chretien aims to showcase the best of Canadian business in the most populous country in the world .
A glance at the complex ,elegant animations （动画）on his www.cybertecks.com site shows the extent of Peiris’ talent . “He doesn’t want to be No.2,”his father Deepal said proudly .
His father ,who is now vice president of operations at Cyberteks ,said , “I am teaching my son what I know .We make decisions together .I haven’t done anything my son disagreed with .He makes the final decision .”
The company has seven offices in the United States and five part—time employees who ,like the Peiris family ,work from their London homes .
Keith Peiris admitted some potential clients change their minds when they learn his age ,but the well—informed not—yet—teenager tries to ignore them .
“Suddenly ,I’ve been called a whiz kid or geek ,which I am not too happy about .A few people have asked if they should call me ‘mister’, but I stay casual , I am still a kid .
小题1:That Keith Peiris insisted that he is “just like any other kid” shows he is .

A．proud

B．modest

C．honest

D．excited

小题2:Who makes the final decision on operations at Cyberteks Design?
A．Keith Peiris B．Deepal Peiris C．Jean Chretien D．Both A and B.
小题3:According to the information in the passage ,which is the best and fastest way to know more about the Web giant ?

A．We can go to Canada to pay him a visit .

B．We can make an international telephone call to him.

C．We’d better visit his web site—www.cyberteks.com.

D．We can write to his father for the kid’s information.

小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Keith Peiris is a Canadian boy .

B．All the employees of the child’s company work at home .

C．The Canadian Prime Minister means to show off Keith’s success during his stay in China .

D．Keith always tries his best to be the best in the field of web site designing .

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C

解析

小题1:Keith Peiris说这句话表明他很“谦虚”。
小题2:文中直述了“He makes the final decision.”
小题3:从第四段可知。
小题4:此选

项中的show off (炫耀)与原文中的showcase(陈列，展销)意义不符。

举一反三

Heroes of Our Time
A good heart
Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship(奖学金) to study medicine — but Coach(教练) John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with others. He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo. Af friend has said of this good-hearted man: “Mutombo believes that God has given him this chance to do great things.”
Success and kindness
After her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and began filming children’s videos(录像) in her own house. The Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others — producing child safety videos with John Walsh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Julie says of her new program: “I believe it’s the most important thing that I have ever done. I believe that children have the right to live in a world that is safe.”
Bravery and courage
A few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subway station with his two little girls when he saw a man fall into the path of a train. With seconds to act, Wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails(铁轨), and held him as the train passed right above their heads. He insists he’s not a hero. He says: “We have got to show each other some love.”
小题1:What was Mutombo praised for?
A. Being a star in the NBA. B. Being a student of medicine.
C. His work in the church. D. His willingness to help the needy.
小题2:Mutombo believes that building the new hospital is ______.

A．helpful to his personal development

B．something he should do for his homeland

C．a chance for his friends to share his money

D．a way of showing his respect to the NBA

小题3:What did the Baby Einstein Company do at its beginning?

A．Produce safety equipment for children.

B．Make videos to help protect children.

C．Sell children’s music and artwork.

D．Look for missing and exploited children.

小题4:Why was Wesley Autrey praised as a hero?

A．He helped a man get across the rails.

B．He stopped a man from destroying the rails.

C．He protected two little girls from getting hurt.

D．He saved a person without considering his own safety.

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Women, Race & Class
Angela Y Davis
£7.99
Analysing the differences and similarities between the experiences of black and white women, Davis casts new light on the struggle for human rights.
The Words to Say it
(an autobiographical novel)
Marie Cardinal
translated by Pat Goodheart
£7.99
Marie Cardinal"s groundbreaking book was the first and remains the complete book about the personal experience of psychoanalysis (精神分析学). It reveals her traumatic (创伤的)childhood and institutionalisation(收容), followed by her escape to the cul-de-sac(死路)where her analyst(精神分析医师)lived. There, for many years, she made the journey towards recovery through Freudian psychoanalysis. A worldwide bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, it remains one of the most highly-praised books of our age.
Jade
Millie Murray
£4.99
Jade Wilson is smart, young, black and ambitious. And she"s just been given the chance of a lifetime - a try-out for the Commonwealth Games swimming team. Jade lives with her mum, Jojo, a successful business woman. Jojo is overprotective of Jade, but she has her reasons. As a young model with a wonderful career ahead of her, she fell pregnant(***) with Jade, and, much as she loves her daughter, she"s determined not to let anything get in the way of Jade"s success. So when Jade starts dating Dicey, there is hell to pay. Will Jade survive her Mum"s constant nagging (唠叨)? And what if she were to get pregnant - would she, could she, do the same as Jojo and give up her career? As things start hotting up with Dicey, Jade is faced with some very tough choices... .
The book is very popular with people all over the world.
小题1:Which of the following can prove the book The Words to Say it is very successful ?

A．It is the first book about psychoanalysis.

B．It has a successful beginning and ending.

C．It has translated into 18 languages.

D．It remains the complete book about personal experiences.

小题2:From the third part we can learn that ________about Jade Wilson’s mother, Jojo.

A．She didn’t care about Jade.

B．She gave it up because of lack of interest in her career.

C．She wouldn’t like Jade to be what she was.

D．She was willing to accept Jade’s boy friend first.

小题3:The sentence “there is hell to pay” in the third part probably means _____.

A．there are a lot of ghosts

B．there is a lot of trouble

C．the price has to be paid

D．it cost too much to do something

小题4:Which book do you buy if you want to read about women’s rights?

A．Women, Race & Class	B．Jade
C．The Words to Say it	D．Marie Cardinal

小题5:What is it that makes the book The Words to Say it different from two other books in writing style?

A．It is an autobiographical novel

B．Its contents and writer

C．Its translations

D．The leading character in the book

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David Beckham was born in 1975,in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football, he played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Chariton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for the schools of Essex and also for his county team.
In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995, he played his first football leagues game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won it both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.
His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996-1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper the goal, it was a wonderful goal and Beckham sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose,. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.
小题1:Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in paragraph1?

A．Skill

B．Prize.

C．Success.

D．Interest.

小题2:Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Beckham/
a. Beckham played his first football league game.
b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award
c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team
d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp
e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex.

A．e, b, a, d, c	B．e, d, a, c, b
C．b, d, e, c, a	D．b, e, d, a, c

小题3:The passage is mainly talking about____.

A．when Beckham became famous all over Britain

B．how Beckham became a successful football player

C．why Beckham could win in football league games

D．what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals

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Mary Cassatt is one of the first great women American painters. At first her father did not want her to become an artist. But she followed her dreams and became an artist.She was born on
May 22, 1844, and lived in Europe for several years as a child.
Her family returned to the United States and, at age 16, Mary attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Four years later she decided she couldn"t learn anything fresh and practical in Philadelphia, so she returned to Europe. There she studied the skills of the masters in Rome, Seville, Antwerp, and Paris.
Mary received the chance of a lifetime at the age of 33 when the famous French painter, Edgar Degas, asked her to join a group of painters that included now-famous artists like Manet and Renoir. Their style of painting is called Impressionism. They used primary colors and short brush strokes(笔画) in their work. They recognized Mary "s spirit and powerful talent and invited her to exhibit in the Impressionist art shows.
Mary painted what she saw: gardens, and paintings of persons , especially of mothers and children involved in everyday living. One of her paintings, "Young Mother and Two Children," was given to the White House in 1954 where it hangs today.
Mary never married and, in 1877, her parents and sister moved to Europe to join her. Mary devoted much of her time to them for the next 18 years to their care. Mary painted until 1914 when her failing eyesight made it impossible to continue. She spent the later years of her life in Paris. She died in 1926 at the age of 82. Unfortunately,all her life, she refused to accept students.
小题1:Mary left Pennsylvania for Europe at age 20 mainly because_____.

A．she wanted to learn another style of paintings

B．she didn’t learn anything in Pennsylvania

C．her desire for the learning wasn’t satisfied well

D．her father didin’t want her to learn painting again

小题2:Which year was the most critical to her career and life?

A．1860

B．1864

C．1877

D．1914

小题3:Which of the statements about Mary Cassatt is supported by the passage?

A．Her father had a decisive effect on her painting

B．Her painting featured scenes of everyday living

C．She used various colors and long lines in her works

D．She studied the paintings of the masters in U.S.A

小题4:Mary Cassatt stopping painting because of_____.

A．her poor eyesight

B．her old age

C．lack of interest

D．her family

小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A．during the last ten year of life, she painted nothing.

B．the paintings of Edgar Degas belong to realism

C．her works were controversial though highly recognized

D．her students showed great respect for her

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John Steinbeck once said, “All American believe they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste in fishing would be like speaking publicly against mother-love or hating moonlight”.
I can’t say I’m the biggest John Steinbeck fan. Actually, the only thing I can ever remember reading by him was “The Pearl” when I was in middle school, but I couldn’t agree more with the man when it comes to fishing. When I am on a boat in the middle of the lay Lake, fishing off the shores of the Florida Keys for tarpon or catching rainbow trout in the Shoshone River of Wyoming. Fishing is my life.
According to the American Sports Fishing Association, the fishing industry brings in more than $ 116 billion per year from fishermen across the country.
Though a beautiful picture to imagine, fishing is much more than that. Fishing is a way of life from many people and a way to escape everyday stress. Being a fisherman makes me a member of a wonderful group of people extending to all walks of life. Even President Bush can be found fishing on his farm in Texas with his good friend Roland Martin when the jobs gets too stressful.
I can remember fishing with my grandfather when I was 5 years old on his boat at Lake Michel. Although I didn’t understand what I was doing, I did know that my grandfather was happy and that made me happy. Since then I’ve spent the past 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama.
After days of practice, before and after work, I slowly developed an understanding of fishing. My boss, Ric Horst, took me back to the Shoshone, and I managed to bring in a 19-inch cutthroat trout. Fishing with Ric was a life-changing experience for me. He not only showed me how to fish correctly, but also told me how fishing could be a way to escape your problems.
Since then, prime-time season seems to take forever to arrive.
Now, with the ending of February and beginning of March is sight, the excitement of heading out to Lake Tus caloosa or Lake Lurleen before classes and catching something has finally returned.
小题1:What John Steinbeck said in the first paragraph implies that ______

A．American are believed to be the offspring of fishermen.

B．it is unthinkable for an American to admit his dislike of fishing.

C．all American are expert at fishing.

D．those who dislike fishing would not love their mother.

小题2:The writer came to understand the real meaning of fishing ______.

A．when he was reading “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck

B．when he went fishing with his grandfather at Lake Mitchell

C．after he had spent 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama

D．after he went fishing with his boss, Ric Horst on the Shoshone

小题3:According to the author, ______.

A．people can get to know VIPs when fishing

B．people can smooth away all the troubles by fishing

C．fishing is a way of communication

D．fishing is a way of life for most American people

小题4:What is the purpose of the writing?

A．To describe the writer’s experience and understanding of fishing.

B．To explain the reason why so many Americans like fishing.

C．To make others understand the industry of fishing.

D．To express his opinions about fishing in different time of the year.

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