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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He was n【小题1】William Henry after his father and grandfather. He was a very clever boy. At school, his favourite s【小题2】ere science and maths. When people asked him w  【小题3】he wanted  to be  in  the  future, he always  said, "A scientist. "
When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play w 【小题4】computers. At that time, a computer was a very large m【小题5】Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time d 【小题6】 unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program(软件程序). Bill sold it for 4, 200 dollars when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. There he developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer (微机). But he didn't finish his studies in Harvard. In his t 【小题7】 year, he left Harvard to work for Microsoft (微软). He thought computer would be an i 【小题8】 tool (软件公司) in every office and in every home, s 【小题9】 he began developing software for personal computers. He made it much e 【小题10】 for people to use computers than before.

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines（机器）. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program（软件程序） with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft（微软）. Bill began his company（公司） in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
【小题1】Bill Gates grew up in _______.

A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

【小题2】What subjects did Bill like best at school?

A．Science and math	B．Languages and art
C．Math and languages	D．Music and P.E

【小题3】Bill’s company worked hard at _______.

A．making large machines	B．playing computer games
C．mending old machines	D．developing software

【小题4】Bill started to play with computers ______.

A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．in 1975

【小题5】The underlined word “personal” means _______.

A．个人的

B．公众的

C．大型的

D．昂贵的

 

bad,  know,  win,  example,  can,  young,  be,  she,  hard,  take

   Bethany Hamilton, from Hawaii, likes surfing very much. She began to surf (冲浪) at the 1  

age. At the age of eight, Bethany took part in her first surf competition and 2.   . This started a love for surf competition in her.

On October 31, 2003, while she 3.    surfing, a big shark(鲨鱼) came over to Bethany suddenly. The shark got her left arm, and hurt her 4.      . Luckily, she tried her best and swam back to the land.

Bethany lost over 0% of her blood and was 5.      to hospital. The doctors saved her life. The girl was brave and strong-minded. Though she lost her arm, she .  6    still surf. Later, Bethany returned to the water. She didn’t give up 7.    dream of becoming a surfer, but she had to practice 8.     than before. The next year, Bethany got the first place in an important surf competition.

As time went by, people all over the world began to 9.      about Bethany and her story. In 2011, a movie about her was made. She is one many good 10.    to teenagers through the story of a brave girl with strong mind and hope.

 

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People say that George Washington, the first president of the United States, never told a lie. But it seems that the president was not without faults.
A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. He didn’t return them.
If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library ＄300,000 for being 220 years late.
On October 5, 1789, when the first president borrowed the books form the New York Society Library, he didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “president” to show who had taken them out.
The two books should have been brought back a month later but were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing.
The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine. But it hopes that someone will return the books.
【小题1】Gorge Washington is__________.

A．the president of the US now

B．the first president of the US

C．the first black president of the US

D．the president who always borrowed the books without returning them back

【小题2】Gorge Washington borrowed a book from ________.

A．the Washington Public Library

B．the New York Society Library

C．the Paris Society Library

D．the Chinese Public Library

【小题3】The library hopes _________.

A．Gorge Washington will return the book.

B．Gorge Washington will pay the fine

C．someone will find the book and return it

D．someone will pay the fine for the president

 

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.