Bill Gates was born on October 28,195He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths. When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computers were very large machines. 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. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company（公司）called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Alien. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. Se they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved（改进）the software to make it easier for people to use computers.

(1). Bill Gates grew up in ________.

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A．Canada

B．Australia

C．America

D．Germany

(2). What subjects did Bill like best at school?

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A．Science and maths.	B．language and art.
C．Maths and language.	D．Music and P.E.

(3). Bill's company worked hard at ________.

[　　]

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

(4). Bill started to play with computers ________.

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A．in 1955

B．in 1968

C．in 1973

D．in 1975

(5). The word“personal” means ________.

[　　]

A．个人的

B．公众的

C．大型的

D．昂贵的

Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality(现实) of life.
In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable(不合情理的) thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky(摇晃的) legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out(着手) to do .”
【小题1】What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．A happy thing.	B．A difficult task.
C．A big dream.	D．A beautiful scene.

【小题2】What does the book A View from the Zoo talk about?

A．A new-born giraffe’s first lesson.

B．A mother giraffe’s story.

C．The lives of some great people.

D．The way for a giraffe to stand up.

【小题3】Why were some great people mentioned in the passage?

A．Because they all worked hard.

B．Because they all liked to read some special stories.

C．Because they were born with some illnesses.

D．Because they were similar to giraffes in some ways.

【小题4】Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A．This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.

B．Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.

C．Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.

D．The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.

【小题5】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Raise a Baby Giraffe.

B．Learning to Get Back Up.

C．Stories about the great people.

D．A Mother Giraffe and Its Baby Giraffe.

On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little   46  , as she was carrying her shopping bags. They were   47  heavy that she decided to have a rest in the park. Then she noticed a poor man   48  in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin(箱) and started looking    49  it.
Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get. So she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in  50  and took what she gave him.
A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. Then he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice, and now some delicious   51  . This is my daughter’s lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went   52  , singing a song.
Just then, Susan understood   53  the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help; everyone can offer help and everyone will   54  by showing kindness.
Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much,   55  it means a lot to the people who you help. The man’s happiness at that moment comes into Susan’s mind every time she has the chance to help others.
【小题1】A. sad            B. tired                C. frightened
【小题2】A. so             B. too                  C. such
【小题3】 A. walked        B. was walking          C. to walk
【小题4】A. at             B. for                  C. through
【小题5】A. surprise       B. surprised            C. surprising
【小题6】 A. food          B. drink                C. fruit
【小题7】A. out            B. away                 C. in
【小题8】 A. what          B. which                C. why
【小题9】 A. help          B. be helping           C. be helped
【小题10】A. or B. but  C. and

In a small town in France, there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he  31 a pound of butter to his neighbour, who was a baker, One day the baker decided to 32  the butter to see if he was getting a pound. After he weighed it, he found that he wasn't. The baker then took  33   farmer to the judge (法官).
The judge asked the farmer if he had any way to weigh the butler. The farmer replied. "I am so 34  that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it, 35 I do have a kind of scale(天平). " The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the buttery" The farmer replied, "Before the baker started buying butler from 36 , I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I bring home the bread from the baker, I put it On the scale and give him the butter of the same weight,"
We 37  what we give to Others in life. Whenever you take action, ask yourself this 38  , "Am I honest?"
Honesty or dishonesty can become a 39  . Some dishonest people can lie(说谎) without a red face. Others lie so much that they do not even 40  what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? As a matter of fact, those who lie will hurt themselves by their own dishonest behaviour.

【小题1】

A．gave B．fed C．threw D．sold

【小题2】

A．weigh B．watch C．cut D．use

【小题3】

A．/ B．a C．an D．the

【小题4】

A．rich B．poor C．honest D．quiet

【小题5】

A．and B．so C．but D．or

【小题6】

A．I B．my C．me D．mine

【小题7】

A．get back B．look back C．give back D．turn back

【小题8】

A．answer B．question C．help D．idea

【小题9】

A．difference B．habit C．mistake D．difficulty

【小题10】

A．Study B．mean C．imagine D．know

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" Everything happens for the best," my grandmother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry, one day your luck【小题1】_______(change). "
Grandmother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to be sports announcer (广播员) in a radio station, so I 【小题2】_______ ( go) to Shanghai and knocked on the door of every station. But I got refused every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was short of experience. " Get some work with a small station and【小题3】______(work) your way up ," she said.
I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a company and needed someone【小题4】_______ ( manage) the sports center. But again, I didn't get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Granny reminded me. I tried another radio station in Beijing. But the owner, a nice man, told me he already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, " How can someone be a sports announcer if he 【小题5】_______(not, get) a job in a radio station?"
I 【小题6】_______( wait) for the elevator when I heard the man call, " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" I 【小题7】_______(put) in front of a microphone and asked to imagine I was commenting (评论) on a football game. "Now you 【小题8】_______ (watch) the football game between Lu Neng and Shen Hua. . . "
On my way home, Granny's words came back to me, " One day your luck will change, boy. And when it 【小题9】 _______( happen) , it'll feel twice as good because of all the disappointment (失望) you 【小题10】 _______ ( have) . " At that moment I knew just what she meant.