An Italian philosopher once said that a great man makes his own good luck. What he means is that when good luck comes, a great man knows how to seize the opportunity and  1   advantage of it.

There is a story about Bill Gates, the   2   of Microsoft that proves this. One day an executive from a large computer company came to his   3   looking for someone who had  4   a new operating system for computers. He didn't know too much about the inventor or his operating system, and he wasn't  5   sure of the inventor's address. At that time everything in the computer business was so new and so disorganized   6   normal business procedures were almost unknown.

It   7   that the inventor lived in a home next to Gates, but he was not at home when the executive came by. He may have been   8   at a meeting or shopping for new equipment. The executive,   9   no one home, wasn't sure what to do, but he didn't want to waste his trip, so he stopped by Gates' house to ask him if he knew anything about the inventor's system and   10   it worked.

Since Gates was working on very   11   software, most other people in his place would have spoken   12   with the executive, told him that he was working on something else, and then forgotten about the whole thing. Gates, however, saw a（n）   13   and jumped on it. He told the executive that   14   he was working on his own operating system （he wasn't） and he would be   15  to discuss it with the executive in a few weeks.

After the executive   16   to a meeting to be held a few weeks later, Gates quickly went out   17   for someone who had a workable new operating system. As an engineer he had a better idea than the executive about what he needed, and when he found someone with an operating system that he liked, he made modifications（修改） 18  on what the executive told him. His meeting a few weeks later was a great   19  , and Gates' new operating system was sold to the large company and the sale became the foundation of Microsoft. Within two decades Gates was the richest man in the world. He   20   his own luck by seizing an unexpected opportunity.

1．A．take                B．make            C．use               D．give

2．A．discoverer          B．founder          C．organizer         D．speaker

3．A．neighborhood        B．home            C．office             D．company

4．A．worked             B．bought           C．found                     D．invented

5．A．certainly            B．fairly              C．ever             D．even

6．A．as                  B．whose           C．that             D．which

7．A．found out           B．turned out        C．turned up           D．showed up

8．A．out                 B．outside            C．off              D．up

9．A．expecting            B．considering         C．looking          D．seeing

10．A．when            B．where             C．how                    D．why

11．A．same            B．different           C．similar           D．exact

12．A．attentively        B．carefully           C．briefly             D．closely

13．A．choice           B．possibility          C．opportunity       D．occasion

14．A．after all          B．in fact           C．in hand            D．in addition

15．A．devoted          B．invited            C．prepared         D．welcomed

16．A．promised         B．agreed           C．admitted            D．approved

17．A．looking            B．leaving             C．caring           D．hoping

18．A．depended          B．relied            C．based                   D．fixed

19．A．mistake          B．failure             C．result             D．success

20． A．enjoyed            B．made            C．took                    D．missed

Chair Miller and his crew picked up a new B-24 at California’s March Field on Christmas Eve, 1943, and prepared to fly to England. But they decided to have “one more hamburger” before going out for the distant land of fish and chips.

As the airmen sat in a local restaurant, a beautiful young waitress approached. “I understand you’re going to England,” she said to Miller. Then she told him that her fiancé, an aviation gunner like Miller, was stationed there.

The woman said she was waiting for him to provide an address so she could send him a picture of herself. “You might run into him,” she told Miller hopefully. “Would you take it?”

Miller knew it was unlikely he’d ever see her fiancé. But he didn’t want to disappoint the woman. He took the picture and placed it in his wallet. Later he realized he hadn’t even asked the man’s name. Then he was on to Europe and the war.

On August 9, 1944, Miller’s plane was shot down, and he was forced to parachute to an island off the coast of Holland. Captured by the Nazis, he spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war.

It was on Christmas Eve that someone told him a 19-year-old American prisoner down the hall was badly depressed and possibly suicidal（有自杀倾向）. Miller decided to pay the man a visit.

To break the ice, he mentioned the POW band he’s started, with the help of the Red Gross. The young man, he learned, played the saxophone. The two began to exchange details about their families. Was he married, the kid asked. “Yeah, since 1938,” responded Miller.

“Have you got her picture?” the soldier asked. So Miller reached for his wallet, and pulled out a photograph of his wife.

“She’s beautiful!” the young man responded. Then he noticed that a second picture had fallen out, and an expression of wonder crossed his face. “Where did you get that?” Miller told the story of the waitress at the California hamburger stand.

“That’s my fiancée,” the surprised man said. Miller kept his promise to the beautiful girl back home and turned the picture over to its rightful owner.

1．The reasonable connection between Miller and the young man is that ________.

       A．they were in love with the same waitress

       B．they played with the same POW band

       C．they were kept prisoner in the same camp

       D．they both served as gunners in a new B-24

2．The underlined words “To break the ice” would probably mean “______”.

       A．to keep warm in icy surroundings

       B．to start a conversation after a silence

       C．to get rid of the ice around the house

       D．to escape from the freezing place

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

       A．Miller did not ask about the young man’s name on purpose

       B．the young man killed himself on account of missing his fiancée

       C．Miller joined in the war against the Nazis and was captured

       D．the young man got the photo of his fiancée by accident

Never give out identifying information such as Name, Home Address, School name, or Telephone Number in a public message such as at a chat room or on bulletin bards. Never send a person a picture of you without first checking with your parents or guardian.
● Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are: Suggestive / Obscene / Belligerent / Threatening / Make You Feel Uncomfortable.
● Be careful when someone offers you something for nothing, such as gifts and money. Be very careful about any offers that involve your coming to a meeting or having someone visit your house.
● Tell your parents or guardian right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable.
● Never arrange a face-to-face meeting without telling your parents or guardian. If your parents or guardian agree to the meeting, make sure that you meet in a public place and have a parent or guardian with you.
● Remember that people online may not be who they seem. Because you can’t see or even hear the person, it would be easy for someone to misrepresent him or herself. Thus, someone indicating that“she”is a“12-year-old-girl”could in reality be an older man.
● Be sure that you are dealing with someone that you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself via E-mail.
● Get to know your“online friends”just as you get to know all of your other friends.
【小题1】We can infer from the passage that            .

A．it is not safe to surf the internet

B．people now are no longer honest

C．we can chat with unfamiliar people online

D．people online are not who they are

【小题2】Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．People online never tell their friends their real names.

B．You can often get something free from the internet.

C．Your friends online may want to meet you.

D．Online friends are not friends at all.

【小题3】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How to surf the internet.

B．Kids shouldn’t surf the internet.

C．How to choose online friends.

D．How to protect yourselves online.

*Never give out identifying information such as Name, Home, Address, School Name or Telephone Number in a public message such as at a chat room or on bulletin boards. Never send a person a picture of you with out first checking with your parents.

*Never reply to message or bulletin board items that are: Suggestive/Obscen (低级的). Ready to fight /Express intention to hurt/Make you feel uncomfortable.

*Be careful when someone offers something for nothing, such as gifts and money. Be very careful about any offers that get you to meet or have someone visit your house.

*Tell your parent right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable.

*Never arrange a face – to – face meeting without telling your parents. If your parents agree to the meeting, make sure that you meet in a public place and have a parent with you.

*Remember that people on – line may not be who they seem. Because you can’t see or even hear the person, it would be easy for someone to misrepresent himself or herself. Thus someone says that “She is a 12 – year – old girl” could really be an old man.

*Be sure that you are dealing with someone that you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself through E – mail.

*Get to know your “on – line friends ”just as you get to know all of your friends.

1．The best title for this passage is              .

       A．Warnings against making on – line friends

       B．Messages one can get on the Internet

       C．How to make friends on the Internet

       D．Safety tips for kids on the Internet

2．The underlined word “misrepresent” in the passage means          .

       A．making a wrong judgment about           

       B．understanding somebody wrongly

       C．giving a wrong description of               

       D．forming a wrong opinion about

3．In the last four paragraphs, the writer suggests that one should          .

       A．believe nobody on the net                     B．be careful about the on – line friends

       C．not be honest on the net                   D．make friends with those you believe in

Never give out identifying information such as Name, Home，Address，School Name，or Telephone Number in a public message such as at a chat room or on bulletin boards．Never send a person a picture of you without first checking with your parents.

Never reply to message or bulletin board items that are：Suggestive／Obscene(下流的)／Ready to fight／Express intention to hurt／Make you feel uncomfortable．

  Be careful when someone offers something for nothing，Such as gifts or money．Be very careful about any offers that get you to meet or have someone visit your house．

Tell your parents right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable．

 Never arrange a face-to-face meeting without telling your parents．If your parents agree to the meeting, make sure that you meet in a public place and have a parent with you. Even hear the person，it would be easy for someone to misrepresent himself or herself．Thus someone says that “She is a 12-year-old girl” could really be an old man．

 Be sure that you are dealing with someone that you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself through E-mail．

 Get to know your “online friend” just as you get to know all of your friends．

1. The best title for the passage is　　　　      ．

A．Warnings against making online friends

 B．Messages one can get on the Internet

C．HOW to make friends on the Internet

D．Safety suggestions for kids on t he Internet

2. The underlined word “misrepresent” in the means    ．

A．making a wrong judgment about

 B．understanding somebody wrongly

C．giving a wrong description of

D．forming a wrong opinion about

3. In the last four paragraphs，the writer suggests that one should    ．

A．believe nobody on the Internet

B．be careful about the online friend

C．not be honest on the Internet

D．make friends with those you believe in