What would you do if you had $76 billion? Bill Gates was happy to give a third of it away to charity. He
spends at least $1.2 billion every year helping the poor.
    Bill is the richest, and also the most generous man in the world. He was born on October 28, 1955. (A)
When he was 20, he left university. Two years later he started Microsoft. For 11 years, Bill has been the
world's richest man.
    This year, he again came top with $76 billion. But he is giving away $28 billion to help others. "I'll give
my money back to the world," said the rich man. "Many people still need medicine and care to become
healthier."
    Bill loves helping others just as he loves computers. He always says "super" when he talks about making
people's health better. "(B)The world's health is a lot like solving computer problems. You get smart people
together. You take it on because there has never been an answer before," he said. If you ask him why he
likes giving away his money, he would turn his head and say,"It's because of my mum. She asked me to
do (C)it years ago when I was just a small boss."

1. 将(A)处的句子改为同义句(每空一词)：______ ______ ______ ______ 20, he left university.
2. 将(B)处的句子译成汉语：_________________________________________
3. (C)处的it指的是(用英文回答，不超过5个词)
                                                                                                
4. 回答问题：
    When did Bill Gates start Microsoft?
                                                                                                
5. 单项选择。
The writer of the passage wants to ______.
A. introduce Microsoft company to us
B. let us know something about charity
C. tell us who is the richest person in the world
D. praise Bill for his help to the poor people

     A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I
am blind,' please help. " There were only a few coins in the hat.
     A man was walking by.  He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.  He
then  took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who
walked by would see the new words.
     Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon
the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and
asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?" The man said, "I only wrote  the truth. I said what you said but in a different way. " What he had written was: "Today is a
beautiful day  and I cannot see it. "
     Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs
told  people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the
hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could  not  enjoy it because he was blind.
     The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that
they  were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
1. Which of the followings about the man is NOT true?
A. He is warm-hearted.
B. He knows the boy very well.
C. He is very clever.
D. He changes the words on the sign.
2. The second sign           
A. doesn't tell people the boy is blind
B. asks people to help the boy
C. doesn't ask people to help the boy
D. makes people happy
3. Why do many people give coins to the boy later?
A. Because he is blind.
B. Because the man asked them to do.
C. Because he can write words.
D. Because the words made people feel sorry.
4. What does "effective" probably mean in the passage?
A. 责重的    
B. 有效的    
C. 有趣的    
D. 有同情心的
5. The main idea of the passage is that              .
A. thinking is important for us
B. we should help blind people       .
C. the boy got much money at last
D. the man is great