Look at this picture. The boy is my good friend. His name is Mike. He is
thirteen. He isn’t tall. His hair is brown. This is Mike’s father. He is very tall.
That is Mike’s mother. She is tall, too. Mike’s father and mother are teachers.
Who is the girl? She is Mike’s sister. Her name is Mary. She is very nice. All of
them are English.

1. My good friend is an _____ boy.
2. How old is Mike? He is _____.
3. Mike’s father and _____ are teachers.
4. What colour is Mike's hair? It’s _____.
5. Mary is Mike’s _____.

     I have been a friend of Bill Gates for a long time. I knew him when he was a student at Harvard
University. We were surprised when he left University to set up his own company "Microsoft" and make
his own software. But he was the clever one! He is very good at writing computer languages and almost
all computers now use Microsoft software. The program "Word" is used from Britain to China!
     Of course he has made a lot of money and that makes people very jealous. They want to stop his success.
Even the government is against him and has tried to break his company into two parts. The government says
that it is unfair to other people who want to sell similar software. And what's more, because he fits his new
software free in every new computer, the government says he is stopping other companies from selling their
programs. This is not fair. Everyone should be able to do what they can to make their company bigger and
stronger. Bill Gates has only done what he can to stop other competitors.
     He is very rich, but he is generous. He has given millions of dollars to help the education and health of
many children around the world. You could not meet a better man than Bill Gates.

1. 将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。
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2. 根据短文内容回答问题。
   What are the two reasons for which the government has tried to break Bill Gates' company up?
   (1)_____________________________________________________________________________ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   (2)_____________________________________________________________________________ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

3. 从文中找出与下句意义相近的句子。
   Each person in the company should try his best to make their business more successful. 
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4. 文中划线单词generous的汉语意思是：　
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5. 根据短文内容，用四个形容词描述一下Bill Gates。
   (1) _________________　　　　 (2) _________________　　　　　　　
   (3) _________________ 　　　　(4) _________________　　　　　　　

                                                    81-year-old man helped poor students
      On December 2, 2009, in No.1 High School, Yaling Town, Yichuan County, Luoyang, an old man with a
stick is taking 300 notebooks and 120 ball pens out of a bag. He is giving these things to more than 20 poor
students one by one. Where is his money from? He gets the money by picking up and selling waste materials
(废品). (1) This is not the only time; the old man keeps this kindness for 14 years.
     The old man's name is Hu Fasheng. Hu joined the Party in 1952. In 1961, he hurt his left leg and became
disabled (残疾的). (2)Once he was a village officer until 1995. He felt uncomfortable when he was free. So,
from 1995, he began to pick up waste materials in the village and sold them. With the money, he bought school
things for children and food for the old people in the village.
     Hu can get more than 100 yuan from selling waste materials every month, but he lives a simple life. He
usually eats noodles for meals. There are not any expensive things in his home. Hu is old, but he says he can do
more good things for society.
1. How does the old man get the money?
   ________________________________________________________
2. When did Hu Fasheng begin to pick up waste materials in the village?
   ________________________________________________________
3. 将(1)句译成汉语.
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4. 将(2)改为同义句.
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5. 根据短文内容，用两个以上的形容词描述一下胡发胜这位老人。 
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