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 _______. |
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A |
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A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village. That evening he stayed at an inn (小旅馆) near the railway station (火车站). Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir. Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I’ll take the five o’clock train."
"Oh, sorry, sir," the boss said in a hurry, "I’m afraid I can’t. I won’t be able to get up so early."
The student was disappointed (失望). When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock (闹钟)? Maybe it can help me."
"Wait a minute, then." The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock. "Here you are, sir."
"Thank you very much." The student said happily. But he found it was rusty (锈的) when he had a look at it. And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn’t. He asked, "Will it ring in time?"
"I don’t know, either." said the boss, "But it doesn’t matter. You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five. And it will ring on time."
小题1: The student stayed at the inn because ____.| A．it was in the cool mountain village he was going to | | B．the boss of the inn was kind to him | | C．the boss could wake him up at the right time | | D．it was near the railway station |
小题2: The student asked the boss to wake him up the next morning because ____.| A．the boss had the habit (习惯) of getting up early | | B．the boss had promised (答应) to help him in every possible way (千方百计地) | | C．he was afraid he would not wake up in time to catch the train | | D．it would take him a long time to walk to the railway station |
小题3: The train the student was going to take would start at ____ the next morning.| A．five o’clock | B．a quarter to five | | C．half past four | D．a quarter to six |
小题4: The student was disappointed because ____.| A．he had to buy an alarm-clock | | B．the boss refused to wake him up | | C．he would take another train | | D．he had to go to the village on foot |
小题5: From the story we know the ____.| A．clock would wake the student up in time | | B．student certainly missed his train the next morning | | C．alarm-clock was no use for the student | | D．student had the alarm-clock repaired (修理) |
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Hello! My 51 is Mammon. I 52 a girl. I wear (穿着) a nice jacket. Its 53 is blue. I like it. I have a new classmate(新同学). He is a 54 . His name 55 Jim Miller. His 56 name is Jim. He wears a 57 , too. It is white. I ask(问) him a 58 , “What’s 59 telephone number?” His 60 is “2953374 ”. Mr. Huang is my English teacher. He is a good teacher.
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| 小题6: | | A．last | B．family | C．first | D．English |
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| 小题7: | | A．ruler | B．quilt | C．jacket | D．watch |
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| 小题8: | | A．question | B．answer | C．list | D．card |
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Hello, everyone! My name is Wang Li. My English name is Alice. Here is my family photo. These are my parents. My father’s name is Wang Jun. He is a manager(经理). My mother’s name’s Li Hong. She’s an English teacher. Look at these two old people(老人). Who are they, do you know? My grandparents. Who’s that boy? Is he my brother? No, he’s my cousin. Who’s that girl in the middle(中间)? Can you guess? Yes, it’s me---Wang Li.
小题1:Wang Jun, Wang Li’s father is a __________.| A．teacher | B．manager | C．student | D．worker |
小题2: Is Li Hong a Chinese teacher?______. | A．Yes, she is. | B．No, he isn’t | C．No, she isn’t | D．Yes, he is |
小题3: The girl in the middle is _______. | A．Li Hong. | B．Wang Jun. | C．Wang Li. | D．Cousin. |
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Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard. He often said to his friends, “If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good. I want easy work and a lot of money. That’s the most interesting thing in the world.”So he could only be a thief. But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them.
One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house. He told him to get money from that rich family. It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room. They were playing a duet（二重奏）on a piano. Then the thief came into the house.
When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got. But he said, “I didn’t take anything. That family can’t have much money. You know, two people were playing on the same piano there. They did not have money to buy another piano.”
小题1:Which is the best title for the passage?| A．Frank and His Work | B．One Piano Only | | C．The Man and the Girl | D．Easy Work and More Money |
小题2:From the story we know that Frank_______________.| A．was more clever than most of the people | B．had many clever friends | | C．didn’t want to do any work | D．knew many interesting things in the world |
小题3: The story tells us if we want to become rich, we must ______________ .| A．find an easy job | B．work hard | | C．have a lot of friends | D．learn something about money |
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One day Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to a party . Mr. Black drove the car very fast. “Please don’t drive so fast.” Mrs Black asked his husband to drive more slowly .”If you drive so fast , maybe we’ll have some trouble.”“Oh , no , Don’t be worried , my dear . ”said Mr. Black with a smile .“You know I’m good at driving . You won’t be in danger . And there is little time . If I don’t drive fast , we’ll be late for the party.”
A few minutes later , his wife , Mrs. Black , said to him，“If you don’t slow down ,We’ll be in hospital.”
Just at this moment a car came out of a side road and crossed in front of their car . Mr. Black stopped their car quickly . It nearly hit that car: “Oh , dear , I’m sorry for that . You are right , my dear，”said Mr Black . “I’ll never drive fast later . Now let me drive slowly . ”Then car drove very slowly to the party . Of course they were very late for the party.
小题1:Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to ________ one day.| A．a meeting | B．their home | C．a party | D．work |
小题2:What did Mrs. Black ask her husband to do? | A．To stop the car | B．To drive more slowly | | C．To drive to a hospital | D．To drive fast |
小题3:Mr. Black drove so fast , because___________ .| A．he was good at driving | B．he was very happy | | C．he was in danger | D．he didn’t want to be late for the party. |
小题4:What happened to them a few minute later ? | A．Their car hit another car | B．their car nearly hit another car | | C．Their car was broken | D．Something was wrong with their car |
小题5:At last Mr. Black drove their car ________ to the party | A．faster | B．slow | C．very slowly | D．happily |
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