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.
1.Bill Gates grew up in _______.
A. Canada B. Australia C. America D. Germany
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
3.Bill’s company worked hard at _______.
A. making large machines B. playing computer games
C. mending old machines D. developing software
4.Bill started to play with computers ______.
A. in 1955 B. in 1968 C. in 1973 D. in 1975
5.The underlined word “personal” means _______.
A.个人的 B.公众的 C.大型的 D.昂贵的
I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
1.How many people of the family will go to have a trip?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
2.My father will not go on the trip because ____.
A . he doesn’t like travels B. staying at home is more interesting
C. he is too old to travel D. nobody wants to take him along
3.We’re coming back home by_____ .
A. sea B. plane C. bus D. train
4.In Europe we will _____.
A. go sight-seeing at the seaside B. to go to different countries by ship
C. buy a lot of presents D. go from place to place by train or by bus
5.My brother and my children would like to _____.
A. do some shopping in Europe B. study the Italian language in Italy
C. enjoy a trip by ship D. learn French in France
One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, which the secret(秘密)of success(成功)was. The scientist 31 him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days 32 the young man asked him the 33 question again. Einstein was very 34 . He did not say 35 , but wrote a few 36 on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked 37 the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What 38 this mean?”asked the young man.“A means success,”said the old scientist.“X means hard work, Y means good methods(方法),and Z means 39 talking and start to 40 .
1.A. say B. said C. talked D. told
2.A. ago B. before C. later D. after
3.A. easy B. different C. same D. difficult
4.A. worried B. disappointed(失望) C. happy D. angry
5.A.anything B. something C. nothing D everything
6.A. words B. word C. sentences D. sentence
7.A. on B. after C. at D. for
8.A.will B. shall C. does D. is
9.A. go on B. stop C. enjoy D. start
10.A. do B. read C. work D. look
The meat is ___ dear and eating ____ meat is bad for your health .
A .very much , many B. too many , many too
C much too , too much D. a lot , much too
Your father is ________ a meeting.
A. have B. has C. at D. on
“Do you mind if I sit here?” “_____. It’s for my friend.”
A. Not at all B. Never mind C. Better not D. Certainly not.
