Bill Gates has a nice house on a hill by Lake Washington. Inside the house there are seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitchens and six fireplaces. It even has a theatre, a library, an exercise room and a swimming pool. You can say the house is very big. However, it doesn’t look so big, because a large part of it is in the hills.
The house is famous for many reasons. One is its large size, and another is its amazing electronic systems (电子系统). Before a visitor goes into the house, he/she gets a chip (芯片) at the gate. The chip sends information about the visitor to the electronic systems in the house. When the visitor goes into the house, lights are on automatically (自动地). When the visitor goes into a room, the temperature (温度) will change to make the visitor comfortable. When the visitor goes from one room to another, he/she can hear music.
Bill Gates began to build his house in 1990. It took him about 7 years to build it.
1.Bill Gates’ house doesn’t look very big because ________.
A. the house is in a forest B. the house is very modern
C. the house is very small D. a large part of the house is in the hills
2.Bill Gates’ house is very famous. The writer gives ________ reasons.
A. one B. two C. four D. five
3.The visitor will get ________ at the gate of Bill Gates’ house.
A. a map of the house B. a model house C. a system D. a chip
4.Bill Gates finished building his house in ________.
A. 1990 B. 1997 C. 1996 D. 1998
5.Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Bill Gates’ dream home B. Bill Gates’ house
C. Bill Gates and his house D. Bill Gates’ family
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench（
凳）．The poor man always there, looking at the big in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know you sit here and look at my hotel ”.“Sir ,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream（梦想）that one day I’ ll sleep in that hotel.”
The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will . I will pay for the room in that hotel for you a whole month.”
A few days later, the rich man the poor man’s room to ask him if he was enjoying .To his , he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his .When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “You see, I’m down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I’m up there , in that big hotel. It’s a dream. But when I was there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream , and I get any sleep at all.”
1.A. sat B. stoodC. slept D. jumped
2.A. car B. room C. hotel D. house
3.A. when B. 
howC. what D. why
4.A. yesterday morning B. every morningC. last nightD. every night
5.A. come back B. come out C. come over D. come true
6.A. good B. well C. better D. best
7.A. for B. toC. with D. in
8.A. went passed B. broke intoC. went past D. ran through
9.A. it B. itselfC. him D. himself
10.A. joke B. happinessC. sadness D. surprise
11.A. house B. cornerC. bench D. work
12.A. ifB. whenC. afterD. as soon as
13.A. sad B. wonderfulC. quick D. slow
14.A. out B. even C. up D. down
15.A. would B. wouldn’t C. could D. couldn’t
----What a nice meal! It's really kind of you to invite us.
---- ______________. I'm glad you liked it.
A. Sounds good. B. Well done C. Never mind D. Not at all
— May I park my car here, Sir?
—_________. You may park it over there.
A. Yes, you may B. Yes, you can C. No, you needn't D. No, you mustn't
---- __________ is it from Sunshine Town to the center of Beijing?
---- It’s about 20 kilometers ________ our school.
A .How often , far from B. How long, away from
C. How soon, far away from D. How far, away from
Would you like ____________ to tell us?
A. anything interesting B. something interesting
C. interesting anything D. interesting something
