Question

Billy Dengler, a 14-year-old boy, is in the eighth grade. A month after he was born, Billy’s mother, Terri, noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s. She took Billy to the hospital, and the doctor said Billy would never be able to see.

Although Billy can’t see, he has never let that hold him back or make him different.

Billy began teaching himself computer programming by using a screen reader when he was just seven years old. He is a certified Google developer (谷歌认证开发者) now.

Google even tried to offer him a job last year when he discovered a problem in one of

its systems, but Billy wasn’t old enough.

Billy’s dream school would be Stanford University or MIT, where he could get a very

good  education in computer science. After he leaves school, whether he will go to work at a company like Google or design a software company of his own is still to be decided.However, he says he will definitely (绝对地) do something great.

“It’s a sighted world,” Billy said. “You can’t let anything get in the way of your dreams,  and if you do that, you can’t move forward and make your dreams come true.”

1.Billy’s mother found there was something wrong with Billy’s eyes when

A. he was 14 years old          B. he left school

C. he was in the eighth grade   D. he was a month old

2.Billy started to learn computer programming by himself with the help of

A. a screen reader   B. his mother

C. a computer D. his teacher

3.The underlined word “systems” means “    ” in Chinese.

A. 电脑           B. 系统           C. 机器   D. 计划

4.What will Billy do after school?

A. He will work for Google.

B. He will open a company.

C. He has not decided on that.

D. He will do nothing.

5.We can learn that     from the passage.

A. blindness is not a big problem

B. it’s easy to be a certified Google developer

C. nothing should get in the way of our dreams

D. Billy is a student of Stanford University

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了Billy是个不同于其他孩子的人，他通过自己的努力，现在已成为谷歌认证开发者。他说：“你不能让任何事情阻挡你的梦想，否则你就不会再前进，你的梦想也不会实现的。”

1. 根据A month after he was born, Billy’s mother, Terri, noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s.可知他出生一个月，他的妈妈就注意到他的眼睛不同于其他孩子的，故选D.

2.Billy began teaching himself computer programming by using a screen reader when he was just seven years old. 得知当他刚刚七岁的时候他就通过屏幕阅读器自学电脑程序。可知选A。

3.通读全文，可知是电脑系统的意思，故选B。

4. he leaves school, whether he will go to work at a company like Google or design a software company of his own is still to be decided..可知他毕业后是去像谷歌这样的大公司还是自己设计自己的软件公司还没有决定呢。故选C。

5. can’t let anything get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that, you can’t move forward and make your dreams come true.可知没有任何事情能阻止我们的梦想，答案为B。

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