A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest in the world right now. Jack Ma (Ma Yun), 50, is executive chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba(阿里巴巴) Group. On Sept 19, Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange (纽约证券交易所), raising $25 billion through an IPO (首次公开发行股票), the biggest in US history. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. At the age of 12, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he woke up at 5 am, cycled 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.
In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed the Internet for the first time. He searched Yahoo using the word “Beer”, and found that there was nothing in there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, 18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did. Now, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company, owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall. It makes more profit than Amazon and e-Bay combined.
1. We can tell from the first paragraph that _____.
A. Ababa Group is the biggest company in China
B. Alibaba’s IPO has raised $25 billion
C. Jack Ma used to be a math teacher
D. Jack Ma is the richest man in the world
2. When did Ma and his team found Alibaba?
A. In 1995. B. In 1998.
C. In 1999. D. In 2014.
3. Which is the world’s largest e-commerce company?
A. Alibaba. B. Taobao. C. Amazon. D. e-Bay.
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A Thanksgiving Day article printed in a newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were ________ for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods really had to be thankful for. ________ she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys(火鸡) or tables with food. The teacher was ________ to see the picture Douglas handed in… a ________hildishly(幼稚地) drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class was greatly interested in the abstract(抽象的) image. “I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A farmer,” said another, “because he ________ the turkeys.” ________ when the others were at work, the teacher came over to Douglas’s desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher.” he ________ .
She remembered that very often at break time she had taken Douglas, a short ________ child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But it ________ so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things given to us but for the ________ , in whatever small way, to give to others.
1.A. helpful B. thankful C. useful D. careful
2.A. So B. Because C. But D. Though
3.A. angry B. worried C. sorry D. amazed
4.A. simple B. difficult C. beautiful D. wild
5.A. plants B. makes C. raises D. produces
6.A. Sadly B. Luckily C. Carelessly D. Finally
7.A. whispered B. shouted C. cried D. laughed
8.A. cheerful B. lonely C. funny D. silly
9.A. meant B. said C. needed D. asked
10.A. change B. decision C. chance D. reply
Jane’s mother preferred _______TV at home to ______to the concert.
A. to watch, go B. to watch, going
C. watching, go D. watching, going
Last month, three thousand students took part in the _______ sports meeting.
A. three day B. three days
C. three-day D. three-days
If our government _____pay attention to the safety of food, our health _____in danger.
A. isn’t, is B. doesn’t, will be
C. won’t is D. isn’t, will be
--Where is Jack? --He’s left a ______saying that he will be back in a minute.
A. message B. news C. information D. article
