As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. While he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later, he was a millionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets（资产）of nearly US $ 6.3 billion.
Born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October, 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent child. He had read the entire world book encyclopedia（百科全书）by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at school were science and math and his favorite pastime was "thinking".
Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13. Before long he became an expert at working the school's computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in the USA-Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autunm, majoring maths. But he was still obsessed（占据心里）with computers and spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.
By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.
BASIC was a success because until it came along, there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.
His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was purchased by IBM in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.
As chief executive officer（首席行政长官）of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man, but one who is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions he has made. He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut until his marriage to Microsoft manager Melinda French on New Year's Day 1994. Yet to many people now, Gates, is a person who is, in spite of his great wealth, humble（谦恭）and ordinary. He spends his money carefully. He eats in fast food restaurants and flies economy class. And when praised for Microsoft's great success, he has been heard to say, "All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores and like it, they buy it."
1.When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a ______.
A．teacher B．doctor C．businessman D．professor
2.When Gates went to Harvard, he ______.
A．was only interested in maths
B．spent most of his time in computer laboratories
C．developed the first computer software program
D．divided his time between his maths studies and the computer laboratories
3.Before the development of BASIC, ______.
A．no one was interested in computer software
B．software programs were not considered commercial projects
C．software programs were very expensive
D．no one wanted to pay for computer software
4.When the writer says "He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut", he means ______.
A．Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind
B．The only thing that could interest Bill in his life was computer
C．Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him
D．Bill couldn't work out the boring computer programs
5.Most people think that Bill Gates is ______.
A．a crazy person B．a person obsessed with making money
C．someone who spends money freely D．a quite common, normal person
Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. Fifteen-year-old Chea Sophanit 1 (skate) for about six months. “When I see the different skaters, I just want to be like 2 .” he says. Sports like boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia, 3 Chea says skating has already become his favourite sport.
4 nongovernmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes 5 (week) programs at the park. Skateistan Cambodia started its work in Afghanistan. Rory Burke works with the group, 6 expanded to Cambodia later. He says learning to deal 7 difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.
Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha began skateboarding more than a year ago. “Sometimes I don’t do well 8 subjects like math,” he says. “I feel bad when I find 9 hard to keep up with my lessons.” Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off. 10 (learn) skateboarding has taught him to face difficulties and challenges.
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Many years ago, whites ruled South Africa. Apartheid（种族隔离制度）was the 16 of the land. One evening, two middle-aged blacks met in a “whites only” section of Johannesburg. One of them had a permit to work in the area, the other did not, which 17 he could be put behind bars（关押）for staying in this zone. 18 they saw a policeman coming towards them, and 19 .
“Run!” whispered the man with the permit to his friend, “I’ll 20 .” They started running and the policeman began chasing them, shouting “stop, stop”. Finally he caught the second man.
“Did you think you could outrun me!” he snarled. “Show me your 21 ！”
The man, playing for time, began reaching in his pocket and finally took out his permit. The policeman was surprised and realized that he had been 22 . The man without the permit was now too far away to be caught.
“When you had a permit why did you run!” he shouted 23 .
“Doctor’s 24 ,” said the man. “He has asked me to run a mile every evening.”
“Oh, yes? ” Sneered the policeman. “Then why was your friend 25 ?”
“His doctor has also ordered him to run,” said the man.
The policeman became 26 with anger. “You think you’re very 27 , don’t you?” he snarled. “But tell me, if you were running 28 for your health why didn’t you stop when you saw me running after you? And don’t tell me you didn’t see me chasing you. I know you did!”
“Of course I 29 you were running after me,” said the man.
“Then why didn’t you stop?” asked the policeman.
“It was 30 of me,” said the man, “but I thought you too had been ordered to run by your doctor.”
1. A．property B．mistake C．law D．custom
2. A．meant B．showed C．replied D．imagined
3. A．Happily B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Generally
4. A．hid B．fell C．cried D．froze
5. A．fight B．explain C．follow D．walk
6. A．invitation B．permit C．pocket D．ticket
7. A．fooled B．hurt C．blamed D．abandoned
8. A．nervously B．sadly C．carefully D．angrily
9. A．attitudes B．methods C．orders D．hopes
10. A．stopping B．missing C．staying D．running
11. A．shy B．strict C．red D．serious
12. A．brave B．healthy C．native D．smart
13. A．only B．also C．never D．often
14. A．remembered B．knew C．believed D．agreed
15. A．stupid B．rude C．kind D．wise
—You don’t look well． Are you ill?
—No, the mid-term exam is coming and I reading until midnight．
A．stayed up B．am staying up C．have stayed up D．will stay up
Have a good look round the room to make sure you ______ everything.
A．had packed B．pack C．have packed D．are packing
Tom has formed the habit of jogging_________ the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.
A．between B．along C．below D．with
