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回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容简要回答问题。（共5小题，计10分）

On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far, he has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.

1.What does Ma Yun look like?

2.What did Ma Yun use to be?

3.Where was Ma Yun born?

4.Was Ma Yun shown to the Internet for the first time in 1995?

5.When did Ma Yun set up Alibaba in Hangzhou?

Answer

1.He is short. / Short.

2.He used to be an English teacher. / An English teacher. / A teacher.

3.He was born in Hangzhou. / In Hangzhou.

4.Yes (, he was).

5.He set it up in 1999. / In 1999.

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：九月十九日，阿里巴巴在纽约上市。这显示出马云在商业上的成功，一位矮小的中国人现在成了世界最高大的人。马云过去是一位英语教师，现在他成了中国大陆最富有的人。马云出生于杭州， 12岁时，他对英语很有趣，每天早他5点起床，到西湖旁边的旅行社和外国游客用英语交流。1995年的美国之行，马云第一次看到了互联网，看到了这个机会，马云回到中国成立了一个网站，四年后，在杭州成立了阿里巴巴。十五年后，阿里巴巴成长为世界上最大的电子商务公司。

1.He is short. / Short. 细节理解题。题意：马云看起来怎样？由第一段中的：A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now.可以推测出马云个子是矮的。故回答：He is short. / Short.

2.He used to be an English teacher. / An English teacher. / A teacher. 细节理解题。题意：马云过去是做什么的？由第一段中的： Ma used to be an English teacher. 可知马云过去是英语教师。故回答：He used to be an English teacher. / An English teacher. / A teacher.

3.He was born in Hangzhou. / In Hangzhou. 细节理解题。题意：马云生于哪儿？由第二段第一句：Ma was born in Hangzhou.可知他生于杭州。故回答：He was born in Hangzhou. / In Hangzhou.

4.Yes (, he was). 细节理解题。题意：1995年马云第一次看到互联网吗？由第二段中的：In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. 可知本题作肯定回答，故回答：Yes (, he was).

5.He set it up in 1999. / In 1999. 推理判断题。题意：马云什么时间在杭州成立阿里巴巴的？根据文中的：Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou.可知是在1995年的四年后成立的，1995+4＝1999，故本题回答：He set it up in 1999. / In 1999.

【考点定位】 考查人物传记类短文阅读。