The world’s richest man might seem to have it all，but Bill Gates has one regret．The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages．
Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网)，the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French，Arabic or Chinese．
He said：“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A's and I guess it helps my vocabulary．I keep hoping to get time to study one of these—probably French because it is the easiest．I did Duolingo for a while but didn’t keep it up．”
Gates，who is worth $79．3 billion，praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese，“Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese students—unbelievable，isn’t it?”he said．
This isn’t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language．He also showed his habits at home and personal insights．
L
ast February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife，Melinda，would likely want Samuel L．Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片)．
He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street．
As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time，he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food，but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennis．
When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way，the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break．‘‘Don’t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting．You will regret it in the morning．Pam still working on this problem，”he said．
1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Bill Gates’Regret
B. The Richest Billionaire
C. An Interview with Bill Gates
D. How Bill Gates Succeeded
2.The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_____．
A. it is important to lay a good foundation of life
B. he never cares about buying food and clothing
C. food and clothing are basic needs for people’s life
D. he doesn’t spend much money on food and clothes
3.What advice did Bill Gates give?
A. Avoid staying up too late．
B. Be a good language learner．
C. Do the dishes yourself at home．
D. Pick up the $100 bills in the streets．
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook
B. Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times．
C. Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1．
D. Bill Gates’wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates．
假如你是校学生会主席李华，学校安排你下周末作为导游带领外籍教师Mr.Smith进行一次近郊游。请你用英语给Mr.Smith写一封电子邮件，包括以下内容：
1．自我介绍；
2．出游的时间、目的地等信息；
3．需要提前做的准备工作。
要求：1．词数100左右；
2．为使行文连贯，可根据内容要点适当增加细节。
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（
）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处,多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Ms Karen, 38 years old, has been helped the old over the past 12 years. She often encourages her daughter—Celest, 10 years old—help the old people as well as. Visiting the seniors who have limited or no family support are what all of them do every weekend. When Celest was the baby, Ms Karen Kong brought her to visit the old so no one looked after her. Whatever, as time went by, it became a meaningful weekly affair and a time to get along for her daughter. She thinks it’s importance to teach children to love the old and hopes the virtue can be passed on.
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入一个适当的词，或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。
By “luxury(奢侈品)”, we mean "a pleasant and often expensive thing that is not necessary". From a historical point of view, things which were a luxury when they first came into being all became necessities later.
Anything, no matter 1. luxurious it is, will become a necessity, when it is widely used. This is true of many of the present luxuries, among which mobile phones, cars, computers and many other things 2. (include). It is known to all that the purpose of the development of science is 3. (make) things easy for the mankind, not for only 4. small number of people. 5. , the first thing to do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit 6. many people as possible. In the course of the spread, the luxury becomes decreasingly luxurious until 7. the end it becomes a necessity. This is an objective law, and 8. can be an exception.
With the quick 9. (develop) of science and technology, the process for many things to become a necessity from a luxury will be greatly shortened. Anything that can be imagined will be invented and in no time becomes a necessity 10. (access) to ordinary people.
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A homeless man walked up to me and asked me for some small change, “ I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story,” I said. He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?’ I laid the in front of him and myself —“No, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” Seeing him lost in , I sat down next to him and .
“ I was once a sniper（狙击兵）in the army.” he said. “ I was to shoot down the enemy from the distance.” I listened attentively. He told me how he to hunt with his family. He had his own way of animals by not killing more than be needed. When the came knocking on his door, he felt and joined up. All those years of developing his hunting skills could now serve a larger —to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to at the front .
“ I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone.” he continued. “One day they asked me to 52 a lady from the distance. I saw the kids ne her and my hands were on the trigger（扳机）. But I couldn’t it. She wasn’t doing anything to an and she was the kids.
The story went on as he described being put into prison for 180 days for to follow orders. “ I have no ,” he said. “ I may be homeless now, I never killed that lady.” He continued, “ I can being homeless, but I wouldn’t be able to stand killing innocent people.”
I met a hero. It just never to me that a hero could be a smelly old sniper.
1.A. note B. coin C. dollar D. wallet
2.A. blamed B. reminded C. corrected D. added
3.A. argument B. action C. consideration D. thought
4.A. whispered B. nodded C. sighed D. waited
5.A. demanded B. supposed C. reminded D. determined
6.A. desired B. wished C. failed D. used
7.A. tracking B. raising C. training D. respecting
8.A. army B. minister C. commander D. company
9.A. annoyed B. proud C. astonished D. confused
10.A. group B. business C. purpose D. result
11.A. serve B. hunt C. aim D. survive
12.A. murder B. fight C. shoot D. arrest
13.A. remain B. fire C. make D. decide
14.A. besides B. along C. inside D. among
15.A. gradually B. eventually C. deliberately D.desperately
16.A. managing B. failing C. hesitating D. forgetting
17.A. ideas B. attempts C. regrets D. feelings
18.A. however B. otherwise C. but D. unless
19.A. work out B. meet with C. live with D. get through
20.A. happened B. seemed C. struck D. occurred
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Seven ways to find out what you really want in life
Be good to yourself
You can’t pinpoint(准确指出) exactly what you want in life .You’re constantly sacrificing your time and dreams for other people. 1. Ask yourself: if you weren’t tied down by your job, family, or anything else, then what would you be doing right now?
Regret nothing
To be good to yourself is not selfish. It’s your life. It’s time for you to live it exactly the way you want to. If you constantly regret things you did or didn’t do in the past, then you won’t be able to move forward. 2.
Figure out what you need
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what you need. Sit down and think about what you need most. The freedom to express yourself? Love? Financial security? Something else? If it helps, you can make a list. Also think about the kind of legacy(遗产) you want to leave behind.
3.
You can fly only by pushing back against something you don’t want. Figure out what upsets you, and be specific about it. Don’t just say that you hate your office job. Pinpoint exactly why you hate it. Could it be your strict boss? Your workload? Your meaningless job title? Or all of the above?
Determine what makes you truly happy
There’s no life to waste if you’re happy with living it. Think about what makes you happy. Being around children? Is it traveling? Owning a successful business? Financial freedom? 4.
Let people around you know what you’re trying to achieve
Don’t keep your goals and desires to yourself. Voice it all out! If you tell people what you’re trying to accomplish, they will most likely support you and give you new ideas. Sometimes mother does know best!
Stay positive
Life doesn’t always go how you want it. Don’t feel discouraged as your plans stray(偏离). Take control. Instead of being anxious, try your best to advance with the changes. You will get there someday. 5. You’re just taking a little detour.
A. Don’t live in the past but live in the present!
B. Sometimes a positive attitude is all you need to keep going.
C. Determine what really bothers you.
D. Once you pinpoint the one thing that makes you happy the most, you’ll have a pretty clear idea of what you should struggle hard to get in your life.
E. You have to put yourself first, because if you don’t, then no one else will.
F. Determine what you are going to do next.
G. You should think of things positively.
