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I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979,when I was 5, my family immigrated to California, USA . I remember that on my 9^th birthday, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.

The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense(论文答辩) of my Doctor’s degree in the Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. I and Larry quickly became friends when we were working together.

We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for . Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part ,maybe—we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Peplo Park, California , the USA into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14^th,1998—www.Google.com. Now after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

2.From the passage we know that Larry Page________.

3.Why did they found Google ?

4.Which is the right order of what happened ?

a. My family moved from Russia to the USA

b. I met Larry Page

c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9^th birthday.

d. google was born in an ordinary garage in California.

e. I graduated from the university in Mathematics and IT.

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I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979, when I was 5, my family immigrated to the United States. I remember that on my 9th birthday I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.

The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense（论文答辩）of my Doctor’s degree in Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. Larry and I quickly became friends when we worked together.

We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for. Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part, maybe we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Meplo Park, California, the U. S. A. into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th 1998—www. google.com. Now, after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.

1.Sergey Brin actually graduated from ＿＿＿.

A. the University of Maryland         B. the University of Moscow

C. the University of California         D. Stanford University

2. From the passage we know that Larry Page ______.

A. was Brin’s important partner in starting Google

B. was born in a rich merchant family

C. was once a student in the University of Maryland

D. was a professor from Stanford University

3. Which is the right order of what happened?

a. My family moved from Russia to the U. S. A.

b. I met Larry Page.

c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9^th birthday.

d. Google was born in an ordinary garage in California.

A. c-a-b-d                    B. c-b-a-d            C. a-c-b-d                          D. a-c-d-b

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The History of Google                         B. The Great Contribution of Google

C. The Great Success of Google                    D. The Birth of Google

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The main field of my science research was computer.

B. I wrote many articles in leading American magazines.

C. Larry is one of my classmates.

D. When I was 5, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.

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Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880.　 　　　　 　　 was all right when she was born.　 　 　 when she was nineteen months old, and attack of fever 　　 her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She became blind so 　　 that as she grew older, she did not 　　 being able to see; and she became deaf 　 　 　　 she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She 　　 in darkness and silence.

As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and 　 　 .But she understood that she was 　　 from others.

Her 　　 greatly worried. How could anyone get in touch with Helen’s mind, intelligence in darkness and silence without 　 　　 ? Helen was 　　 seven before a teacher was 　　 .Her name was Sullivan.

Miss Sullivan had a lot of 　 　　　　 　 in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear,she had to use manual alphabet(手语).But Helen’s energy, intelligence and strong spirit,　 　　　　　 with Miss Sullivan’s skill and patience (耐心),　　 all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examinations and finally took a university degree 　　 English literature. She then　　 　 all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal 　　 , together with the work she has done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She 　　 many books and The Story of My Life is a remarkable(不寻常的) one.

1.A. Something 　 B.Nothing 　　 C.Everything 　 D.Anything

2.A.And 　　 B.But 　　 C.Or 　　 D.So

3.A.had 　　 B.let 　　 C.gave 　　 D.left

4.A.young　 　　 B.sudden 　　 C.early 　　 D.quick

5.A.mind 　　 B.remember 　　 C.remind 　　 D.seem

6.A.as 　　 B.when 　　 C.after 　　 D.before

7.A.lived 　　 B.stayed 　　 C.remained 　 D.played

8.A.views 　　 B.opinions 　　 C.feelings 　 D.thoughts

9.A.cut out 　　 B.cut off 　　 C.given up 　 D.sent away

10.A.teachers　 　　　　 B.friends 　　 C.parents 　　 D.neighbours

11.A.help 　　 B.knowledge 　　 C.sound 　　 D.speech

12.A.nearly 　　　　 B.likely 　　 C.totally 　　 D.quietly

13.A.brought 　　　　 B.appeared 　　 C.came 　　 D.found

14.A.difficulty 　　　　 B.ways 　　 C.work 　　 D.stories

15.A.agreed 　　　　　　 B.combined 　　　　 C.dealt 　　 D.corresponded

16.A.won 　　 B.beat 　　 C.overcame 　 D.overturned

17.A.at 　　 B.in 　　 C.on 　　 D.with

18.A.devoted　　 B.took 　　 C.set 　　 D.enjoyed

19.A.ideas 　　 B.experience 　　 C.life 　　 D.success

20.A.read 　　 B.bought 　　 C.wrote 　　 D.borrowed

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When was the woman born?

A. In 1980　　 B. In 1982.　　 C. In 1984.

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[1] Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”

[2]But money _________. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.

[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.

[4] In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.

[5] Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.

1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1? (no more than 8 words)

_______________________________________________________________________________

2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)

3.Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3.

_______________________________________________________________________________

4.What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family (no more than 10 words)

5.What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)

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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.When was Michael Douglas born?

A. In 1944.　　 B. In 1945.　　 C. In 1975.

2.What was his role in the TV series, The Streets of San Francisco?

A. A star.　　 B. A showman.　　 C. A policeman.

3.How many Oscars did the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, win?

A. Three.　　 B. Four.　　 C. Five.

4.When did Michael Douglas’s output begin slowing down?

A. After he married.　　 B. After he had two children.　　 C. After he had throat cancer.

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Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.

At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.

“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.

“Then I will make it so”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.

When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.

Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.

After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.

Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.

1.When she was a child, Florence _______.

A. loved to travel very much

B. knew what her duty in life was

C. loved to help the sick people

D. want to learn music and drawing in the future

2.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where _______.

A. she earned a little money

B. work was very difficult

C. few soldiers died because of her work

D. she didn’t have enough food or clothes

3.Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria?

A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.

B. She wrote a book on public health.

C. She worked as a nurse all her life.

D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.

4.The passage can best be described as _______.

A. the life story of a famous woman

B. a description of the nursing work

C. an example of successful education

D. the history of nursing in England

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Florence Nightingale（南丁格尔） was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.

As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.

At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.

“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.

“Then I will make it so ”, she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France.

When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home . During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.

Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.

After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.

Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.

1.When she was a child, Florence ________.

A. loved to travel very much

B. knew what her duty in life was

C. loved to help the sick people

D. want to learn music and drawing in the future

2.What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？

A. Her father’s support.

B. Her desire to help the sick.

C. Her education in Germany and France.

D. Her knowledge from reading great books.

3.During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____.

A. she earned a little money

B. work was very difficult

C. few soldiers died because of her work

D. she didn’t have enough food or clothes

4. Why was Florence honored by Queen Victoria？

A. She built the Nightingale Home for Nurses.

B. She wrote a book on public health.

C. She worked as a nurse all her life.

D. She did a great deal of work during the Crimean War.

5.The passage can best be described as ____.

A. the life story of a famous woman

B. a description of the nursing work

C. an example of successful education

D. the history of nursing in England

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David Beckham was born in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was in football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team.

In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996-1997 season, he scored a surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

1.Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 1?

A. success　　 B. interest

C. prize　　 D. skill

2.The unusually surprising way that he scored goals　　　 .

A. helped him to gain many prizes for Essex

B. kept him playing for Leeds United

C. offered him the chance to join the national team

D. made him popular and famous

3.Which of the following shows the right order of what Beckham experienced?

a. Beckham played his first football league game

b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award

c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team

d. Beckham went to Spain to join a football training camp

e. Beckham played for the schools of Essex

A. e, d, a, c, b　　 B. b, e, d, a, c

C. e, b, a, d, c　　 D. b, d, e, c, a

4.The passage mainly talks about　　　 .

A. how Beckham became a successful football player

B. what abilities Beckham had to score so many goals

C. when Beckham became famous all over Britain

D. why Beckham could win in football league games

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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years　　 　　 B. Ten years

C. Nineteen years　　　 D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

5. Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.

A. England　　　　 　　　　　　 B. Paris

C. the United States　　　　 D. New York City

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