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    　　Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955．He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle．Their father, William H．Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer．Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher．

    　　Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle．It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft- ware, programming computers at age 13．

    　　In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president．While at Harvard, Gates developed a version(版本)of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer－the MITS Astair．In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen．Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers．

    　　Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry．He plays an important role in the technical development of new products．Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail．

    　　In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than ＄ 800 million to charities(慈善机构), including ＄ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age．

    (1)

    Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?

    [　　]

    A．

    At public elementary school．

    B．

    At the private Lakeside School．

    C．

    At Harvard University．

    D．

    At Microsoft Company．

    (2)

    Why did he drop out of Harvard?

    [　　]

    A．

    To change school．

    B．

    To spend all his energies to Microsoft．

    C．

    To find a full-time job．

    D．

    To earn money．

    (3)

    How does Gates spend much of his time?

    [　　]

    A．

    Meeting with people．

    B．

    Travelling around the world．

    C．

    E-mailing some friends．

    D．

    Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees．

    (4)

    What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?

    [　　]

    A．

    gave．

    B．

    earned．

    C．

    made．

    D．

    received．

    答案：1．B;2．B;3．D;4．A;
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    　　China has input several billion yuan of money to stop the dirty water waste on the upper and middle area of the Pearl River from polluting the lower reaches of the river, especially the Macao Spe-cial Administrative Region．

    　　The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the upper and middle reaches of the Pearl River has been rapidly urbanized(城市化)and industrialized in recent years, leading to a rise in the amount of urban rubbish to the damage of the land, rivers and atmosphere．

    　　Refuse dumps and special plants in most cities treat rubbish to make it harmless, with 5,800 tons of wastes being burnt, buried or made into fertilizers on a daily basis．

    　　He Suping, a woman engineer with the water re-sources department in Guangxi said, it is imperative for the autonomous region to treat sewage wastes to protect the area's Karst terrain(喀斯特地形)and rain water which brings contact between groundwater and surface water, making groundwater more easily polluted．

    　　The Xijiang River, a branch of the Pearl River which runs from Guangxi to neighboring Guangdong Province, provides fresh water for a number of river-side cities such as Macao, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Zhaoqing, so Guangxi must begin to treat rubbish quickly to protect the water sources, said Liu Chen, a senior engineer with the Ministry of Water Resources．

    　　The government 2001－2006 plan to spend bil-lions of yuan to turn wastes harmless has been mainly provided by national debt payments and overseas in-vestment．So far wastes treatment projects have re-ceived a total of 400 million yuan(48 million US dol-lars)from national debts and 60 million yuan(7.22 million US dollars)from overseas loans(贷款)．

    (1)

    The main idea of the passage is ________

    [　　]

    A．

    A large number of waterways have been polluted in China up to now．

    B．

    Guangxi and Guangdong have taken the lead in making water clean．

    C．

    China's rivers are badly in need of improve-ment．

    D．

    China is making efforts to reduce pollution of the rivers．

    (2)

    The main idea of the last paragraph is ________

    [　　]

    A．

    The government has no ability to afford the expenses of treating wastes．

    B．

    The government has a long-term plan to treat wastes．

    C．

    National debt payments and overseas investment are taking an important part in developing China's economy．

    D．

    A great deal of money is needed in dealing with wastes．

    (3)

    The basic reason why the amount of urban rubbish rises in Guangxi lies in ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    the improvement of people's living standard

    B．

    people's wasting too much

    C．

    urbanization and industrialization

    D．

    too many tourists'coming

    (4)

    The word“imperative”here probably means ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    unnecessary

    B．

    important

    C．

    easy

    D．

    unbelievable

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