19．One day in l965，when I worked at View Ridge School in Seattle，a fourth-grade teacher approached me．She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge．"Could he help in the library？"She asked．I said，"Send him along．"
Soon a slight，sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shift appeared．"Do you have a job for me？"he asked．
I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books．He picked up the idea immediately．Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue books that I was beginning to think had actually been returned but were misshelved with the wrong cards in them．He said，"Is it kind of a detective job？"I answered yes，and he became working．
He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced，"Time for break!"He argued for finishing the finding job； She made the case for fresh air．She won．
The next morning，he arrived early．"I want to finish these books，"he said．At the end of the day，when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis，it was easy to say yes．He worked untiringly．
After a few weeks I found a note on my desk，inviting me to dinner at the boy's home．At the end of a pleasant evening，his mother announced that the family would be moving to neighbouring school district．Her son's first concern，she said，was leaving the View Ridge library．"Who will find the lost books？"he asked．
When the time came，I said a reluctant good-bye．I missed him，but not for long．A few days later he came back and joyfully announced："The librarian over there doesn't let boys work in the library．My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge．My dad will drop me off on his way to work．And if he can't，I'll walk!"
I should have had an inkling（感觉） such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go．What I could not have guessed，however，was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age：Bill Gates，tycoon of Microsoft and America's richest man．
36．What was the boy told to do on his first day in the library？C
A．To rearrange the books according to the new system．
B．To put those overdue books back to the shelves．
C．To find out the books with wrong cards in them．
D．To put the cards back in the long-overdue books．
37．The boy got transferred back to View Ridge becauseD．
A．he did not like his life in the new school
B．the transportation there was not convenient
C．he missed his old schoolmates and teachers
D．he was not allowed to work in the school library
38．What impressed the author most was that the boyB．
A．had a thirst for learning
B．had a strong will
C．was extremely quick at learning
D．had a kind heart．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了作者回忆曾经比尔盖茨作图书管理员是发生的事，他坚强的意志给作者留下深刻的印象，最终成为世界首富．
解答 36．C．细节理解题．根据第四段第一句"He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and announced"可知，是让他从书架上找出书卡放错的图书；故选C．
37．D．细节理解题．根据倒数第二段"‘The librarian over there doesn't let boys work in the library．My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge．'"可知，他因不能在新学校的图书馆工作而要求转回原来的学校；故选D．
38．B．推理判断题．根据文章第五段"At the end of the day，when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis，it was easy to say yes．He worked untiringly"可知给作者印象最深的是那个男孩坚强的意志；故选B．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
