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During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P．E and wrote several books．While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing．He was the inventor of basketball．

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA．One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students．Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside．He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something．

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea．The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game．It was quite different from the basketball games of today．It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs．Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets．

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin．

Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A．Teach P．E in school． B．Write some books．

C．Work at hospital． D．Take part in the Olympic Games．

In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A．Summer． B．Winter． C．Spring． D．Autumn．

Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A．It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball．

B．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born．

C．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game．

D．It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played．

At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

A．Basketball was already a worldwide game．

B．Basketball was played with 9 players on each side．

C．Basketball was an Olympic sport．

D．Basketball was still played using footballs．

What would be the best title for this story?

A．History of Basketball B．How Basketball Has Changed

C．Father of Basketball D．Happy Birthday, Basketball

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     LONDON ( Reuters) -Ecotourism (生态旅游) is  causing  a  lot
of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival(生存) of
the very animals people are flocking to see,according to researchers.
        Biologists and conservationists (自然环境持论者) are worried
because polar bears,dolphins, penguins and other creatures are
getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.
       "Evidence (证据) is growing that many animals do not react
well to tourists in their backyard,"New Scientist Magazine said.
      The immediate effects researchers have noticed are changes in
behavior,heart rates,or stress hormone levels but they fear it could
get much worse and over the long term" could endanger the survival
of the very wildlife they want to see. "
      Although money produced through ecotourism,which has been
growing at about 10 - 30 percent a year,has major benefits for poor
countries and people living in rural areas,the Swiss-based World
Conservation Union(IUCN) and some govemments fear not all projects
are audited (审查) and based on environmentally friendly policies,
according to the magazine.
      "Transmission (传播) of disease to wildlife,or small changes
to wildlife health through disturbance of daily life or increased
stress levels,while not obvious to the casual observer,may translate
to lower survival and breeding," said Philip Seddon,of the University
of Otago in Dunedin,New Zealand.
    Scientists have noticed that bottle-neck dolphins along the
northeastern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when
tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed
in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by ecotourists
that are producing smaller babies.
   Conservationists are now calling for more research into the
effect of ecotourism on animals and say the industry must be developed
carefully, They also want studies done before new ecotourism
projects are started.
      "The animals' welfare should be very important because without
them there will be no ecotourism," said Rochelle Constantine of
the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

1. What's the theme of the text?

A. Many animals are dying for lack of money.
B. There will be no ecotourism without animals.
C. Ecotourism could endanger the survival of the wildlife people want to see.
D. More research should be done on ecotourism.

2. We may learn from the text that ____ .

A. ecotourism must be developed properly
B. polar bears are losing weight without enough food
C. all the poor countries have stopped ecotourism
D. money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wild life

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. Many animals do not react well in their backyard.
B. Polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.
C. Ecotourism has been growing at about 10 - 30 percent ayear.
D. Studies should be done before new ecotourism projects are started.

4. What Rochelle Constantine said in the last paragraph implies that____．

A. if people want to get high income,they must develop ecotourism
B. animals have rights to live their own life
C. animals are people's good friends
D. people should take good care of wildlife

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During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P．E and wrote several books．While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing．He was the inventor of basketball．

Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA．One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students．Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside．He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something．

It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea．The “birth of basketball” is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game．It was quite different from the basketball games of today．It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs．Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special “basketballs” through nets．

Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin．

1．Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?

A．Teach P．E in school． B．Write some books．

C．Work at hospital． D．Take part in the Olympic Games．

2．In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?

A．Summer． B．Winter． C．Spring． D．Autumn．

3．Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?

A．It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball．

B．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born．

C．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game．

D．It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played．

4．At the time of Dr Naismith’s death, which of the following was true?

A．Basketball was already a worldwide game．

B．Basketball was played with 9 players on each side．

C．Basketball was an Olympic sport．

D．Basketball was still played using footballs．

5．What would be the best title for this story?

A．History of Basketball B．How Basketball Has Changed

C．Father of Basketball D．Happy Birthday, Basketball

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As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates boasted that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. While he did not quite achieve that goal, only 15 years later, he was a millionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in America with assets (资产) of approximately US $ 6. 3 billion.

Born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October, 1956, Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather. From the beginning, he was an extremely energetic and intelligent child. He had read the entire world book encyclopedia (百科全书) by the age of nine. His favorite subjects at school were science and math and his favorite pastime was “thinking”.

Gates first started to play with computers at the age of 13, when one was installed at his school. At that time, computers were large, awkward (笨重的) machines. Operators were required to learn complex (复杂的) computer languages before the machines could be used. Even then a great deal of time and effort was needed to perform the simplest functions. Before long Gates was an expert at working the school's computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in the USA Princeton, Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autumn, majoring math. But he was still obsessed (占据心思) with computers and spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.

By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it.

BASIC was a success because until it came along, there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.

His next project was the software program that made him famous and very rich. It was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was purchased (购买) by 113M in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.

As chief executive office of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man, but one who is not easily satisfied. He is quick to criticize (批评) his staff and hates to be questioned about decisions he has made. He was regarded as a loner and unfashionable boring computer nut until his marriage to Microsoft manager Melinda French on New Year's Day 1994. Yet to most people now, Gates is a person who is, in spite of his great wealth, humble (谦恭) and ordinary. He spends his money carefully. He eats in fast food restaurants and flies economy class. And when praised for Microsoft's great success, he has been heard to say. “All we do is put software in a box and if people see it in the stores and like it, they buy it. “

1．When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be a ________.

A. teacher

B. doctor

C. businessman

D. professor

2．When Gates went to Harvard, he ________.

A. was interested only in math

B. spent most of his time in computer laboratories

C. developed the first computer software program

D. divided his time between his math studies and the computer laboratories

3．Before the development of BASIC, ________.

A. no one was interested in computer software

B. software programs were not considered commercial projects

C. software programs were very expensive

D. no one wanted to pay for computer software

4．When the writer says, “Bill was regarded as an unfashionable boring computer nut”, he means ________.

A. Bill was so strong-minded that no one could change his mind

B. the only thing that could interests Bill on his life was computer

C. Bill was such a boring young man that nobody would like to talk to him

D. Bill couldn't work out the boring computer problems

5．Most people think Gates is ________.

A. a crazy person

B. a person obsessed with making money

C. someone who spends money freely

D. a quite common, normal person