（　　）43. A. At             B. Until                             C. When              D. At the moment

（　　）42. A. lucky         B. intellectual(有智力的)    C. loving             D. shy

（　　）41. A. is born       B. was born                       C. did born          D. born

Bill Gates   41   on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very   42   boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and maths.   43   he was 13 years old, Bill stated to play with computers. At that time, computers   44   very large machines. Once he was very interested   45   a very old computer. He and some of his friends   46   lots of time doing unusual thing with it. In the end, they worked out a software program(软件程序)with the old machine. Bill   47   it for $4,200 when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill   48   Harvard University. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company(公司) called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975   49   his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing the software for personal computers. They improved(改进) the software to   50   

it easier for people to use computers.

（　　）40. －Do you like some butter on your bread?  －     .

                    A. Here you are          B. Yes, just a little  C. Thank you         D. Pass me some

（　　）39. －What time did you get up this morning?  －About 10 o’clock. I      .

                    A. slept early             B. woke up early    C. slept late            D. got up early

（　　）38. －      go for a trip on this weekend?  －A good idea.

                    A. How about            B. Would you like  C. Why not            D. Why don’t

（　　）37. John is older and more       than Jim.

                    A. heavier                  B. shorted              C. thinner              D. athletic

（　　）36. －      did it       him to finish the work? －Half an hour.

                    A. How soon, take      B. How long, lost   C. How often, spent   D. How long, take

（　　）35. The job is very interesting but       dangerous.

                    A. of kind                  B. kind of             C. a kind                D. this kind of