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school graduate-hanging out with friends, preparing for college, worrying about his university fees.
While most of his peers gave up on their pipe dreams, he sat down with a notebook at home, and
jotted down (草草记下) the question: How can I become a millionaire?
The result was the Million Dollar Homepage. com. Alex"s initial investment was 50 pounds to
buy web space and a domain (领域) name. He divided the blank homepage into one million pixels
(电脑上的像点), 10,000 blocks of 100 pixels each. Each pixel was worth $ 1, minimum purchase:
100 pixels. Within a month Alex had earned some $ 37,000, enough for him to cover the entire cost
of his forthcoming three years at university. In just a few months, he became a real millionaire.
How did he come up with the idea of the Millionaire Dollar Home Page?
"Well, I was trying to think of a way to make some money before I started university, as I was
about to take on a huge debt and I was already overdrawn (透支). Swift action was necessary!" He
said.
He also added, "The important thing is that anything is possible-we are only limited by our imagination.
I always had this belief that a good idea can be successful on its own. I think I"ve learnt that if we think
deeper there are magical solutions hiding away for us to find."
His personal philosophy around money is: Money is not everything, but it"s an essential part of the
way we live. Having__some__removes__a__certain__amount__of__stress,__but,__unless__we__
are__careful,__it__can__create__a__new__type__of__stress.
He also said, "I still want to go to university. Aside from gaining knowledge about business, there
are other reasons-exploring your interests, meeting new people, and being in a creative environment."
Besides making contributions to society, he would try to encourage and inspire people to think of
creative solutions to problems, whatever they are.
B. Quick action.
C. Great ambition.
D. Great investment.
B. Alex Taw will graduate from university.
C. Alex Taw doesn"t work hard.
D. Alex Taw was not rich before.
B. Money can be of great help.
C. We should try our best to earn money.
D. Money is helpful in some way, but we should make full use of it.
B. The Success Road to Be a Millionaire
C. Alex Taw: The Millionaire Boy
D. The Million Dollar Homepage. com
B. would be a top student in university
C. succeeded with the help of his parents
D. invested a large amount of money on the Internet
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international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China.
__1__
Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team California, says, "One of the programming problems was
trying to figure out how to break an arbitrary chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain
number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. __2__"
The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty.__3__ They designed ways to test their
solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winning team from Shanghai Jiaotong
University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanford"s team
solved five problems and finished in the 14th place. Stanford was one of twentyone American universities
that took part in the contest this year.
__4__ It began in 1970 at Texas A&M University. The contest quickly became popular in the
United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and
area contests.
The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computing Machinery Computer
Science conference. Today, a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to
the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions
receive prizes and scholarships. __5__
A. The competitors show real interest in IBM.
B. Then they figured out the requirements of each.
C. And that"s probably the simplest of all of them.
D. This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.
E. Threeperson teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.
F. The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.
G. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM.
three tables away. Their _1_ was a little strange and it caught my attention. I"ve always been 2 to the
feelings of other people. I got the immediate 3 that this couple could 4 afford to eat out. At first I
5 the thought, but it kept appearing into my head.
I begans to feel a strong 6 to pay for their meals. I wasn"t rich, but I could 7 it. So I followed
my intention and 8 the boss to pay their bill. I was told that they had 9 their courses and might still
order coffees, but so far the bill 10 $ 75.
When he asked 11 I was paying their bill I felt a little 12 as I tried to cover my feelings. I finally
replied, "When I saw that couple I got the feeling that they had to 13 to get what they"ve got. So I
decided to pay their bill. 14 I don"t want you to tell them who paid it or why. Just treat it as a(n) 15 .
"When the couple went to settle their account a 16 reaction could be heard throughout the restaurant.
Later I asked the boss what happened. He said the young woman broke down in tears and said," 17
like this has ever happened to us before. We"ve never 18 anything or been given anything. Things
19 this just don"t happen to us." But it did happen. Now every time I think of the 20 at the
restaurant a smile spreads across my mouth, as I remember how once, I felt a strong desire to give freely
to another.
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| High school is tough. And if you were to ask Pink her opinion on the subject she"d tell you the same. Before she became famous, and when she was still called Alicia Moore, the young superstar faced more than her fair share of high school drama. In her interview with Faze, Pink admits she was sorted as a troublemaker at school, "The problem was, I was labelled as trouble-so I was like "trouble". I"ll show you trouble. You want trouble, well here it is!" Unfortunately, Pink began to deliver what the teachers expected and the vicious cycle began. "It"s like the label they give you, you grow into it anyway. They treat you bad, so you act bad," Pink says and continues. "Did I deserve it?-in the end yes, but I feel I just conformed to the label they gave me. I think a lot of kids just get frustrated and act the way the teachers expect them to." It"s no surprise that eventually Pink developed a problem with authority, "When they would say it had to be a certain way I would ask, "why?" They"d say, "Because it always has," so I"d try to prove them wrong." Predictably, Pink dropped out of school and soon after began to sing in nightclubs. She sang any chance she could get and was eventually discovered by a talent scout (星探) while singing in a club in Philadelphia. She does not regret anything she has done and would not change her past if she could. "To change that would change who I am," she said in her Faze interview. She believes having faced so many difficulties at a young age is a good thing. "To experience the good you have to have seen the bad. Plus it makes you appreciate blessings more," she says. Pink encourages us to be ourselves and not to worry about being labelled. "Just wait," she says. "Give it a couple of years then it won"t matter. Because no matter what label they give you, the best thing you can do is prove them wrong." | |||
| 1. According to the passage, what is Pink"s suggestion? | |||
| A. Do it your way. B. To be confident. C. Don"t make trouble. D. To be happy. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "labelled" in the second paragraph mean? | |||
| A. Known. B. Realized. C. Classified. D. Discovered. | |||
| 3. The passage implies that students ________. | |||
| A. will usually follow their teachers" advice B. will act the way their parents expect them to C. are likely to behave in a bad way as others expect D. are willing to meet with many difficulties | |||
| 4. Pink felt that high school was hard because ________. | |||
| A. she fell behind others B. she was misunderstood C. she was unsuccessful D. she felt lonely | |||
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| On a typical hot August day in Xianyou County, Fujian Province, Zeng Demei, a retired worker in his seventies, hurries down a busy street.In his hand is a black leather bag.Zeng opens his bag, taking out two forms. 1 . Each of the forms contains detailed information of a student.On his arrival two hours later a woman greets him and leads him to her office where another man is waiting.They are the two village officials. They inspect the forms handed to them by Zeng and immediately recognize the girls. 2 . "It"s a pity but it doesn"t matter."says Zeng, who wastes no time in deciding to look for the remaining child, Su Qiuju. After half an hour, they stop outside a small house made of mud brick.A middleaged man and a girl in a faded pink dress greet them.Su Qiuju is eight years old.She was forced to drop out of school after both her parents died.She is now living with her uncle who cannot afford his own children"s education. However, the year of education Su Qiuju did complete was a successful one. 3 . When they are about to leave, Zeng says, "I must find a supporter for this girl to sponsor her education."Zeng has made it his retirement task to help children complete their schooling.Back in 1999, Zeng took part in a campaign started by the local women"s organization to help students from poor families. 4 . His task had begun and since then he has spent his time persuading his friends and neighbors and others to donate money."To me, children"s education is the most important. 5 . I have to find sufficient funding before the school opens in September." When asked how long he will keep up his vital work as the community"s guardian angel, he has a simple reply."Not until my eyes can"t see, and my feet can"t move." A. They were having problems with their schoolwork B. These are for the two girls he"s going to visit this morning C. They live in a small village not very far, though only one of the girls is still living at home D. She displayed a talent for handwriting, writing her threecharacter name neatly and beautifully E. The thought of students dropping out of school bothers me so much that I can"t get to sleep at night F. Of course, some people question why I would want to give up my retirement to go to so much trouble G. He was so overcome by the tough situation of many poor children that he donated all his money to help out a girl | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Christmas was just a week away and I had five people left to shop for but only three dollars. "Let"s set a price limit on our gifts this year,"I suggested to my best friend Joanie. "That"s a good idea," Joanie agreed. "How about something over five dollars?" "How about sixty cents?" I felt like the biggest cheapskate in the world. "I guess this is where I"m supposed to say it"s not the gift but the thought that counts," Joanie smiled. It is almost impossible to buy anything under sixty cents, so it was really going to have to be very small gifts with very big thoughts. Finally, Christmas Day arrived. I gave my mother a candle with a note that said, "You are the brightest light in my life." She almost cried when she read the note. I gave my brother a wooden ruler. On the back of it I had painted, "No brother in the world could measure up to you." He gave me a bag of sugar and wrote on it, "You"re my sweet sister." For Joanie, I painted a pair of shoes with a note that said, "No one could ever fill your shoes. "She thanked me and said I always tickled (使……高兴) her and made her laugh. To my other two friends, I gave Annie a paper fan and a note on it, "I"m your biggest fan." I gave Helen a calculator that cost one dollar and I painted a message on the back, "You can always count on me." My mother knows she is the most important person in my life. My brother thinks I"m sweet. Joanie thinks I"m funny and make her laugh, which is important because her dad moved away last year and she misses him and is sad sometimes... | |||
| 1. When Christmas neared, the author worried that she________. | |||
| A. had few friends to give her gifts B. had little money to buy gifts for others C. didn"t know what gifts her friends would like D. didn"t have enough time to go shopping | |||
| 2. The underlined word "cheapskate" in Paragraph 4 probably refers to a person who________. | |||
| A. is the poorest in the world B. buys the cheapest skateboards C. spends as little money as possible D. buys the cheapest things in the world | |||
| 3. The girl gave her mother a candle because it stands for________. | |||
| A. the girl"s own life B. her mother"s life C. the girl"s role in her mother"s life D. the mother"s role in the girl"s life | |||
| 4. What can we learn from the passage? | |||
| A. It is an art to choose gifts. B. It is the thought not the gift that matters. C. How to choose cheap gifts. D. Giving gifts improves friendships. |