Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder who became a millionaire after founding technology companies, experienced a long line of university dropouts(退学者)as we all know, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs among them. But 12 years after leaving Harvard to work on Facebook full time, he returned to pick up his degree finally.
Zuckerberg founded what was then called “The Facebook” in his college dormitory (宿舍) in 2004. At that time, the service was at first offered only to Harvard students before bringing it to other Ivy League (常春藤联盟) universities. Zuckerberg made the university’s graduation speech later on Thursday. After receiving the honor for the degree, he posted a photo of him with his parents and Mark Zuckerberg realized his parents’dream with a Harvard degree.
During his speech on Thursday, Mr Zuckerberg told graduates that everybody lived in a changeable time. With his wife, Priscilla, in the audience (听众), he pointed to the dormitory where he founded Facebook and added that meeting her there was the best thing to happen to him at the university.
Zuckerberg returned to the room where he built Facebook along with his partners, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. Even after the company moved its head office to California, Zuckerberg continued to be a student at Harvard until he dropped out in November, 2005. “I’m not coming back,” he told the university paper “The Crimson”.
His honorary degree comes 12 years later, a little quicker than Bill Gates, another famous Harvard dropout, to get his. Gates, who left to found Microsoft in 1975, did not receive his honorary degree until 2007. Last week, Zuckerberg shared a video of him finding out he had been accepted into Harvard. At that time he was just a young man who was going to step into one of the best universities around the world and he didn’t know who he would be in the future at all.
1. Who were the first users of the service of “The Facebook”?A.Officers in Gates’ company. |
B.Some Zuckerberg’s friends. |
C.The students in Harvard. |
D.Students in Ivy universities. |
A.Having the idea of founding a company. |
B.Dropping out of the best university. |
C.Living in the special dormitoiy. |
D.Meeting his wife Priscilla. |
A.He was in the same class with Steve Jobs. |
B.After twelve years’ leaving, he graduated from Harvard. |
C.He became rich for selling some technology firms. |
D.He founded Facebook after his graduation. |
A.Zuckerberg and his late Harvard degree |
B.Zuckerberg, the special teacher for life |
C.Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Jobs’ influence |
D.Zuckerberg and his terrible past and bright future |
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【推荐1】I love persimmons(柿子). The sweet, bright orange fruit indicates the coming of autumn in Iran, where grew up. Persimmons can’t grow just anywhere, but they do grow in California, where I now live. A few years ago, preparing to travel from San Francisco to Boston, I packed two persimmons, one of which I ate in the departure hall, waiting for boarding.
At this point, a lady came up, asking where the fruit was purchased. She looked a bit disappointed when hearing it couldn’t be gained at the airport and returned to her seat on the other end of the hall. “I can give the second persimmon away”, I thought to myself. When I offered her the fruit, she at first opposed but when I insisted, she was visibly glad and appreciatively accepted. I went back to my seat. happy to have made someone else happy, and that, as far as I was concerned, was the end of the story.
Sometime during the flight, the lady caught up with me to thank me again. She shared that she had grown up in Japan, where there was a persimmon tree in the yard of her childhood home. She now lived in Boston, where she hadn’t been able to find the fruit. The taste of this persimmon was precious to her, reconnecting her with memories of her relatives.
Only then did I understand the impact of this tiny act of generosity. I am so moved to this day that the taste of the persimmon I never ate gives me more joy than all the ones I have eaten.
My experience is not unique. Research has shown that acts of generosity for others make us happier than treating ourselves. A 2018 study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues found that despite participants’ predictions to the contrary, giving money to someone else increased their own happiness more than spending it on themselves.
1. Why was the lady so grateful?A.She found the persimmon special |
B.She missed persimmons so much. |
C.She shared her experience with the author. |
D.She recalled the memories with her family. |
A.Modest. | B.Caring | C.Mean | D.Demanding. |
A.By clarifying a concept | B.By making a contrast |
C.By giving an example | D.By making a proposal |
A.The Joy of Generosity | B.An Unforgettable Experience |
C.Giving is Better Than Receiving | D.The Impact of a Tiny Act |
【推荐2】A few weeks ago I paid a visit to the UK.The moment I reached Heathrow airport,I was attracted by all the language differences between American and British English. Instead of reading “exit”,the signs read “way out”.The announcer said “alight” instead of “get off“ the plane.
My first stop in the UK was the British museum and I was particularly interested in Room 41.In that room,I saw the oldest sentence ever found written in Old English.Archeologists(考古学家)believe it is from between 450 and 480 AD.
The next stop was Westminster Abbey. At the Poets’ Corner I saw graves of famous writers,such as Shakespeare,Charles Dickens and Samuel Johnson. The list is going on and on.Another thing on the Ab-bey grounds that you should not miss is a colorful glass window in St. Margaret’s Church,as you walk up to the Abbey.The window,about halfway up the left side of the church,honors William Caxton.He was the first person to bring the printing press to England and set up his printing business near the Abbey, probably because he was likely to get work from the government offices in the area.Caxton may not be as well-known as the writers in Poets’ Corner,but he played a very important part instandardizing English.
My final stop was the Tower of London,which wasthe symbol of power of the people who changed English. This castle was built by William the conqueror after he defeated King Harold II in the Battle of Hastings during the Norman Invasion in 1066.After the Normans took over England,the official language became French for hundreds of years,and this was the time when many French words entered the English language especially words related to upper-class life such as words about government and cooking.
So that was my trip.
1. Where did the author see the oldest written form of English?A.At the Heathrow airport. |
B.In the British museum. |
C.At the Westminster Abbey. |
D.In the St.Margaret’s Church. |
A.He was one of the greatest British poets. |
B.He was buried in St.Margaret’s Church. |
C.He once worked in the government office. |
D.He helped to standardize the British English. |
A.Photographer. | B.Inventor. |
C.Victor. | D.Teenager. |
A.English borrowed many words from French. |
B.The Norman Invasion was led by King Harold II. |
C.French has become the official language since 1066. |
D.The Tower of London was built before the Norman Invasion. |
【推荐3】It was the dawn of 1863, and London’s not-yet-opened subway system, the first of its kind in the world, had the city in a disturbance. Digging a hole under the city and putting a railroad in it seemed the stuff of dreams. Pub drinkers laughed at the idea and a local minister accused the railway company of trying to break into hell. Most people simply thought the project, which cost more than 100 million dollars in today’s money, would never work.
But it did. On January 10, 1863, 30,000 people ventured underground to travel on the world’s first subway on a four-mile stretch of line in London. After three years of construction and a few setbacks, the Metropolitan Railway was ready for business. The city’s officials were much relieved. They’d been desperate to find a way to reduce the terrible congestion (拥挤) on the roads. London, at the time the world’s largest and most prosperous city, was in a permanent state of congestion, with carts, tradesmen, cows, and commuters (通勤者) jamming the roads.
It’d been a Victorian visionary, Charles Pearson, who first thought of putting railways under the ground. But how could you get a railway through the center of a city? The answer was “cut and cover”. Workers had to dig a huge trench (壕沟), construct a tunnel out of brick archways, and then refill the hole over the newly built tunnel.
As soon as the Metropolitan Railway opened, Londoners rushed in to ride the new trains. The Metropolitan quickly became a vital part of London’s transport system.
The first tube line, the City and South London, opened in 1890 and proved so successful that half a dozen more lines were built in the next 20 years. And today, with more than 160 cities in 55 countries using underground rails to fight against congestion, we can thank Charles Pearson and the Metropolitan Railway for getting us started on the right track.
1. What did most people think of the subway system in 1863?A.Costly. | B.Time-consuming. | C.Impractical. | D.Damaging. |
A.London was the world’s largest city. |
B.The streets were too crowded in London. |
C.There were too many vehicles in London. |
D.It wanted to make London another No.1. |
A.A way of subway constructing . | B.A tool to dig tunnels and holes. |
C.A company to build a railway. | D.A method of transporting materials. |
A.The London underground is still the best. |
B.There are seven tube lines in London now. |
C.Pearson’s ideal has come to fruition worldwide. |
D.Pearson instructed the world’s subway building. |
【推荐1】After four silent years, the 27-year-old British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello, the opening song from her third album 25, which came out on Nov. 20, 2015.
Although Adele is a very successful singer now, music wasn’t always what she saw herself doing. At age 10, when she saw her grandmother’s pain over the death of Adele’s grandfather, she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.
“I wanted to fix people’s hearts,” she told the UK music website i-D, remembering the childhood interest she’d had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.
Adele didn’t go to medical school, but many would agree that she still has healing(治愈)powers. “Her songs find the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their heart. This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele,” said The Telegraph. “She writes a pop diary, sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”
Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace, but not Adele. After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, she made it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album. She told Vogue magazine, “I won’t come out with new music until it’s better than 21.”
Instead of seeking fame, Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside. In her free time, she loved to watch TV series Teen Mom, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead.
Living life as normally as possible is important to the singer’s art. “Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who’s not living in the real world,” Adele told i-D. “So I live a low-key life for my fans.”
1. What does the text mainly tell us?A.The popularity of Adele’s album 25. |
B.The healing powers of Adele’s music. |
C.The secrets of Adele’s success in music. |
D.The reason for Adele’s becoming a singer. |
A.Adele wasn’t interested in music. |
B.Adele wasn’t good at music at first. |
C.Music wasn’t very important in Adele’s life. |
D.Music wasn’t all Adele wanted to be devoted to. |
A.To live a low-key life. |
B.To win the Grammy Award. |
C.To guarantee the quality of her music. |
D.To share the secrets of her heart as a musician. |
A.Her album Hello came out on Nov. 20, 2015. |
B.She has kept a diary since childhood. |
C.She moved to the countryside before 2012. |
D.Her works are based on real life. |
【推荐2】When your dream is to become a footballer and play for Barcelona, nothing should get in your way―even if you have no feel.
An 11-year-old schoolboy Gabriel Muniz, who was born without feel, will fly from his home in Brazil to take part in the Spanish club’s summer training camp. Although he is disabled, Muniz is one of the top players at the school and captain of his gym class. He can run, dribble, pass and strike the ball as well as any of his able-bodied teammates. He spends all his spare time on the football pitch.
His best friend Lucas Santos spoke about his abilities on a video for the Sun, “He is skillful, he goes after it, he is fearless and he knows how to organize plays. He also makes good passes.” Mum Sandra was thrilled that her son would achieve his dreams. She said, “He started walking before he was one. We would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, but he never fell.” Muniz’s gym teacher added, “He is challenging the social norms. When he arrived there, no one believed in him.” But he showed to everyone that he could play as well as any other boy. So he was invited to go to Spain to show his talent.
The Spanish La Liga soccer club has offered to fly Muniz to Spain in September, where he’ll be able to show off his “fancy footwork” and meet his idol, Barca soccer player Lionel Messi.
Muniz wears a prosthetic ankle and foot to keep him get around in rainy weather. He knows that his disability means he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team, so Muniz is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympic sport.
1. What did Lucas Santos think of Muniz’s football abilities?A.Just so-so. | B.Excellent. | C.Very bad. | D.Skilled. |
A.He has a hope that playing football will be part of Paralympic Games. |
B.His biggest dream is to play for a professional football team. |
C.He has great difficulty in living a normal life. |
D.He is going to play football for the Spanish La Liga soccer club. |
A.A good beginning is half done. | B.All is well that ends well. |
C.Never put off tomorrow what we can do today. | D.Where there is a will, there is a way. |
【推荐3】A 63-year-old Chinese grandpa's traditional carpentry (木工) skills are delighting tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork without glue, screws or nails.
The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen, known as “Grandpa Amu” on YouTube, has been regarded as a modern Lu Ban, a famous Chinese structural engineer during the Zhou Dynasty, thanks to his vast carpentry knowledge. His most popular video, which shows he made a fantastic wooden arch bridge, went viral on the platform, gaining more than 42 million views.
Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon technique (榫卯技术), which means no nails or glue are involved in the entire process of building the arch bridge. Grandpa Amu has also made several wooden toys for his grandson using the same technique. Among all the items, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are his grandson's favorites.
It was not long before his son and daughter-in-law decided to video Wang's efforts. The master carpenter has so far attracted over 1. 18 million subscribers on YouTube, but Grandpt Amu insists that he is just an ordinary farmer. Just like LiZiqi, who lives in a village of southwest China's Sichuan Province, has made a name for herself by making various Chinese dishes on YouTube since 2016. Grandpa Amu now in fact is also trying to spread unique Chinese techniques and Chinese culture to the world.
Grandpa Amu's son and daughter-in-law now work full time on his videos, hoping that the channel's popularity would help local villagers better sell their farm produce. “We came up with the idea of making the videos because we wanted to bring our rural culture to others and let people learn about these ancient Chinese techniques,” said Huang Chunmei, Grandpa Amu's daughter-in-law, in an interview with South China Morning Post.
1. What is Granda Amu famous for?A.A fantastic toy. | B.A pig. |
C.His carpentry skills. | D.The toys for his grandson. |
A.By using an ancient Chinese technique. | B.By applying modern skills. |
C.By following the videos. | D.By studying carpentry knowledge. |
A.They are good for selling toys. | B.They make Grandpa Amu busier. |
C.They contribute to introducing China. | D.They help Grandpa Amu earn much money. |
A.Best Popular Video On YouTube |
B.Granda Amu: A Chinese Master Carpenter |
C.Unbelievable Traditional Carpentry Skills |
D.China: A Nation Full Of Amazing Technology |