Bill Gates is head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men. He was born on October 28, 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. He was a very bright boy. Science and math were his two favorite subjects at school. And he dreamed of being a scientist.
Bill first started to play on computers at the age of 13. At that time, a computer was a very large machine. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent as much time as possible on computers. In the end, they worked out a software program. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. In 1975, Bill and his partners 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. Then Bill left Harvard to work for Microsoft, a company he started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing software for personal computers. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers. After many years of hard work, Microsoft becomes one of the most successful companies. And Bill Gates also becomes one of the richest businessmen in the world.
76 题判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）；77 题完成句子；78—79 题简略回答问题；80 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Bill Gates developed a software program called BASIC by himself.
2. Bill Gates was born in
3. What did Bill Gates do on his 13?
4. What did Bill Gates and Paul Allen think of the computer?
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【推荐1】A superstar usually is someone who has become famous in sports, films, or popular music. For example, in the 1980s, Michael Jackson made a record album(唱片) called “Thriller”. It quickly became the most popular record in the history of music and it made Michael Jackson a superstar. The word “super” means something that is extremely(极其) good. And of course, a “star” is a person who is very famous. So people use superstar to describe the top people in sports, acting and music.
One of the most famous sports superstars in the United States was boxer Muhammad Ali. As a young man, he won a gold medal in the Olympics. Then he became the heavy-weight boxing champion(冠军) of the world. Before long, he was known as one of the greatest and most famous boxers in sports history.
Muhammad Ali said that when he was a champion, he was more famous than the president of the United States and the leaders of other countries. He was a true superstar. Everyone knew his name. But like the stars in the sky, a superstar may disappear gradually as the time passes. Many young people these days know little about Muhammad Ali. Superstars, loved by millions of people today, may be forgotten tomorrow.
任务1：阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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任务2：阅读短文，进行同义句转换，每空一词。
3. As a young man, he won a gold medal in the Olympics.
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任务3：根据短文内容回答问题。
4. When did Michael Jackson make a record album called “Thriller”?
5. What do people use superstar to describe?
6. Do people remember the superstars for ever?
Liu Qingyi, a 16-year-old girl from Central China’s Henan Province, won the global breakdance competition at the Outbreak Europe 2022 in Slovakia on August 7th, becoming the first Chinese B-girl to ever win the world breakdance top-level competition. It is a major breakthrough!
The event catching tons of attention was held from Thursday to Sunday, with more than 600 dancers from more than 30 countries and areas all over the world entering the competition.
In the women’s 1 vs 1 match, Liu successfully placed the 16th out of 124 competitors in the audition (海选). Later she won again in the eight rounds of the 16, and then beat the German competitor Jilou to reach the semi-finals (半决赛). In the semi-finals Liu Qingyi continued to fight and won 2 to 0 against the Italian dancer Anti. In the final, Liu competed against the famous Dutch veteran (经验丰富的人) India and reached the top.
Liu’s amazing story all started six years ago when she saw a group of people dancing in the street. She was very excited about the performers’ cool and amazing dance and looked forward to joining them.
“I’ve been busy in many hobbies like playing the guitar, boxing and so on. Hip-hop is my true love.” Liu said. “In order to achieve my dream, I work hard and hold it on. Being able to turn my true love into a career (职业) makes me a lucky person.”
1. How long did the breakdance competition last?2. How many turns (轮次) did Liu Qingyi experience to reach the top? Who did she beat in the final?
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3. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
4. What can you learn from Liu’s words in the last paragraph? (至少写出两个句子)
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
Over the past three years, Kang Jian has created more than 400 dough sculptures (面塑) and become a city-level inheritor (继承人) of the dough sculpture in Mohe, Heilongjiang Province.
Kang has shown an interest in art, especially dough sculpture, since he was a child. Every time his parents made dumplings, he would ask for some dough to make animals. Those dough animals brought great fun to him in his childhood. However, Kang didn’t learn art in college. His family was poor and his parents were not able to afford his education. Kang left college in 2016 and worked in the Mohe Forestry Bureau.
Then in 2018, during a visit to a museum in Beijing, Kang learned something about dough sculpting. Then he had the idea of taking his childhood interest up. He visited some famous artists and learned to make dough sculptures from them. Through his hard work, Kang improved his skills.
As a fan of Chinese literature, Kang would like to make dough sculptures of Chinese heroes, such as Sun Hukong and Guan Yi. In April 2022, he even finished the dough sculptures of 108 heroes from the novel Outlaws of the Marsh after 16 months of work.
When Kang is free, he is invited to give classes at schools to teach students to make dough sculptures. He is happy to have a chance to tell young people about dough sculptures. He expects more young people to take up this traditional art form.
1. Where is Kang Jian from?2. Why didn’t Kang Jian enter an art school?
3. How did Knng Jian improve his skills of making dough sculptures?
4. How long did it take Kang to finish the 108 heroes from the novel Outlaws of the Marsh?
5. What’s Kang Jian’s hope?
