The smartphone company Xiaomi Technology was set up in Beijing in 2010. Now it has become one of China’s leading mobile phone companies. Some people skip work and school to wait in line to buy its main product: Mi phones.

The man behind this craze is Lei Jun. The 49-year-old is the co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi.

Lei was born in Xiantao, Hubei, in 1969. At the age of 18, he entered Wuhan University to study computer science. A book that he read there changed his life. It was Fire In the Valley, which tells the story of the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. Encouraged by the book, the 21-year-old set up a company. But it soon failed because he lacked(缺乏) a long-term plan.

After graduation(毕业), Lei joined Kingsoft, a software company. In 16 years, he became one of the top IT company leaders. But that’s not the only thing he wanted. “I had my dream not realized and it was calling me every night,” said Lei. At the age of 38, he left Kingsoft and started his own company.

Lei is a big fan of the iPhone. But instead of creating a copy of it, he kept thinking about how to make it better.

At the age of 41, he co-founded Xiaomi. Now, there are more than 14 million Mi phone users. Lei helped make online buying popular in China.

1.Lei Jun’s first company failed because _____.

A. he was too young to run a company

B. he didn’t have a long-term plan

C. he lacked money

D. he had no knowledge about computers

2.Encouraged by a book, Lei Jun set up his first company in _______.

A. 1991 B. 1992 C. 1998 D. 1990

3.According to the passage, we can learn that Mi phone _____.

A. is the most popular phone in China

B. has the most users in China

C. is a copy of the iPhone

D. is a smart phone with many innovations (创新)

4.Which is the right order of the following events?

① Lei Jun joined Kingsoft.

②Lei Jun co-founded Xiaomi.

③Lei Jun graduated from college.

④ Lei Jun left Kingsoft and started his own company.

A. ③①④② B. ③②④① C. ②④③① D. ②③④①

5.Lei Jun’s story of success tells us that we should _____.

A. read the book about Steve Jobs

B. study computer science in college

C. have our own dream

D. set up our own company

Some English words have more than one meaning. These are called multi-meaning words.

Multi-meaning words have the same pronunciation with different meanings. For example, let’s look at the word “ball”. You could have a “ball” which means you would have a good time. You could toss a “ball” which means you throw an object. You could be on the “ball” which means you know what is happening. You could go to a “ball” which means a dance.

__________Take the word “can”. You “can” ride a bike which means you are able to ride a bike. You have a “can” of soup which means the soup is in a round-shaped holder. You can do the “can-can” which is a dance from the 1920s. And you might get “canned” if you do a poor job at work, which means you might lose your job.

How about “fly”? You can “fly” an airplane or you can hit a “fly” that is on your food in your house. Or, you can “fly by the seat of your pants” which means you don’t make a plan before taking an action. And, you know that “fly” of a zipper(拉链)is the top part of the zipper.

There are hundreds of words that are multi-meaning words. The word “set” has more meaning than any other word in the English language. When you have time. Why don’t you try to think of all the ways the word “set” is used?

If you look at the title of this book Can a Fly, Fly? …you know that the answer is “Yes” because you have seen an insect named a “fly” go up in the air and move around through the air … which is what “fly” means. Can a Fly? Of course, it can!

1.If Tom is often late for work and fails to finish his tasks, he will ________.

A. do the can-can B. get canned

C. be on the ball D. go to a ball

2.According to the passage, the word “_______” has the most meanings in the English language.

A. ball B. can C. set D. fly

3.Which of the following is the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. Let’s try another word. B. Let’s make a word list.

C. Here’s a survey report. D. Here’s the guessing game.

4.The writer writes the passage in order to _________.

A. tell a story about learning English words

B. introduce a book on learning English words

C. share an experience in learning English words

D. present different pronunciations of the same word

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