Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life, but he never gave up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Altitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision (视野) and dreaming big. He says attitude is the most powerful tool in the life and failure is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 34. In only eight years, Zuckerberg turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuckerberg once wrote to his workmates, “We don't build service to make money; we make money to build better service.”

Jeremy Lin is an excellent basketball player. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.

1. Believe in yourself.

2. People will love you for being yourself.

3. Stay humble (谦逊的).

1.Attitude Is Altitude is ______.

A. the title of Zuckerberg's speech B. Nick's company

C. an international organization D. a machine that can speak

2.What is Mark Zuckerberg?

A. A boss of a speaking company. B. The writer's workmate.

C. A basketball player. D. A boss of a network company.

3.The reason why Jeremy Lin be successful ______.

A. Attitude is the most powerful tool B. Make money to build better service

C. Being yourself D. always follow others

4.From what Zuckerberg wrote to his workmates, we can learn ______.

A. Facebook doesn't build service

B. Facebook doesn't make money

C. building service doesn't make money

D. offering better service is more important than making money

5.Which of the following is right?

A. Nick had no arms or legs because of an accident.

B. Nick says people can learn from their failures.

C. Mark Zuckerberg begins his company when he was 8 years old.

D. Jeremy Lin loves being himself so he never learns from others.

Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.

When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.

Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

1.How often did Edison make a new invention?

A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days

C. About once a week D. About twice a week

2.The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”

A. Gave somebody a job B. Set fire to somebody

C. Let somebody down D. Forced somebody to leave his job

3.Edison considered his deafness as______.

A. something bad B. a gift from god C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage

4.Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness

B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching

C. Edison had his first job in 1869

D. Edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The function of the electric light B. Edison and his experiments

C. The importance of inventions D. The whole life of Edison.

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