When I was in junior high school, what my friends thought of me was really important to me.

During those years, I grew much ______ than most of my peers (同龄人). Being so tall made me feel uncomfortable. In order to let others pay less attention to my unusual ______, I went along with the people who would play tricks on other kids at school. It made sure that the tricks were ______ at others, and not at me.

Once before a basketball class, my friends and I played a hurtful ______ on one of the kids on the basketball team, which made him terribly embarrassed (尴尬的).

My parents didn’t always think that my behavior was funny. They reminded me about “The Golden Rule”, to ______ others as I would like to be treated. What I was doing was hurting other kids, and in turn hurting ______. My friends were looking up to me ______ I was tall, but what did they see?

My parents wanted me to be a leader who set a good ______ to others. They taught me to set my own goals (目标), and to do the best at everything that I set out to do. They told me to be the leader that I was meant to be—to be a big man in my heart and actions, as well as in my body. I had to devote myself whether or not I would be the kind of leader and person my parents ______ I was inside, but I knew in my heart that they were right.

“Be a leader, not a(n) _____. Since people already have to look up to you, give them a good reason to do so.”

1.A. stronger B. taller C. wiser D. braver

2.A. hair B. eyesight C. weight D. height

3.A. punished B. directed C. worked D. shouted

4.A. joke B. role C. trick D. part

5.A. praise B. admire C. treat D. hate

6.A. himself B. myself C. themselves D. yourself

7.A. because B. though C. when D. if

8.A. friend B. decision C. example D. help

9.A. promised B. imagined C. forgot D. believed

10.A. follower B. learner C. organizer D. inventor

A short Chinese man is one of the biggest men in the world right now(现在).He is Jack Ma (Ma Yun),the Chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba Group.On Sept.19,2014,Alibaba went public (上市) and raised 25billion (十亿).Ma,a former English teacher,has become the richest man in China.

Born in 1964in Hangzhou,Zhejiang,Ma grew up as a happy kid.When he was a teenager,he wanted to learn English.Every morning,he got up at 5a.m.,rode his bike for 40minutes to a hotel near the West Lake and talked with foreign tourists in English.He did it for nine years,rain or shine.

The experience made him an excellent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the outside world.In 1994,Ma Yun heard about (听说)the Internet.And on a 1995 trip to the US,Ma was shown the Internet for the first time.He searched the word"beer"on Yahoo,and found that there was nothing there about China.Seeing the chance,Ma returned to China and set up(建立) a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.

Four years later,Ma,his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou.He believed in the Internet business potential (潜力) when few other Chinese did.15years later,Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e﹣commerce company (电子商务公司),owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.

1.The underlined word"it"in the second paragraph refers to (指的是)

A. riding a bike

B. teaching English

C. playing on computers

D. practicing English with foreigners

2.In 1995,Ma Yun was shown for the first time in the US.

A. beer on Yahoo

B. the Internet

C. Chinese Pages

D. e﹣commerce

3.Alibaba was set up in the year

A. 1994

B. 1995

C. 1999

D. 2004

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

A. The first website Ma Yun set up was Taobao.

B. Alibaba raised a lot of money after it went public.

C. Ma Yun began to learn English when he was a teenager.

D. Ma Yun believed the Internet business would have a bright future.

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. How Ma Yun made history.

B. The history of Alibaba Group.

C. How Ma Yun learned English.

D. The development of e﹣commerce in China.

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