The 12—year—old CEO(首席执行官)of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on a trade visit to China in March.

Keith Peiris, who founded Cyberteks Design in June 1999 and now has 25 clients (客户)in North America ,insisted in an interview that he is “just like any other kid.”

He and his father will spend nine days on the Team Canada trip to Beijing ,Shanghai and Hong Kong ,where Chretien aims to showcase the best of Canadian business in the most populous country in the world .

A glance at the complex ,elegant animations (动画)on his www.cybertecks.com site shows the extent of Peiris’ talent . “He doesn’t want to be No.2,”his father Deepal said proudly .

His father ,who is now vice president of operations at Cyberteks ,said , “I am teaching my son what I know .We make decisions together .I haven’t done anything my son disagreed with .He makes the final decision .”

The company has seven offices in the United States and five part—time employees who ,like the Peiris family ,work from their London homes .  

Keith Peiris admitted some potential clients change their minds when they learn his age ,but the well—informed not—yet—teenager tries to ignore them .

“Suddenly ,I’ve been called a whiz kid or geek ,which I am not too happy about .A few people have asked if they should call me ‘mister’, but I stay casual , I am still a kid .

That Keith Peiris insisted that he is “just like any other kid” shows he is           .

A.proud        B.modest            C.honest             D.excited      

Who makes the final decision on operations at Cyberteks Design?

A.Keith Peiris       B.Deepal Peiris          C.Jean Chretien        D.Both A and B.

According to the information in the passage ,which is the best and fastest way to know more about the Web giant ?

A.We can go to Canada to pay him a visit .         

B.We can make an international telephone call to him.

C.We’d better visit his web site—www.cyberteks.com.

D.We can write to his father for the kid’s information.

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A.Keith Peiris is a Canadian boy .       

B.All the employees of the child’s company work at home .

C.The Canadian Prime Minister means to show off Keith’s success during his stay in China .

D.Keith always tries his best to be the best in the field of web site designing .

The Luck of the Irish

    Look at a map of Britain, and the island on the left is Ireland. It’s a small but beautiful country with a long tradition of folk music. Up until 10 years ago just about the only thing that Ireland was famous for was its specialty black beer.

   Now Ireland is famous around the world for its music with names like "Kenya","U2" ,"Van Morrison"and more recently "the Corers". "Boyzone",one of the world's top boy bands ,is from Ireland too.What's more,Boyzone member shane has twin sisters,Adele and Heavy,who are members of "B Witched"

   The "Boyzone"story is interesting because they were created in 1993 by Dublin nightclub owner John Reynolds.They advertised in newspapers to find members for the group and 300wannabe pop stars applied!

    Ronan,who was just 17 when he dropped out of school to make his bid for stardom,and shane,who had been working as trained mechanic in his father's garage when he left to join Boyzone,were both lucky enough to be chosen. The other members are shoe-shop attendant stephen lately,former mechanic Mike Graham and one-time clothes store assistant Keith Dully.

   Many people expect bands that have been created by the music industry to produce boring music which doesn't become popular. Even the boys themselves knew they the would not easily achieve international pop music success.

    Boyzone quickly proved that they were more than just pretty faces and have sold millions of records around the world.At the moment ,they are not big stars in America,but they say that will change,when they begin a tour of the United States.

    Ronan will shortly also start recording as a solo artist. That does not mean the band will spilt yet,but we can expect Boyzone to split sometime in the next 18 months or so.Ronan has also recently become involved as one of the managers of new Irish boy band "West Life" whose song "Swear It Again"has recently been Number 1 in the British charts.

1.Ireland is famous for         now.

    A.its black beer                       B.its long tradition

    C.popular music                        D.its scenery

2.The words “wannabe pop stars” in the third paragraph mean       .

    A.the pops who want to join the band

    B.the persons who want to become pop stars

    C.the pop stars who want to become more popular

    D.the persons who want to be as famous as they are

3.Boy zone was formed by       members in 1993.

    A.3                B.4                C.5                D.6

4.Acording to the passage, we know that         .

    A.Boy zone will split some day

    B.Boy zone was successful because it was created by music industry

    C.The boys in Boy zone were certain that they would be famous one day

    D.Boy zone are going to perform in the States for Americans love them very much

 

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