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No one else knew about the extra club in Zach Nash’s golf bag. It belonged to a friend, and Zach forgot it was there as he played his way to victory in a junior tournament(锦标赛)last summer in Wisconsin, US.
The 14-year-old accepted his medal, celebrated with his grandparents who had come from a long way to watch. But when he stopped by his country club to share the news, a professional player noticed something wrong. “Count your clubs,” he told the teenager.
Fifteen—one more than allowed. Zach’s eyes filled with tears.
If Zach had just won a basketball championship or a soccer game and someone had discovered a violation after the win, it would not have mattered. It is nothing unusual for a soccer player to dive to the turf to draw fouls(假摔以使对方犯规).
Golf is different. In a win-at-all-costs world, the game holds itself to a higher standard. Golf isn’t a game where referees watch closely. In golf tournaments, dozens of competitors are spread across acres of land, so officials cannot hope to see each shot. Competitors call penalties(处罚)on themselves.
“It was a sport for gentlemen, and gentlemen did not care about winning. They care about doing the right thing,” said Robert Simon, a golf coach at Hamilton College in New York.
Honesty became a medal of honor. When one of the game’s early stars, Bobby Jones, was praised for calling a penalty on himself at the 1925 US Open, he replied: “You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.”
So even the error had no effect on Zach’s final score—he has never used the extra club, the teenager packed up his medal and dropped it in the mail. “But this is golf, and rules are rules. I just knew what I had to do,” he said.   
Then came another tournament. Before teeing off(开球), Zach counted his clubs—four times.
【小题1】What can we infer from the text?  

A.A friend put an extra club in Zach’s bag.
B.Zach returned the medal that he had won.
C.Zach’s grandparents encouraged him to play fair.
D.Zach regretted meeting with the professional player.
【小题2】According to Robert, golf is different from other sports in that ______.
A.honor comes before victory
B.players are superior to coaches
C.referees have to watch each shot
D.players needn't care about medals
【小题3】 What can be learned from the underlined sentence?
A.One should be praised for not robbing a bank.
B.Bobby looked down upon bank robbers.
C.Little did Bobby care about the penalty.
D.Observing rules demands no praise.
【小题4】 Why did Zach count his clubs four times before the following tournament?
A.He remembered the lesson.B.He lacked self-confidence.
C.He felt a little too nervous.
D.He was no good with numbers.

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Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only l8 years old and blind, Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large software company with several offices across the United States.
"After our company united with another one last October, two different computer networks were driving us crazy," recalls Douglas Braun, the InteliData president. "We couldn't even send e-mail to each other.” In three weeks Mr Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks. "None of the company's 350 other employees could have done the job in three months," says Mr. Braun. " Suleyman can 'see' into the heart of the computer.”
Mr. Gokyigfi's gift, as Mr. Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine. "The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do," says Mr. Gokyigit
The young programmer is at home with hardware as well, thanks partly to a highly developed sense of touch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year. "Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight," he says.
Much of the student programmer's speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer (合成器). His long, thin fingers fly over the keyboard. "Nothing seems to shake his attention," says Mrs. Nowakowski, his boss.
Mr. Gokyigit is the only company employee who is available 24 hours a day. "We consider him our top problem solver." says Mr. Braun.
【小题1】According to Mr. Braun, Suleyman ________________.

A.can work wonders on computer
B.is the best technician in the world
C.has done a hard job in three months
D.has united InteliData Technologies Corp. with another computer company
【小题2】The underlined part "is at home with hardware" ( paragraph 4 ) means _________.
A.is good at dealing with computer hardware
B.is fond of computer hardware
C.works with computer hardware at home
D.feels comfortable when working with computer hardware
【小题3】Suleyman was quick while at the computer mostly because of ______.
A.his blindnessB.his attention on the synthesizer
C.his long, thin fingersD.his ability not to be interrupted
【小题4】What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Computer technicians are more likely to be gifted.
B.One's disadvantages may prove to be advantages.
C.The disabled can also play an important role in society.
D.Top computer scientists have unusual abilities to form ideas of computers.

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