Question

     Math is one of the most boring classes for many students. But recently,a math class at the University of California in the US got four hundred students interested. There 1 even another thirty-five students watching from behind the windows.

Who could make a boring subject so 2 ? Terence Tao,the 31-year-〇ld professor.

He is known as “the Mozart of Math”. Tao was 3 Hong Kong. He spent his childhood in Australia. At the 4 of two,he could read. At nine,he went to college math classes. At twenty,he 5 his degree of doctor (博士学位) .

Last summer,Tao won a Fields Medal. This is known as the “Nobel Prize of Math”. Tao was talented. He went to college when he was fourteen. “There's no point going to college too young ,” said Tao. He said studying 6 is like building a pyramid (金字塔) . A pyramid must have a strong base (基石出) ， 7 then it can be built higher.

    In 8 ways,he's like us. Tao wears an adidas sweatshirt and 9 sports shoes. He reads Japanese comic books. But he said his 10 love is still math. “In many ways,my work is my hobby”’ he said.

() 1. A. were   B. are   C. was   D. is

() 2. A. difficult   B. useful   C. important   D. interesting

() 3. A. on   B. from   C. in   D. of

() 4. A. year   B. time   C. day   D. age

() 5. A. made   B. got   C. took   D. brought

() 6. A. nice   B. good   C. well   D. hardly

() 7. A. though   B. because   C. and   D. unless

() 8. A. all   B. some   C. much   D. any

() 9. A. a piece of   B. a set of   C. a number of   D. a .pair of

() 10. A. first   B. second   C. one   D. last

Answer 1

1. A 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A