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     Steve Ballmer is always exciting, as he was this time in front of over 2,000 students from Qinghua
University and Beijing University.
     Ballmer, president (总裁) of Microsoft Corp., received a warm welcome at Qinghua University when he
gave a talk on the next generation (一代) of the Internet on September 19th. He came to China last week for
a two-day visit, during which he slept only four hours and had many meetings with government officials (政府官员) and men of business. After all those business matters, he came to Qinghua and was asked thousands
of questions from the excited students.
     Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, is the first business manager hired (聘用) by Bill Gates, a
schoolmate of Ballmer at Harvard. Gates first dropped out of school to start Microsoft and Ballmer was still
studying, but he also gave up his studies and joined Bill Gates' five-year-old Microsoft in 1980.
     In his talk to the students, Ballmer described what the Internet will bring to their life. He said there are
several hundred Qinghua graduates now working or being trained at Microsoft both in China and in the US.
He also warned the students not to drop out of school and follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself.
1. Ballmer gave a talk on ___________ at Qinghua.
A. the future of the Internet
B. how to use the software made in his company
C. what computers will bring to universities
D. his own experience from Harvard to Microsoft
2. It seemed that Ballmer came to China mainly ___________.
A. to meet some government officials
B. to give a talk at Qinghua University
C. to manage business matters
D. to visit places of interest
3. He encouraged Chinese students ___________.
A. to work for Microsoft in China or in America
B. to follow the examples of Bill Gates and himself
C. to work on software
D. to go on and finish their college education
4. From the passage we know Steve Ballmer ___________.
A. graduated from Harvard University
B. asked the students a lot of questions
C. is president of Microsoft Corp
D. started Microsoft Corp. in 1980

Two men, Mr Smith and Mr Martin were both badly ill. They were in the same 31 room. Mr Smith was able to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was 32 the only window of the room. Mr Martin had to spend all his time lying on his back. The men 33 for hours without stopping. They spoke of their families, their times, their jobs...And every afternoon when Mr Smith could 34 in his bed, he would pass the time by talking to his 35 about all the things that he could see outside the 36. Mr Martin believed that his world was made “larger ” by the “colorful” 37 world. Out of the window was a 38 with a lovely lake. Mr Smith told Mr Martin about the beautiful ducks swimming freely on the water, happy children playing around, colorful flowers and big old trees around the lake. As Mr Smith told him all this, Mr Martin would close his eyes and tried to make the richest pictures for 39 in his mind…Days and40 passed, and finally, Mr Smith went back home. Then Mr Martin 41the nurse if he could move to the other bed. 42 for him, the nurse said he could. When everything was done, he tried hard to raise himself a bit to see what was outside. To his 43, as he looked out of the window, he saw nothing but a wall.

Mr Martin asked the nurse what made Mr Smith able to see so many wonderful things outside. The  44 answered that the man was 45 and could not even see the wall.

31. A. training        B. meeting       C. hotel         D. hospital

32. A. out of         B. next to         C. away from    D. well above

33. A. danced        B. sang         C. walked       D. talked

34. A. sit up         B. walk around    C. stand up      D. jump about

35. A. schoolmate     B. desk-mate     C. roommate     D. workmate

36. A. box          B. door         C. window      D. bed

37. A. foreign        B. outside       C. lonely       D. green

38. A. library         B. market         C. park         D. church

39. A. itself          B. yourself       C. herself         D. himself

40. A. weeks         B. hours        C. minutes       D. seconds

41. A. asked         B. thanked       C. told          D. invited

42. A. Unluckily      B. Happily       C. Worriedly     D. Seriously

43. A. happiness      B. joy          C. hope         D. surprise

44. A. patient        B. doctor      C. nurse        D. friend

45. A. blind          B. old          C. poor         D. ill

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