“They were very s ________, brave people, and they were good soldiers.” he said. “They always w ________ to have strong bodies, so they played a lot of g ________.”

    “Did they like s ________?” one of the girls asked. “That makes people’s b ________ strong.” She was good at swimming.

    “Oh, yes, some of them swam a lot.” the teacher answered. Then he told them a story about one famous R ________.

    “There was a big, wide river in the middle of Rome.” he said. “It was the Tiber, and this man swam a ________ it three times every day before breakfast.”

    The girl laughed when she heard this.

    “Why are you laughing?” the teacher asked her a ________. “Have I said anything funny?”

“Well, sir.” The girl answered. “Why didn’t he swim across the river four times to get b ________ his clothes again?”

　　Bill Gates was born in（1）________in the USA. At the（2）________ of 13, he started programming. When he（3）________ 17 years old, he worked out a program and sold（4）________ for 4,200 dollars. In 1973, he （5）________ to Harvard University. Two （6）________ later, he began his own company. In 1999, he wrote a（7） ________ on computer. He enjoyed reading（8）________ playing golf.

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