【正文】 s one regret. The selfmade billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages. Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything questionandanswer session for online forum Reddit(紅迪網(wǎng)), the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese. He said, I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of these—probably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didn39。t keep it up. Gates, who is worth $ billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese. Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Chinese and did a Q amp。 A with Chinese students—unbelievable, isn39。t it? he said. This isn39。t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He also showed his habits at home and personal insights. Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(傳記片). He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street. As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯) 28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it es to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis. When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. Don39。t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam is still working on this problem, he said.（1）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A.An Interview with Bill GatesB.How Bill Gates SucceededC.Bill Gates39。 RegretD.The Richest Billionaire（2）The underlined part in paragraph 8 may actually mean that _______. A.it is important to lay a good foundation of lifeB.food and clothing are basic needs for people39。s lifeC.he never cares about buying food and clothingD.he doesn39。t spend much money on food and clothes（3）What advice did Bill Gates give? A.Do the dishes yourself at home.B.Be a good language learner.C.Avoid staying up too late.D.Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.（4）Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook.B.Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high school.C.Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.D.Bill Gates39。 wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁比爾蓋茨認(rèn)為自己不懂外語(yǔ)是人生的一個(gè)遺憾。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段中的“The world39。s richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The selfmade billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.”世界首富比爾蓋茨似乎擁有一切，但他有一個(gè)遺憾。這位白手起家的億萬(wàn)富翁說(shuō)，他覺(jué)得自己不懂外語(yǔ)很愚蠢。是全文的主題句，可知這篇文章主要講了比爾蓋茨的遺憾，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第八段中的“but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis.”但他喜歡在打網(wǎng)球時(shí)，投資買(mǎi)鞋和球拍。由此推斷出上文的意思是他在食物和衣服上花的錢(qián)不多，故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break.”當(dāng)被問(wèn)及人生的教訓(xùn)時(shí)，這位億萬(wàn)富翁表示，他仍在努力改掉熬夜的習(xí)慣。由此可知，比爾蓋茨的建議是避免熬夜太晚，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary.”我在高中的時(shí)候?qū)W過(guò)拉丁語(yǔ)和希臘語(yǔ)，拿到了A，我想這對(duì)我的詞匯量有幫助。由此推斷出比爾蓋茨在高中時(shí)很擅長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀理解 The greatgrandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91. She hopes to use the language at next year39。s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo39。s 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a useful skill for volunteers to have. But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language. Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, 39。It39。s not too late. We will teach you one word a day39。 . Natsuko is Takamizawa39。s granddaughter and main English teacher. Natsuko sends a new English word to her grandmother39。s phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. Wele to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you? Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. I can clearly see her English is getting better. It39。s my joy now. The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。t Takamizawa learn English when she was young? A.Because English was useless.B.Because she was too young to learn English.C.Because English was forbidden to learn.D.Because she was unwilling to learn English.（2）What can we know from the third