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est panies B. the banker was really important. C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call owner of many buildings thought _______. A. he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York B. the owner of the very large pany was really important C. the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor D. the person who worked in the White House was really important B Billy Dengler, a 14yearold boy, is in the eighth grade. A month after he was born, Billy’s mother, Terri, noticed that his eyes weren’t quite as big as a normal baby’s. She took Billy to the hospital, and the doctor said Billy would never be able to see. Although Billy can’t see, he has never let that hold him back or make him different. Billy began teaching himself puter programming by using a screen reader when he was just seven years old. He is a certified Google developer (谷歌認(rèn)證開發(fā)者 ) now. Google even tried to offer him a job last year when he discovered a problem in one of its systems, but Billy wasn’t old enough. Billy’s dream school would be Stanford University or MIT, where he could get a very good education in puter science. After he leaves school, whether he will go to work at a pany like Google or design a software pany of his own is still to be decided. However, he says he will definitely (絕對地 ) do something great. “It’s a sighted world,” Billy said. “You can’t let anything get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that, you can’t move forward and make your dreams e true.” 16. Billy’s mother found there was something wrong with Billy’s eyes when . A. he was 14 years old B. he left school C. he was in the eighth grade D. he was a month old 17. Billy started to learn puter programming by himself with the help of . A. a screen reader B. his mother C. a puter D. his teacher 18. The underlined word “systems” means “ ” in Chinese. A. 電腦 B. 系統(tǒng) C. 機器 D. 計劃 19. What will Billy do after school? A. He will work for Google. B. He will open a pany. C. He has not decided on that. D. He will do nothing. 20. We can learn that from the passage. A. blindness is not a big problem B. it’s easy to be a certified Google developer C. nothing should get in the way of our dreams D. Billy is a student of Stanford University C Jack, a middle school student, used to work hard at all his lessons. He usually got up earliest and went to bed latest of the family. He hardly ever did outdoor activities. His parents worried about his health. They asked him to get rel