Question

Bill Gates' friends knew that he was different even when they were children. One of them said, "We all knew that Bill was⁽¹⁶⁾      than us. Sometimes we could not understand him." Bill was also top of his classmates in Maths and Science, (17）      his parents sent him to Lakeside a boy's school for excellent students. It was one of Seattle's（18）      schools.   In 1968, the school made a decision (決定)that changed 13-year-old Bill's ⁽¹⁹⁾      . In that school,parents gave money,which could make the school have a⁽²⁰⁾      and use it through a teletype machine (傳真打字機(jī)). The students typed in a few words on the teletype machine and a few seconds later the computer typed back to the students. Bill got⁽²¹⁾       in it at once. From then on,⁽²²⁾      could stop Bill from studying it. ⁽²³⁾      he was free,he ran to the computer room to use the machine. He became so excited about it that he soon was much⁽²⁴⁾      than his teachers in knowledge of computer. At fourteen,Bill was already writing short programs (程序)for the computer. And they were written in what to become Bill's second⁽²⁵⁾      ， BASIC.

(   ) 16. A. worse    B. richer C. cleverer    D. bright

(   ) 17. A. but    B. so C. yet    D. when

(   ) 18. A. best    B. farthest C. biggest    D. poorest

(   ) 19. A. idea    B. decision C. life    D. school '

(   ) 20. A. radio    B. TV C. telephone    D. computer

(   ) 21. A. interesting    B. boring C. interested    D. bored

(   ) 22. A. nothing    B. everything C. something    D. anything

(   ) 23. A. But    B. When C. Because    D. And

(   ) 24. A. worse    B. better C. bad    D. good

(   ) 25. A. interest    B. hobby C. book    D. language

Answer 1

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