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　　　　　答案：C
　　［解析］quality意思是质量，figure 数字，数；sum总计，合计、总数；whole 整个，整体。这句话的意思是：小时工，比如集中生产线的操作工，他们通常是以单位时间里所生产的产品总数来衡量工作效率。

16．A．more
　　B．less
　　C．the same
　　D．similarly

　　　　　答案：A
　　［解析］此处要填一个比较级，根据上下文的意思我们可以判断出要填more ，这句话的意思是：衡量服务人员和管理人员的工作效率就更难了，因为有许多因素要考虑。

17．A．never
　　B．rarely
　　C．often
　　D．always

　　　　　答案：B
　　［解析］根据上下文我们可以知道，一般开始时几乎不要求新员工充分发挥潜力，等到第一次评估以后才要求新员工要尽量发挥潜力，因此选rarely 。

18．A．it
　　B．that
　　C．which
　　D．what
　　　　　答案：
　　［解析］which 引导了非限定性定语从句，that 不能引导非限定性定语从句。

19．A．reach
　　B．have reached
　　C．be reaching
　　D．be reached

　　答案：B
　　［解析］should have reached 是情态动词的完成形式，从上下文看，有一个非常明显的词By the time ,一般句子中有这个词，那么句子的时态经常用完成时。

20．A．destination
　　B．objective
　　C．potential
　　D．conclusion

Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension
Bill Gates' childhood friends recognized that he was exceptional. Bill especially liked swimming and other sports.One of his summer camp friends recalled, “He was never a nerd or a goof（傻瓜、笨蛋）or the kind of kid you didn’t want your team.We all knew Bill was smarter than us. Even back then, when he was nine or ten years old, he talked like an adult and could express himself in ways that none of us understood.”
　　Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science. He needed to go to a school that challenged（向…挑战）him.Lakeside was Seattle's best school and was noted for its rigorous（严厉的）academic demands, a place where “even the dumb kids were smart.”
　　Lakeside allowed students to pursue their own interests, to whatever extent they wished.The school prided itself on making conditions and facilities available that would enable all its students to reach their full potential. It was the ideal environment for someone like Bill Gates.
　　In 1968, the school made a decision that would change thirteen-year-old Bill Gates’ life and that of many of others, too.
　　At Lakeside the students gained access to a computer-a Program Data processor(PDP)-through a teletype machine. Type in a few instructions on the teletype machine and a few seconds later the PDP would type back its response. Bill Gates was immediately hooked and so was his best friend at the time, Kent Evans, and another student, Paul Allen, who was two years older than Bill.
　　Whenever they had free time, and sometimes when they didn't, they would dash over to the computer room to use the machine.At fourteen, Bill was already writing short programs for the computer to perform. Early games programs such as Tic-Tac-Toe, or Noughts and Crosses, and Lunar Landing were written in what was to become Bill’s second language, BASIC.
　　One of the reasons Bill was so good at programming is because it is mathematical and logical. During his time at Lakeside, Bill scored a perfect eight hundred on a mathematics test.
　　21. The first paragraph tells us that little Bill Gates ______.
　　A．was different from other children
　　B．had a smarter mind than other children of the same age
　　C．couldn't be understood by his friends and even his parents
　　D．was difficult of approach

　　　　　答案：B
　　[解析]此题是细节题。根据文章第一段He was never a nerd or a goof or the kind of kid you didn’t want your team. We all knew Bill was smarter than us. 此句意思是：他从来不是笨蛋或傻瓜，也不是那种你不想与之游玩的人。大家都清楚比尔比我们都聪明。选项A没有说明他确切的不同之处，其它两个选项均不符合原文内容。

22．Bill Gates chose Lakeside to go to NOT because______.
　　A．it had excellent education in Seattle
　　B．it had an exceptional concept that was to develop students' potential as much as possible
　　C．it provided conditions and equipment necessary for students
　　D．it had decided to admit him

　　　　　答案： D
　　［解析］此题是细节题。根据文章第二、三段我们可以知道Lakeside湖滨学校以它严厉的学术要求而著称，另外还允许学生发展自己的兴趣，更大限度地挖掘学生的潜力。Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science.He needed to go to a school that challenged（向…挑战）him. 此句意思是：比尔在数学方面也领先于其他同学，他需要上一所具有挑战性的学校。从该句我们可判断D不对，正是他的优秀,学校才决定录取他。

23． It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
　　A．Lakeside was a milestone in the course of Bill Gates' success
　　B．Bill pursued his interest in mathematics at Lakeside
　　C．Bill began to do programming like some early games known
　　D．Bill's success is due to his mathematical and logical mind

　　　　　答案：A
　　［解析］从inferred一词得知此题是推理题，该题型首先排除文章原文字面提到的内容。我们可根据全文推理出湖滨学校在比尔·盖茨的成功过程中是一个里程碑（举足轻重），另外In 1968, the school made a decision that would change thirteen-year-old Bill Gates’life and that of many of others, too.也可说明正是湖滨学校的这一决定改变了十三岁的比尔·盖茨的生活，故应选A。

24．The word “hooked” most probably refers to ______.
　　A．dependant
　　B．caught by a curved thing
　　C．having a great liking for
　　D．curving