Have a good idea and want to make money out of it ? just do it. This is also the advice given by 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio. The British schoolboy a mobile phone news app(应用软件)and sold it to Yahoo for about $30 million.
Nick got his first when he was 9 and he used it to create movies. He began writing apps the age of 12. In 2011, he created a free app named “Summly”. It can divide(把…分成) news stories into different groups and help its users to read what they want in an and fast way. The app had been downloaded (下载) almost a million before he sold it to Yahoo.
Nick said he had the of “Summly” when he was preparing for a history exam. He felt so frustrated(受挫，灰心) after he searched for some information on the Internet. There was so much information he wanted on the Internet, but it had not been ordered. He decided something about it. At last, the clever schoolboy turned his good idea something real. How will Nick so much money?
The teen millionaire(千万富翁) said “…I will get a new computer，too. but at the moment, I want to save and bank it.”
A．created B．wrote C．discovered D．made
A．book B．invention C．computer D．bike
A．by B．after C．until D．at
A．easy B．easily C．easier D．hard
A．dollars B．times C．pieces D．copies
A．way B．idea C．plan D．dream
A．doing B．did C．do D．to do
A．to B．on C．into D．in
A．pay B．cost C．spend D．take
A．still B．just C．ever D．even
While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I 16 . Because I was in great need of 17 and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter 18 . It asked me to see the 19 at Croydon. It proved to be a(n) 20 journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 21 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal 22 opened the door. He was 23 and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the 24 except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 25 groups and teach them at three different 26 , and I was not 27 at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was 28 that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon 29 most of my friends would be 30 themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”
A．lived B．played C．studied D．worked
A．help B．money C．rest D．force
A．arrived B．received C．returned D．wrote
A．editor B．teacher C．principal D．student
A．comfortable B．easy C．short D．unpleasant
A．at least B．at first C．at last D．at most
A．herself B．themselves C．itself D．himself
A．bad B．glad C．short D．smiling
A．people B．subjects C．boys D．knowledge
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．subjects B．lessons C．levels D．schools
A．glad B．surprised C．angry D．sad
A．better B．more exciting C．worse D．nicer
A．until B．after C．if D．because
A．enjoying B．helping C．studying D．arguing
Napoga Gurigo，a 12-year-old girl，lives in a village in Ghana. It is 1 for her family to get clean drinking water. The nearest place to get water is a muddy （混浊的） water hole half a kilometer away from her 2 . Animals and villagers use it alike. Each morning, Napoga leaves home at half past five to collect water for her family. Sometimes it 3a few hours to get enough water. Napoga has no time to go to school for learning. In the neighboring areas, many boys and girls 4 Napoga. They can't keep strong and 5 just because they have not enough drinking water.
In fact, 70% of Earth's surface is water. But most of 6 is sea water. We can't use salty water in our daily life. Fresh water is what we __7__ drink, take showers and cook food. And fresh water covers only 1 percent of Earth's surface. In some areas people try to make deep wells （水井） to get water from 8 . But there still 9 enough for farming. Scientists say that 10 30 years, more people in the world will face all kinds of water problems than now. So we must do something to take care of our water resources (资源).
A．easy B．hard C．fun D．impossible
A．school B．city C．country D．home
A．spends B．costs C．pays D．takes
A．look like B．are like C．feel like D．sound like
A．healthy B．strong C．heavy D．clean
A．them B．those C．that D．these
A．used to B．are used to C．use to D．are used
A．underground B．subway C．rivers D．the sea
A．haven't B．isn't C．aren't D．hasn't
A．in B．after C．before D．for
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It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework, 31_ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see 32 do Taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful 33 she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked 34 she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:
I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite 35 . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world 36 you., and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as37 as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to38 . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 72 and now he is good at39 tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.
Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to 40 the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.
A．look B．read C．see D．watch
A．her B．him C．other D．others
A．than B．since C．though D．because
A．what B．why C．who D．how
A．early B．dear C．easy D．late
A．under B．around C．above D．between
A．soon B．busily C．hardly D．often
A．place B．song C．school D．dance
A．buying B．losing C．sending D．playing
A．follow B．give C．make D．bring
Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is 31 important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get back. However（然而）, when time is 32 , it’ll never 33 . That is 34 we mustn’t waste（浪费）time.
So we say that 35 is usually short. Even a second（秒）is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something 36 .
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spend their time smoking, drinking and 37 . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own 38 .
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t 39 today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to 40 .
A．much B．less C．much less D．even more
A．cost B．bought C．gone D．finished
A．return B．carry C．take D．bring
A．what B．that C．because D．why
A．money B．time C．day D．food
A．sunny B．interesting C．useful D．exciting
A．reading B．writing C．playing D．working
A．time B．food C．money D．life
A．stop B．leave C．let D．give
A．waste B．save C．spend D．take
Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone without your 31 .You can’t walk anywhere without your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you 32 at yourself in the mirror(镜子)like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs(四肢), so life was not 33 for him. At school many students played jokes on him. Because he looked different from everyone else. He was refused(拒绝)to be 34 friends, so he always felt 35 . However, he faced that bravely. He 36 to type and write with two toes at the age of six, and he could 37 surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the excellent students in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular 38 in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story against difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you 39 , not what you don’t have.” he said. His story encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they 40 and to always love themselves, ”he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”
A．arms B．ears C．eyes D．teeth
A．laugh B．cry C．smile D．shout
A．old B．easy C．modern D．difficult
A．his B．my C．their D．our
A．happy B．relaxed C．lonely D．surprised
A．failed B．forgot C．helped D．learned
A．even B．ever C．never D．hardly
A．doctors B．speakers C．scientists D．managers
A．make B．have C．lose D．want
A．fall B．play C．listen D．exercise