2014年職稱英語考試綜合類B級完形填空題7

　　A Success Story

　　At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing number of teenagers who have (1) made their fortune through the Internet. (2) What makes Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was (3) told by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (4) properly. "I wanted to prove them (5) wrong ", says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls.

　　When he was eight, his local authorities (6) provided him with a PC to help with school work. Although he was (7) unable to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and (8) encouraged by his father, he soon began (9) charging people $l0 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he (10) set up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to (11) devote all his time to business.

　　"By this time the company had grown and I needed to take on a (12) couple of employees to help me", says Ben. "That enabled me to start (13) doing business with bigger companies.” It was. his ability to consistently (14) overcome difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (15) worth $25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.

　　練習(xí):

　　1. A) taken B) made C) put D) done

　　2. A) This B) That C) Something D) What

　　3. A) said B) told C) suggested D) reported

　　4. A) absolutely B) totally C) properly D) thoroughly

　　5. A) wrong B) false C) untrue D) unfair

　　6. A) provided B) gave C) offered D) got

　　7. A) impossible B) incapable C) disabled D) unable

　　8. A) promised B) invited C) encouraged D) animated

　　9. A) owing B) charging C) lending D) borrowing

　　10. A) put B) ran C) made D) set

　　11. A) pay B) spend C) devote D) invest

　　12. A) couple B) few C) little D) deal

　　13. A) having B) doing C) making D) bringing

　　14. A) overcome B) overlook C) overtake D) overdo

　　15. A) valuable B) estimated C) priced D) worth

　　參考答案：BDBCA ADCBD CABAD

　　第四篇 一個成功的故事

　　19歲時，Ben Way已經(jīng)是一個百萬富翁了，他是越來越多的通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)獲得財富的青少年之一。而使得Ben的故事更引人注意的是他有誦讀困難，并且曾被他的初中教師告知他將永遠(yuǎn)不能正確讀寫?！拔乙C明他們錯了?！?Ben說。他后來成為Waysearch的創(chuàng)建者和董事長，Waysearch是一個在網(wǎng)上購物商場查找貨物的網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索引擎。

　　Ben八歲時，他所在的地方當(dāng)局提供給他一臺個人電腦以幫助學(xué)校工作。雖然他不能閱讀使用指南，但他對計算機有一種天賦，在父親的鼓勵下，Ben很快就開始以自己的知識和能力收費―每小時10英鎊。15歲時，Ben成立了自己的電腦顧問公司―夸德電腦，他在自己的臥室里運營(這個公司)，兩年之后，他離開了學(xué)校，并將所有的精力投入到公司經(jīng)營當(dāng)中。

　　“此時公司已經(jīng)發(fā)展壯大，我需要雇用幾個員工幫助我”，Ben說，“這使我開始與更大的公司做生意。”正是他持續(xù)不斷地克服困難挑戰(zhàn)的能力使他贏得了“年度最佳青年企業(yè)家”，也是同年，他成立了Waysearch。最近，他與一家私人投資公司簽署了價值2500萬英鎊的交易，這家公司將為他的搜索引擎提供資金。