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When Bill Gates met Mrs. Caffiere, he was a shy 4th grader with “terrible handwriting” and “a comically messy desk”. He also loved to read, which was “cool for girls but not for boys”, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft writes on his blog. “ Mrs. Caffiere took me under her wing and helped make it okay for me to be a messy, silly boy who was reading lots of books.”
Caffiere was the school librarian who showed great interest in reading. She gave nine-year-old Gates a handful of books she had enjoyed and spent the time discussing them with him. “She pulled me out of my terrible situations by sharing her love of books,” Gates writes. “I learned from Mrs. Caffiere that my teachers had so much more knowledge to share. I just needed to ask. Up through high school and beyond, I would often ask my teachers about the books they liked, read those books when I had some free time, and offer my thoughts.”
Now, he asks other billionaires for their book recommendations as well, like Warren Buffett, who first introduced him to Business Adventures. “More than two decades after Warren lent it to me—and more than four decades after it was first published—Business Adventures remains the best business book I’ve ever read,” Gates writes.
Gates, who goes through about 50 books a year, will surely spare some time to read no matter how busy his day may be. After all, reading is a core habit of the most successful people—and science shows that it could benefit you in more ways than one.
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1.What does the underlined phrase “took me under her wing” mean?
A She taught me how to write.
B She read books to me.
C She wrote a lot of blogs to me.
D She protected me well.
解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句的helped make it okay for me to be a messy, silly boy who was reading lots of books可知Mrs. Caffiere帮助了比尔•盖茨，该短语所在分句与and后的句子是并列关系，因此可以推知她给予了盖茨保护，故选D。
2.What did Bill Gates learn from Mrs. Caffiere?
A His teachers are so knowledgeable that he could ask them to recommend books for him.
B He could discuss the way to read books with teachers.
C He could share his own knowledge with other people.
D He could spare his free books to help people in need.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段最后三句的内容可以得知比尔.盖茨在她那里学到的经验是老师们都很博学，可以让老师给他推荐可以读的书籍。故选A。
3.Why did Gates mention Business Adventures?
A Warren Buffett was a successful billionaire.
B The book was best business book he read.
C Recommendation is a good way to find books.
D The book has been popular for many decades.
解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第三段第一句的Now, he asks other billionaires for their book recommendations as well, like Warren Buffett可知比尔•盖茨保持着让其他人推荐书的习惯，因此他用那本书的例子来说明他这个习惯的好处，那就是找到好书。故选C。
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A Bill Gates shares the lesson he learned from his 4th grade teacher.
B Bill Gates will spare some time to read no matter how busy he is.
C Bill Gates thinks Mrs. Caffiere is really a good teacher he ever met.
D Bill Gates tells how he is able to become a billionaire in his blogs.
解析：选A。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，该文讲述的是比尔•盖茨如何将从四年级的一位恩师身上学到的经验运用到今后的读书生涯中的，故选A。