Ayan Qureshi, who’s from Coventry, has become the youngest computer specialist in the world. He is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant’s exam when he was just five years old.

Ayan, now six, whose father is an IT consultant, has set up his own computer network at home. He told the BBC he found the exam difficult but enjoyable. “There were multiple choice questions（选择题）, drag and drop questions, hotspot questions and scenario-based questions,” he said. “The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory,” explained Ayan’s father Asim.

 Mr Qureshi introduced his son to computers when he was three years old. He let him play with his old computers, so he could understand hard drives and motherboards. “I found whatever I was telling him, the next day he’d remember everything I said, so I started to feed him more information,” he explained. “Too much computing at this age can cause a negative effect, but in Ayan’s case he has stored this opportunity.”

Ayan has his own computer lab at his home in Coventry, containing a computer network which he built. He spends around two hours a day learning about the operating system and how to install programs.

When the boy arrived to take the Microsoft exam, the invigilators（监考人员）were concerned that he was too young to be a candidate. His father reassured them that Ayan would be all right on his own. The test is usually taken by people who want to become IT technicians.

“I’m very happy and very proud; I don’t want to see him set a world record every day. But I want him to do his best whatever he does in his life,” Ayan’s mother said.

Ayan says he hopes to launch a UK-based IT hub similar to America’s Silicon Valley one day, which he intends to call E-Valley. He also wants to start his own company.

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1.What was the hardest challenge according to Asim?

A Setting up his a computer network at home.

B Starting his own company.

C Learning about how to install programs.

D Explaining the language of the test.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old可知，最大的困难在于给一个五岁的孩子解释微软认证的测试题。

2.How did Ayan come to know what a computer consists of at a young age?

A By playing with his father’s old computers.

B Through dealing with the tech giant’s exam.

C After doing hotspot questions and scenario-based questions.

D After becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段He let him play with his old computers, so he could understand hard drives and motherboards可知，Asim 让孩子玩旧电脑，Ayan从此认识了电脑的组件——硬盘和主板。

3.What is Ayan learning everyday in his computer lab?

A Hard drives and motherboards.

B Drag and drop questions.

C The operating system.

D Computing information.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段…learning about the operating system and how to install programmes可知，Ayan在自己的电脑实验室里学习操作系统和如何安装程序。故选C。

4.What can be implied in the passage?

A Ayan’s mother is proud that her son sets a world record every day.

B Ayan’s mother expects her son to do work hard in his life.

C Ayan’s mother feels proud of her son’s great achievement.

D Ayan’s mother is very happy that her son becomes a specialist.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据文章第六段Ayan的妈妈所说But I want him to do his best whatever he does in his life可知，妈妈希望他无论做什么都竭尽全力去做，由此判断，Ayan的妈妈希望Ayan将来能够勤奋扎实地工作。

5.What is Ayan’s future plan?

A He wants to set up a UK-based Silicon Valley.

B He wishes to become an IT giant.

C He hopes to set up his own company.

D All of the above

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知，Ayan想建立一个英国的“硅谷”，开一个自己的公司，如果阿杨要做到这些，他必然是一个IT巨人，因此D选项正确。