It has also made Ma China's richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan)，reported Reuters.

　　　It's reported that Ma's rags－to－riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet empire.Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable job several times.Aslo，Mr Ma is a big believer in perseverance，which was proved in his English study experience.

　　　However，it was his vision and goals that launched his career.

　　　During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995，Ma first experienced the Internet.He believed in the Internet's business potential when few other Chinese people did.He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment，with 17 friends and $60，000 of funds.At the time，when e－commerce was unheard of in China，"I_called_myself_a_blind_man_riding_on_the_back_of_blind_tigers，" he once said，according to The Guardian.His unusual ideas earned him the nickname "Crazy Jack Ma"．

　　　Indeed，Ma is different.Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall，"Ma is yet animated and forceful，" said The Guardian.He is funny，creative，and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.

　　　Ma told Time magazine that he was "old for the Internet"．He started to slow down and looked around.According to The Wall Street Journal，Ma plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li，build an entrepreneur (企业家) university in Hangzhou and continue to work on several environmental projects.

　　　5．What made him into e－commerce industry?

　　　A．His foresight and ambitions. B．His English learning experience.

　　　C．His belief in perseverance. D．His 17 friends and$60，000 funds.

　　　6．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

　　　A．Ma is a blind man riding on a blind tiger. B．Ma knew little about e－commerce.

　　　C．Ma had no confidence in his business future. D．Ma had not enough money at that time.

　　　7．What's the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage?

　　　A．Determined and creative. B．Funny and competitive.

　　　C．Rich and different. D．Attractive and believable.

　　　8．What's the best title of the passage?

　　　A．The development of Alibaba Group B．Ma Yun's personal life

　　　C．E－commerce in China D．Ma Yun's crazy success

　　　Guests arriving at the Aloft Hotel in Manhattan or one in Silicon Valley will soon be able to do something hotels have dreamed about offering for years: walk past the check-in desk and enter their rooms by using a smartphone as a room key. The boutique hotel brand from Starwood to Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to offer this feature at two hotels, in the Harle neighborhood and in Cupertino, Calif, before the end of the quarter.

　　　Starwood officials are hoping this will be one of the biggest technological changes in the industry since free Wi-Fi. "We believe this will become the new standard for how people will want to enter a hotel." says Frits van Passchen, Starwood's CEO. "It may be a novelty at first,but we think it will become table stakes for managing a hotel.

　　　Not everyone is so sure. Past attempts to use technology to streamline the check-in process have had mixed results. Robert Habeeb, president of the First Hospitality Group, which is the owner of 55 hotels in the U.S, says he pulled out check-in kiosks at two of his Holiday Inn hotels after finding that most guests ignored them. He found that many travelers will sacrifice speed or ease to talk with a staff member and ensure their room has the right view or location, or to try for an upgrade. Other guests may still want to be greeted when they arrive.

　　　Hotels have never been known for being in the forefront of technology. The industry is often a delay, in part because many hotels are owned and managed by separate companies, making investments in technology more complicated. Nevertheless, many hotel operators have been searching for ways to remove the bottlenecks that can form at a hotel's front desk. The delays are the bane(祸根）of many a road warrior's travel experience. "Everybody has to check in, but we are all doing it pretty much the same way we were 100 years ago, "says Christopher Nassetta, chief executive officer for Hilton Worldwide holdings Inc."It' s something we are seriously addressing.

　　　Yet it is still not clear that virtual keys will do better than previous attempts to beat traditional check-ins. An effort several years ago to allow guests to enter rooms with the magnetic strip on their credit cards never became popular . Guests worried about security and were unwilling to give their kids credit cards instead of room keys.

　　　9．According to the first two paragraphs, which of the following is NOT true?

　　　A．Aloft of Hotel in Manhattan will allow guests to use a smartphone as a room key

　　　B．Hotel officials hope the new room key will be a great change in hotel industry.

　　　C．All Starwood Hotels plan to offer the new room key before the end of the quarter.

　　　D．The new room key may become a new standard of choosing a hotel

　　　10．The word streamline(Para. 3) is closest in meaning to _____________.

　　　A．strengthen B．simplify

C．change D．unify