4.A.took on B.put down C.made up D.went over

5.A.simple B.sharp C.native D.polite

6.A.advantage B.appreciation C.foundation D.motivation

7.A.shocked B.relieved C.depressed D.hooked

9.A.speaking B.selecting C.imitating D.acquiring

10.A.adjusting B.devoting C.reducing D.attaching

11.A.secret B.purpose C.benefit D.puzzle

12.A.expectation B.admiration C.concentration D.evaluation

13.A.Gradually B.Suddenly C.Regularly D.Usually

14.A.affordable B.accessible C.invisible D.assessable

15.A.circle B.beginning C.options D.rewards

16.A.revealed B.explained C.limited D.recommended

17.A.reasonable B.significant C.similar D.funny

20.A.arbitrary B.objective C.considerate D.confident

Ⅱ.任务型阅读

(2018兴化市第一中学模拟考试)

　　I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place.

　　For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the first time in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a clunky old Teletype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers we have today. But it changed my life.

When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft 30 years ago, we had a vision of "a computer on every desk and in every home", which probably sounded a little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size of refrigerators. But we believed that personal computers would change the world. And they have.