21. The first paragraph tells us that little Bill Gates ______.

　　A.was different from other children

　　B.had a smarter mind than other children of the same age

　　C.couldn't be understood by his friends and even his parents

　　D.was difficult of approach

　　答案：B

　　[解析]此题是细节题。根据文章第一段He was never a nerd or a goof or the kind of kid you didn’t want your team. We all knew Bill was smarter than us. 此句意思是：他从来不是笨蛋或傻瓜，也不是那种你不想与之游玩的人。大家都清楚比尔比我们都聪明。选项A没有说明他确切的不同之处，其它两个选项均不符合原文内容。

22.Bill Gates chose Lakeside to go to NOT because______.

　　A.it had excellent education in Seattle

　　B.it had an exceptional concept that was to develop students' potential as much as possible

　　C.it provided conditions and equipment necessary for students

　　D.it had decided to admit him

　　答案： D

　　[解析]此题是细节题。根据文章第二、三段我们可以知道Lakeside湖滨学校以它严厉的学术要求而著称，另外还允许学生发展自己的兴趣，最大限度地挖掘学生的潜力。Bill was also well ahead of his classmates in mathematics and science.He needed to go to a school that challenged(向…挑战)him. 此句意思是：比尔在数学方面也领先于其他同学，他需要上一所具有挑战性的学校。从该句我们可判断D不对，正是他的优秀,学校才决定录取他。

　　23. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

　　A.Lakeside was a milestone in the course of Bill Gates' success

　　B.Bill pursued his interest in mathematics at Lakeside

　　C.Bill began to do programming like some early games known

　　D.Bill's success is due to his mathematical and logical mind

　　答案：A

　　[解析]从inferred一词得知此题是推理题，该题型首先排除文章原文字面提到的内容。我们可根据全文推理出湖滨学校在比尔·盖茨的成功过程中是一个里程碑(举足轻重)，另外In 1968, the school made a decision that would change thirteen-year-old Bill Gates’life and that of many of others, too.也可说明正是湖滨学校的这一决定改变了十三岁的比尔·盖茨的生活，故应选A。

　　24.The word “hooked” most probably refers to ______.

　　A.dependant

　　B.caught by a curved thing

　　C.having a great liking for

　　D.curving

　　答案：C

　　[解析]此题是语义题。主要测试考生通过上下文理解词语的综合判断能力，备选答案中三个干扰项从不同角度对该词进行似是而非的改写。hook作为名词表示“(钓)钩”,作动词表“用钩钩住”，从下文Whenever they had free time, and sometimes when they didn’t, they would dash over to the computer room to use the machine可猜出hooked指的是“着迷的”。故C对。