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A British teenager has become a multi-millionaire after selling an app (软件) to web Yahoo. Its 1 is over $30 million. Yahoo also 2 that he can work in Yahoo company in the future. Nick D’Aloisio, 17, 3 his Summly app (自动总结新闻应用软件) when he was just 15. He was studying for school exams and long online articles are 4 for him. He created the app to make long reports shorter, 5 it could help people understand them more 6 . Yahoo’s boss Adam Cahan said, “In a world full of information, we need to find the important information to us in a 7 way.”
Mr D’Aloisio started coding when he was 12 years old. At the age of 15, Hollywood stars Ashton Kutcher and Stephen Fry invested (投资) over $1.5 million for his app. He went on with his work 8 their help. The app 9 the British teen one of the world’s youngest
self-made millionaires. He believes Yahoo is the best company to be joining right now because it’s one of these wonderful Internet 10 . Yahoo’s new leader Marissa Mayer also thinks Summly app is very useful.
( ) 1. A. price B. cash C. money D. cost
( ) 2. A. speaks B. introduces C. promises D. tells
( ) 3. A. start B. starts C. started D. starting
( ) 4. A. interesting B. difficult C. different D. important
( ) 5. A. and B. but C. or D. so
( ) 6. A. happily B. easily C. slowly D. hardly
( ) 7. A. lucky B. popular C. simple D. careful
( ) 8. A. on B. with C. in D. at
( ) 9. A. make B. makes C. making D. made
( ) 10. A. companies B. stations C. universities D. factories
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1. after selling an app to web Yahoo 在将一个软件卖给雅虎后
【点拨】after为介词,后接动名词。sell sth. to sb. = sell sb. sth. 将某物卖给某人
The boss sold his house to the boy. 这个老板把他的房子卖给了这个男孩。
2. in the future 在将来
3. one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires 世界上*年轻的自力更生的百万富翁之一
【点拨】one of 后接可数名词复数,表示“……中之一”,动词用第三人称单数。
4. believe v. 相信;信任
【点拨】believe sb. 相信某人的话;believe in sb. 信赖某人。