A Success Story
At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing number of teenagers who have (1)____ their fortune through the Internet. (2) ____ makes Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was (3) ____ by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (4) ____. "I wanted to prove them (5) ____", says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls.
When he was eight, his local authorities (6) ____ him with a PC to help with school work. Although he was (7) ____ to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and (8) ____ by his father, he soon began (9) ____ people $l0 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he (10) ____ up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to (11) ____ all his time to business.
"By this time the company had grown and I needed to take on a (12) ____ of employees to help me", says Ben. "That enabled me to start (13) ____ business with bigger companies.” It was. his ability to consistently (14) ____ difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (15) ____ $25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine.
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52. A) This B) That C) Something D) What
53. A) said B) told C) suggested D) reported
54. A) absolutely B) totally C) properly D) thoroughly
55. A) wrong B) false C) untrue D) unfair
56. A) provided B) gave C) offered D) got
57. A) impossible B) incapable C) disabled D) unable
58. A) promised B) invited C) encouraged D) animated
59. A) owing B) charging C) lending D) borrowing
60. A) put B) ran C) made D) set
61. A) pay B) spend C) devote D) invest
62. A) couple B) few C) little D) deal
63. A) having B) doing C) making D) bringing
64. A) overcome B) overlook C) overtake D) overdo
65. A) valuable B) estimated C) priced D) worth
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