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Mark Zuckerberg, is an American computer programmer, CEO, and founder of Facebook. His net worth is about US$58.6 billion, ranking him the fifth richest person in the world. On December 1st , 2015, he and his wife announced that they would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Fund. Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world.

Born in 1984, he and his three sisters were brought up in a small village in New York, at High School, Zuckerberg was outstanding in classes. He won prizes in science (math, astronomy, and physics). He can also read and write French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek. Zuckerberg began using computers and writing software in middle school. His father taught him BASIC Programming in 1990. He enjoyed developing computer programs, especially communication tools and games. During his high school years, he built a software program called "ZuckNet" that allowed all the computers between the house and his father’s dental office to communicate with each other. The following year, he built a music player called the Synapse Media Player. It used machine learning to learn the user's listening habits.

In 2004, Zuckerberg launched Facebook from Harvard. He left Harvard in his second year to complete his project—facebook. Helped by his college roommates and fellow Harvard students, facebook expanded rapidly, reaching one billion users by 2012.

In 2003, Zuckerberg met Priscilla Chan, at a party during his second year at Harvard. They have been dating since their Harvard days. In 2010, they got married and had their first baby, Maxima. The couple announced on their Chinese New Year video, that their daughter’s Chinese name is Chen Mingyu. On Mar 18th , 2016, while visiting Beijing, He posted on facebook, “It’s great to be back in Beijing! I kicked off my visit with a run through Tiananmen Square, past the Forbidden City and over to the Temple of Heaven.” With a Chinese American wife and speech by Mandarin in Tsinghua University, Zuckerberg is famous in China. He seems to be willing to take efforts to make Facebook available in the mainland to connect all people in the world.

1.Mark did NOT run past________ to start his visit in China.

A. Tsinghua University B. the Temple of Heaven

C. Tiananmen Square D. the Forbidden City

2.From the first Paragraph, we can know that________.

A. Time magazine named Zuckerberg as the fifth richest person.

B. Zuckerberg made a lot of money by selling his shares.

C. Facebook is the biggest company at that time.

D. Zuckerberg becomes very successful now.

3.In what order did the following events take place?

a.He met his wife Priscilla Chan at a party.

b.Synapse Media Player was built by him.

c.He was born in a small village in New York.

d.His father taught him BASIC Programming.

e.He got married and had his first baby.

A. cdbea B. cbdae C. cdbae D. adecb

4.From the passage we can know that ________.

A. Zuckerberg loves China very much.

B. Zuckerberg received little popularity from users

C. Zuckerberg’s mother developed his computer talents

D. Zuckerberg and his wife graduated from Harvard .

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Zuckerberg’s happy marriage

B. Zuckerberg —a computer genius.

C. How Zuckerberg created facebook.

D. The popularity of Zuckerberg’s facebook .

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