根据材料完成下列各题。
Beethoven
Born in 1770 in Germany
A musician (音乐家)
Died in 1827
Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820
An English nurse
Died in 1910
Bill Gates
Born in I955 in the USA
Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought
Owns Microsoft
Thomas Edison
Born in 1847 in the USA
Made over 1,000 inventions (发明)
Died in 1931
Yao Ming
Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China
A basketball player
Played for the Houston Rockets, the USA
小题1:Thomas Edison is from _ _.
A．Canada
B．Italy
C．America
D．China小题2:The was born in 1770.
A．musician
B．nurse
C．businessman
D．scientist小题3:Business@ the Speed of Thought is the name of a_______.
A．song
B．book
C．school
D．film小题4:Nightingale died in _ _
A．1931
B．1827
C．1847
D．1910小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Yao Ming is a football player.
B．Edison made over l, 000 inventions.
C．Nightingale was a scientist.
D．Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955.
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
题目分析：这是一篇名人介绍，主要介绍了他们的出生年代以及他们的贡献。
小题1: 根据Thomas Edison，Born in 1847 in the USA，可知Thomas Edison来自美国，故选C。
小题2:根据Beethoven，Born in 1770 in Germany，A musician (音乐家)，故选A。
小题3: 根据Bill Gates，Born in I955 in the USA，Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought可知the Speed of Thought是一本书，所以答案为B。
小题4: 根据Florence Nightingale，Died in 1910，因此选D。
小题5: 根据Yao Ming ，A basketball player故排除 A，Florence Nightingale，An English nurse故排除 C，根据Bill Gates，Born in I955 in the USA，排除D,因此选B。
点评：这篇短文题目的设置大多是细节寻找题，只需在原文中找到与题目相关的信息即可。这篇文章非常容易，没有什么生僻词汇，不难选出正确答案。