Onedayin1965，whenIworkedatViewRidgeSchoolinSeattle，afourth­gradeteacherapproachedme.Shehadastudentwhofinishedhisworkbeforealltheothersandneededachallenge.“Couldhehelpinthelibrary？”sheasked.I

Onedayin1965，whenIworkedatViewRidgeSchoolinSeattle，afourth­gradeteacherapproachedme.Shehadastudentwhofinishedhisworkbeforealltheothersandneededachallenge.“Couldhehelpinthelibrary？”sheasked.Isaid“Sendhimalong.”

Soonaslight，sandy­hairedboyinjeansandaT­shirtappeared.“Doyouhaveajobforme？”heasked.

ItoldhimabouttheDeweyDecimalSystem(杜威十进分类法)forshelvingbooks.Hepickeduptheideaimmediately.ThenIshowedhimastack(摞)ofcardsforlong­overduebooksthatIwasbeginningtothinkhadactuallybeenreturnedbutweremisshelvedwiththewrongcardsinthem.Hesaid，“Isitkindofadetectivejob？”Iansweredyes，andhebecameworking.

Hehadfoundthreebookswithwrongcardsbythetimehisteacheropenedthedoorandannounced，“Timeforbreak！”Hearguedforfinishingthefindingjob；shemadethecaseforfreshair.Shewon.

Thenextmorning，hearrivedearly.“Iwanttofinishthesebooks，”hesaid.Attheendoftheday，whenheaskedtobealibrarianonaregularbasis，itwaseasytosayyes.Heworkeduntiringly.

AfterafewweeksIfoundanoteonmydesk，invitingmetodinnerattheboy’shome.Attheendofapleasantevening，hismotherannouncedthatthefamilywouldbemovingtoaneighbouringschooldistrict.Herson’sfirstconcern，shesaid，wasleavingtheViewRidgelibrary.“Whowillfindthelostbooks？”heasked.

Whenthetimecame，Isaidanunwillinggood­bye.Imissedhim，butnotforlong.Afewdayslaterhecamebackandjoyfullyannounced，“Thelibrarianovertheredoesn’tletboysworkinthelibrary.MymothergotmetransferredbacktoViewRidge.Mydadwilldropmeoffonhiswaytowork.Andifhecan’t，I’llwalk！”

Ishouldhavehadanideasuchfocuseddeterminationwouldtakethatyoungmanwhereverhewantedtogo.WhatIcouldnothaveguessed，however，wasthathewouldbecomeageniusoftheInformationAge：BillGates，tycoon(企业巨头)ofMicrosoftandAmerica’srichestman.

小题1:Whatwastheauthorwhenthestoryhappened?A．Ateacher.B．Alibrarian.C．Adetective.D．Astudent.小题2:Whywastheboysenttothelibrarybythefourth­gradeteacher?A．Hefail