3.Apple has lost a creative genius (天才) and the world has lost an amazing human being.Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve Jobs have lost a dear friend.Steve Jobs leaves behind a company that only he could have built,and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.
Steven Jobs was born on February 24,1955,in San Francisco,California.As a child,Jobs preferred doing things by himself.He was a competitive swimmer at school,but was not interested in any other team sports or other group activities.He showed an early interest in electronics (電子產(chǎn)品).He spent a lot of time working in the garage workshop of a neighbor who was an electronics manufacturer (制造商).
He went to college but decided to drop out.Remembering his time there he said,"I didn't have a dorm room,so I slept on the floor in friends'rooms; I sold coke bottles to buy food,and I would walk seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple."
Jobs and a friend started a company in a garage on April 1,1976.Jobs named their company Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果園) worker in Oregon.After ten years,Apple,which started with two kids working in a garage,had grown into a $2billion company with over 4,000employees.
At 30,Jobs was fired from the company he founded with Steve Wozniak.He left the company after losing a bitter battle over control with Apple's CEO John Sculley.In 1997,Jobs rejoined Apple.He is the brain behind the best-selling iPhone,iPad and iPod.
Jobs said,"Your time is limited,so don't waste it.Don't let the noise of others'opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart…"
28.From the passage,we can know that as a child JobsD.
A.liked working with a group of people
B.didn't like doing sports at all
C.worked in the garage to support himself
D.tried to go after his hobbies
29.What can we learn about Jobs from the passage?C
A.He left college after three years'study.
B.He dropped out because he didn't like study.
C.His college life was quite hard.
D.He lived in the dorm when he was in college.
30.The fourth and fifth paragraphs mainly tell us aboutA.
A.Jobs'experiences in Apple
B.the unsteady growth of Apple
C.the great success of Apple
D.Jobs'fight against John Sculley
31.It can be inferred from what Jobs said in the last paragraph thatB.
A.Jobs is very stubborn
B.Jobs is a very determined man
C.Jobs puts all his heart into Apple
D.Jobs feels proud of his achievement.
分析 本文是蘋果公司的創(chuàng)始人喬布斯的悼文,簡單地介紹了喬布斯的生平.
解答 28.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)句子He showed an early interest in electronics (電子產(chǎn)品).He spent a lot of time working in the garage workshop of a neighbor who was an electronics manufacturer (制造商).他對電子產(chǎn)品很感興趣,他花了很多時間在一家電子制造廠的鄰居的車庫車間工作.可見他是努力追求他愛好的人,所以答案選D.
29.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)喬布斯的話:"I didn't have a dorm room,so I slept on the floor in friends'rooms; I sold coke bottles to buy food,and I would walk seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple."上大學(xué)的時候他沒有宿舍,睡在朋友房間的地板上;賣可樂瓶,買菜,一周里步行七英里穿越鎮(zhèn)每星期日晚上到Hare Krishna神廟吃一頓好的.由此可見喬布斯的大學(xué)生活是非常艱難的,所以答案選C.
30.A 主旨大意題.這兩段主要寫了喬布斯創(chuàng)建蘋果公司,后離開公司后又重組蘋果公司的一個創(chuàng)業(yè)工作的過程,所以答案選A.
31.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)喬布斯的話:Your time is limited,so don't waste it.Don't let the noise of others'opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart.你的時間有限,所以不要浪費它.不要讓別人的意見淹沒了你自己內(nèi)心的聲音.最重要的是,要有勇氣跟隨你的心.可見喬布斯是一個有主見,而且具有為了自己的內(nèi)心夢想能堅定不移的人,所以答案選B.
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