Have you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had been fighting with cancer since 2004.
Steven Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents’ garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public.
Steven Jobs didn’t stop there. He went on to invent more devices (設(shè)備) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing: the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. People found his products beautiful and easy to use.
Jobs also changed the music and film industries. He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the world’s first computer-animated feature film (電腦動畫電影).
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it,” said President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun ... And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”
All around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs’ creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.
小題1:Which of the following about Steve Jobs is NOT true?
A．He was born in California in 1955.
B．He built the Apple II in 1970.
C．He set up a film production company at 31.
D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49.
小題2:The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be replaced by _____.
A．inventorsB．businessmenC．producersD．founders
小題3:According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _____.
A．his products are widely used all over the world
B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use
C．people all over the world are sad at his death
D．people learned about his death from his products
小題4:Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.
A．building the first personal computer
B．making computer-animated feature films
C．developing the music industry
D．creating surprising products

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：文章介紹了喬布斯的生平和成就，通過創(chuàng)造讓人驚訝的產(chǎn)品改變了人們的生活。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：先從第二段的句子：Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.可知喬布斯是生于1955年，從第三段的句子：The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public. 可知The Apple II是在1976年研發(fā)的，選B
小題2:猜詞題：從第四段的句子：He went on to invent more devices (設(shè)備) that allowed people to bring their own creativity to computing:可知這個單詞是“發(fā)明者”，選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”可知奧巴馬的意思是：人們通過他的產(chǎn)品知道他的死訊，選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.可知喬布斯通過創(chuàng)造讓人驚訝的產(chǎn)品改變了人們的生活。選D
點評：文章介紹了喬布斯的生平和成就，通過創(chuàng)造讓人驚訝的產(chǎn)品改變了人們的生活。本文要求考生理解文章的主旨，通過不同人的不同觀點，找出文章的特定的寫作態(tài)度，讀者應(yīng)當(dāng)知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時我們務(wù)必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)。
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A．meaningB．happening C．turningD．failing
小題17:
A．readB．a(chǎn)nswered C．insertedD．placed
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)dmitB．forgetC．showD．disagree
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)dmitB．fastC．cleanD．light
小題20:
A．bargainB．saleC．resultD．a(chǎn)ccident

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