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When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
At 20, he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) 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 (果园) in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPod.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
小题1:Which of the following is right according to paragraph 1?| A．Jobs’ unmarried mother adopted him. | | B．Paul Jobs was a college teacher. | | C．Jobs’ finished his education. | | D．Jobs’ unmarried mother wanted a girl. |
小题2:Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college education because he ______.| A．wanted to start a company. | | B．had financial problems. | | C．took no interest in his major. | | D．hated to share rooms with his friends. |
小题3:It can be inferred that Apple____.| A．was founded in Oregon | | B．developed from a garage | | C．had a difficult beginning | | D．had a successful beginning |
小题4:What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?| A．Interest is key to success. | | B．Hope helps us succeed. | | C．Attitude is everything. | | D．Courage goes with confidence. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍乔布斯的家庭生活，学业情况和如何创办苹果公司的。通过Steve Jobs说的话，可知兴趣是成功的关键。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl.可知乔布斯的未婚妈妈想要一个女孩，选D
小题2:细节题：从第一段的句子：he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.可知乔布斯没有完成大学学业主要是因为他的经济问题，选B
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.可知苹果公司是由一个汽修厂发展而来的。选B
小题4:细节题：从文章最后一段的句子：Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.可知从Steve Jobs说的话，可知兴趣是成功的关键，选A。 |
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About a month ago, while in the drive through at Starbucks, I noticed a woman in a car behind me who appeared to be having a bad day. There were two kids in the back who seemed to have too much at 8 am on a Sunday morning, because they were shouting loudly. The moved slowly and at one point while I was pulling the car forward, the sad woman behind me my car. I could tell this her. The entire time that I waited in line for my coffee this woman didn’t .
Looking back at her I could tell she was wondering “Why me? Why today?” When I up and paid for my coffee I requested that the barista(咖啡吧员) of Starbucks give the woman behind me a smile card and paid for her coffee.
Just 30 minutes later I was again in line at Starbucks. I heard a slam of a car door but thought nothing of it. I was when the same woman came up to my driver’s side window. She me a twenty-dollar bill and the same smile card I had given to her. She smiled and said, “These are for you. You are the one who gave these to me , right? All I need you to do is ask the barista to give the back to me.” It was amazing! It was as if this woman had been waiting to show her for what I had done!
When she got back into her today she was all smiles. I could tell she had the same feeling as I had on that early Sunday morning. It was nice to have my coffee paid for, but what made me feel even better was seeing the happiness and smile on her face.
As I pulled out of the drive-thru, she waved and yelled out, “Have a day!” I yelled back “You too!” and waved her goodbye.
| 小题1: | | A．force | B．strength | C．power | D．energy |
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| 小题3: | | A．knocked | B．touched | C．kicked | D．watched |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited | B．calmed | C．worried | D．entertained |
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| 小题5: | | A．apologize | B．smile | C．complain | D．bother |
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| 小题6: | | A．pulled | B．looked | C．turned | D．walked |
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| 小题7: | | A．standing | B．waiting | C．parking | D．pacing |
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| 小题8: | | A．amused | B．confused | C．disappointed | D．shocked |
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| 小题9: | | A．handed | B．owed | C．presented | D．asked |
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| 小题10: | | A．clever | B．kind | C．honest | D．modest |
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| 小题11: | | A．privately | B．secretly | C．originally | D．totally |
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| 小题12: | | A．card | B．change | C．bill | D．coffee |
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| 小题13: | | A．consideration | B．respect | C．desire | D．appreciation |
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| 小题14: | | A．office | B．home | C．car | D．room |
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| 小题15: | | A．free | B．quiet | C．regular | D．good |
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While going to the office, I found an old man lying by the side of the bus stop．He seemed very sick and poor．Instinctively．I gave him some money．After a few minutes, I realized that he was probably too sick to get up and buy something with that money．I was thinking about how to help him when my bus arrived, halting my brainstorm．I quickly got on and rode off．
However, that night I couldn"t sleep．I felt very angry at my own heartless and selfish behavior．How could I just walk away from that man without a thought for his suffering? I felt restless and very upset． The next morning, while waiting at the bus stop, I hoped to run into him again．But he wasn"t there．I thought he may have gone to the sidewalk to sleep for the night．I looked around for him, but he had disappeared．Disappointed, I decided to check for him again on my way back．
While returning from work that day, I came back to the bus stop and resumed my search for him． Thankfully, he was there．I quickly went to a nearby store and got him a blanket, some bread, and biscuits． When I handed them to him, he seemed very grateful．"Now I will be safe from the cold," he smiled． I also gave him some more money and told him to keep it safely．After being able to help him, I felt very at peace．
小题1:What does the underlined word "Instinctively" in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Immediately． | B．Constantly． | | C．Naturally． | D．Generally． |
小题2:Why did the author feel restless and upset that night?| A．He was regretful that didn"t give the old man any money． | | B．He was exhausted while he was working at his office． | | C．He felt guilty in his mind for not helping the old man out | | D．He suffered being restless and upset at night for a long period． |
小题3:According to the story, which of the statements below is NOT true?| A．The author left the old man in a hurry as he didn"t want to be late for work． | | B．The next morning the author did meet the old man and give him a warm hand． | | C．The old man was pleased with the author"s offer because he wouldn"t be exposed to the cold at night | | D．The author eventually achieved his resolution to help the old man out． |
小题4:What can we possibly conclude from the moving story?| A．The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose． | | B．If at first you don"t succeed, try, try again． | | C．God helps those who help themselves． | | D．Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today． |
小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Giving money to strangers is rather happy． | | B．How can you help a stranger? | | C．Don"t be sony failing in helping others． | | D．A moving story happening at a bus stop． |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
Tom was a businessman and he suffered many failures in his career, which made him a depressed（沮丧的）man, he often complained that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to city. In the evening of a weekend, Tom and his wife were busy up their new home the light suddenly went out. So they had to ___ work. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along candles and had to wait in a low mood. Just then he heard slight, hesitant knocks on his door that sounded clear in the night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no in the new city. And this was the moment he especially disliked being disturbed. , he went reluctantly(不情愿地) to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have ? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door violently. “What a nuisance（讨厌的人）!” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down the neighbor came to things.” After a while, the door was knocked . He opened it and found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She me here to give you these .” Tom was very __ by what he saw. When he became fully aware, he said, “Thank you and your . God bless you!”
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his in life. It was his and harshness(刻薄)with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his unsympathetic .
| 小题1: | | A．inspired | B．satisfied | C．encouraged | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．the other | B．other | C．another | D．every |
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| 小题3: | | A．looking | B．cleaning | C．turning | D．ending |
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| 小题5: | | A．continue | B．quit | C．start | D．change |
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| 小题6: | | A．helplessly | B．happily | C．patiently | D．hopefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．noisy | B．quiet | C．dark | D．crowded |
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| 小题8: | | A．friend | B．consultant | C．stranger | D．adolescent |
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| 小题9: | | A．So | B．However | C．Though | D．In case |
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| 小题10: | | A．lights | B．tricks | C．candles | D．failures |
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| 小题11: | | A．when | B．that | C．than | D．while |
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| 小题12: | | A．borrow | B．sell | C．purchase | D．lend |
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| 小题13: | | A．suddenly | B．too | C．constantly | D．again |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggested | B．sent | C．forbade | D．forced |
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| 小题15: | | A．frightened | B．surprised | C．puzzled | D．pleased |
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| 小题16: | | A．brother | B．mother | C．father | D．grandma |
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| 小题17: | | A．dissatisfaction | B．success | C．failure | D．determination |
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| 小题18: | | A．apology | B．responsibility | C．coldness | D．concept |
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| 小题19: | | A．in particular | B．in all | C．in general | D．in reality |
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| 小题20: | | A．brain | B．thought | C．idea | D．mind |
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Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other. These letters were all pilled up in a basket, dirty and With dust. to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.
As I carefully opened each letter, all of them with age, I discovered a new page unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents" lives.
My father used to in the army. So his letters were full of frontline of the things about the war. Each of my mother"s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss. I was to these letters like a magnet (磁铁).
Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very . and was hospitalized. This time, he was fighting a . kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the . He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had to him when he had been so far from home.
It so happened that the next day would he February 14. From the letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father"s bedside.
At his bedside, I joked with him, saying , "Today is Valentine"s Day, don"t you want to send Mother a present?" He became more when I handed him the old . He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he it, his eyes were filled with tears.
My father, in a voice tight with read the loving he"d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And this time, he could read it to her .
小题1:A came B. hit C. drew D. fell
| 小题2: | | A．hidden | B．covered | C．buried | D．filled |
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| 小题3: | | A．Pretending | B．Suggesting | C．Preferring | D．Deciding |
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| 小题4: | | A．delicate | B．tasty | C．useful | D．tender |
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| 小题5: | | A．recently | B．usually | C．previously | D．occasionally |
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| 小题6: | | A．work | B．study | C．serve | D．report |
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| 小题7: | | A．accounts | B．documents | C．introductions | D．occupations |
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| 小题8: | | A．devoted | B．abandoned | C．thrown | D．drawn |
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| 小题9: | | A．depressed | B．dead. | C．dangerous | D．ill |
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| 小题10: | | A．typical | B．traditional | C．different | D．familiar |
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| 小题11: | | A．wars | B．illnesses | C．letters | D．prescriptions |
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小题12:A. meant B. intended C, planned D. said
| 小题13: | | A．divided | B．sorted | C．separated | D．updated |
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| 小题14: | | A．sadly | B．angrily | C．softly | D．loudly |
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| 小题15: | | A．curious | B．enthusiastic | C．fantastic | D．positive |
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| 小题16: | | A．Christmas card | B．envelope | C．basket | D．lipstick |
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| 小题17: | | A．found | B．wrote | C．recognized | D．missed |
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| 小题18: | | A．astonishment | B．sorrow | C．sickness | D．emotion |
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| 小题19: | | A．story | B．message | C．speech | D．motto |
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| 小题20: | | A．in person | B．in private | C．in danger | D．in peace |
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One day, when I was working as a psychologist in England, an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. "This boy has lost his family," he wrote. "He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I"m very worried about him. Can you help?" "
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn"t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.
The first two times we met David didn"t say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children’s drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon - in complete silence and without looking at me. It"s not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?
"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering." Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
"It"s your turn," he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, an d about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one - without any words – can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry" on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.
小题1:When he first met the author, David________.| A．felt a little excited | | B．walked energetically | | C．looked a little nervous | | D．showed up with his teacher |
小题2:As a psychologist, the author_______ .| A．was ready to listen to David | | B．was skeptical about psychology | | C．was able to describe David"s problem | | D．was sure of handling David"s problem |
小题3:David enjoyed being with the author because he ______.| A．wanted to ask the author for advice | | B．need to share sorrow with the author | | C．liked the children"s drawings in the office | | D．beat the author many times in the chess game |
小题4:What can be inferred about David?| A．He recovered after months of treatment. | | B．He liked biking before he lost his family. | | C．He went into university soon after starting to talk. | | D．He got friends in school before he met the author. |
小题5:What made David change?| A．His teacher"s help. | | B．The author"s friendship. | | C．His exchange of letters with the author. | | D．The author"s silent communication with him. |
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