As a senior high school student, my future is always on my mind. To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort.Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford's graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It started when l became a junior, when college came into view. It's the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn't mean that students shouldn't attend college, but rather that they shouldn't worry so much. You'll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit morewinding(蜿蜒的)than you'd like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don't panic.One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve Jobs quoted(引用)thc saying"Stay hungry, stay foolisll" and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing thatyou are still a fool, no matter how much you've learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs' level of success is possible to achieve, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it's my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, I'll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
1.The author felt worried when_____.
A．he had to take tests at school
B．he had lots of sleepless nights
C．he thought about his future
D．he searched for words of wisdom
2.It is suggested in Paragraphs l and 2 that_____
A．the author is a college student
B．the author cares much about his future
C．Steve Jobs failed because of his decision
D．Steve Jobs' words had no effect on the author
3.What did the author gain from Jobs' speech?
A．Courage to drop out of school. B．Confidence in defeating Jobs.
C．Interest in computer industry. D．Bravery to face uncertainties.
4.What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?
A．Be content with what they know.
B．Have the desire to learn more.
C．Stay calm in the face of hardships
D．Be modest so as to learn more.
5.The passage is mainly about_____.
A．an experience of a speech
B．a memorable meeting with Jobs
C．the most impressive quotation in life
D．the wisdom drawn from a speech
An old man lay in a hospital bed, heavily sedated（给……服镇静剂）to ease the pain from his heart attack.. The nurse arrived and said, "Your 36 is here," repeating the words several times before the 37 conscious man opened his eyes. His son was a 38 who had come back from service to 39 to his beloved father.
The elderly man 40 out to touch his son's hand and held it gently. All through the 41 ,the young soldier sat in the ward（病房）offering words of 42 to his dying dad, who said 43 but kept a weak grip of his child. 44 of the noise of the oxygen tank and the moans（呻吟声）of the other patients, the soldier remained 45 by the old man-s side.
Several times in the course of that long night, the nurse returned and suggested that the soldier leave to 4 6 for a while, But each time he would 4 7 As dawn approached the elderly man 48 His loving son rested the old man's lifeless hand on the bed and left to find the 49 . The young man waited while the nurse carried his father's body away and when she returned, offering words of 50 the soldier interrupted her.
"Who was the man?"-he asked.
51 ,the nurse replied, "He was your father."
“No, he wasn't," the young man said, 6'I've never seen him before in my life.”
"Then 52 didn't you say something'?"
“When I arrived at the ward,I knew right away there had been a(n) 53 ,”the young man explained. "But I also knew that man needed his son, and he wasn't here.I could tell he was too一54 to know who sat beside him but he needed someone there, soI just decided t0 55 him.
1. A．wife B．son C．brother D．cousin
2. A．barely B．simply C．actually D．totally
3. A．director B．manager C．waiter D．soldier
4. A．talk B．listen C．attend D．adjust
5.A.looked B reached C.moved D. picked
6. A．morning B．noon C．afternoon D．night
7. A．sadness B．truth C．excitement D．encoursgement
8. A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
9. A．Free B．Unaware C．Afraid D．Tired
10. A．loyally B．seriously C．impatiently D．carelessly
11. A．walk B．chat C．rest D．exercise
12. A．refuse B．agree C．hesitate D．weep
13. A．awoke B．died C．recovered D．screamed
14. A．friend B．relative C．ambulance D．nurse
15. A．love B．anger C．sympathy D．admiration
16. A．Shocked B．Worried C．Frightened D．Annoyed
17.A. how B where C. why D. when
18. A．mistake B．hope C．accident D．event
19. A．anxious B．sick C．disappointed D．careless
20. A．leave B．support C．respect D．accompany
-I didn't go to the art show, because I lost my ticket．
-You______have borrowed mine I didn't go to see it anyway
A．would B．need C．could D．must
Birds'singing is sometimes a warning to other birds________away.
A．staying B．stayed C．stay D．to stay
Interest is as_______to learning as the ability to understand,even more so.
A．vital B．available C．specific D．similar
I'm pleased to hear that you've come here to _______this matter in person.
A．lead to B．see to C．refer to D．turn to
