The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.
Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.
After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.
1.Steve Jobs when he was in school.
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A．was an outstanding student |
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B．didn’t do very well |
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C．was always praised by others |
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D．didn’t learn anything |
2.The underlined word “value” means .
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A．beauty |
B．chance |
C．importance |
D．hope |
3.Steve Jobs .
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A．received excellent college education |
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B．didn’t go to college at all |
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C．studied in college for 4 years |
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D．didn’t finish his college education |
4.Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because .
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A．apple was his favorite fruit |
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B．he designed the computer under an apple tree |
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C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard |
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D．the computer was designed on the orchard |
5.Steve Job’s would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.
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A．“failure” in school |
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B．stay on the orchard |
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C．travel on India |
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D．new ideas |
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Shopping Guide in Central Mall |
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Floors |
Articles |
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Restaurant /Coffee shop/ Tea house |
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Children’s pleasure ground/ Game center |
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Electrical equipment, clocks and watches/ Writing materials and office supplies |
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Men’s clothing /Bedding |
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Women’s clothing/ Children’s clothing |
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Fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, drinks, cooked food, etc. /Kitchen ware |
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Bushiness hours Weekdays:8:30am—6:30pm Weekends:9:00am—9:00pm |
1.If you want to have a cup of coffee, you should go to the floor.
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A．first |
B．fourth |
C．fifth |
D．sixth |
2.If you want to buy some apples and beef, you should go to the floor.
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A．first |
B．second |
C．third |
D．fourth |
3.If Mr. Green wants to buy a shirt, he should go to the floor.
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A．second |
B．fourth |
C．third |
D．fifth |
4.If Mrs. Green’s children want to play, they should go to the floor.
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A．first |
B．fourth |
C．fifth |
D．sixth |
5.If you want to do some shopping in Central Mall in the evening, you may go there on .
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A．Wednesday |
B．Friday |
C．Saturday |
D．Monday |
先阅读短文，然后从文中每小题的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳答案。
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be (1) but a failure(失败者).
After five years of poor jobs, I fell (2) with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve (3) in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something (4) about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was (5) .
So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college I (6) during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a part-time job as a (7) at Leeds University. I began to feel (8) of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) (9) when I discovered my own style.
Now I’m rich and (10) , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
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— Do you know sound travels very fast?
— Yes. But light travels sound.
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— When shall we leave for China?
— We won’t we have visited all the places of interest here.
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B．while |
C．as |
D．since |
— I don’t think we can find a new day to work out the problem.
— But we’d better not .
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A．end up. |
B．hand out |
C．give up |
D．put out |
