Question

The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful  in his early year. He was not one of       at school, and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.       he was full of new ideas. Things were still      when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学).

Steven Jobs worked      as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he      India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him     in life for the better.

After he came back from      he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steven Jobs started     a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak , he designed the Apple I computer in his bedroom. He chose the name      “     ” because it reminded(想起 ) him of a happy summer he once spent in an orchard (果园 ) in Oregon.

Today Steven Jobs has lots of factories and he is very      in the world.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要描述了苹果电脑公司创始人的成功历史，他小时候不是个好学生，常和同学发生冲突。毕业后先为一家公司工作了几个月，后来和朋友在自家车库里面研究出了苹果电脑。

1.好学生。New classmates新同学；good students好学生；lucky farmers幸运的农民；successful designer成功的设计者。根据下句and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.可知选B。

2.但是他充满了新的想法。But但是；and和；so所以；or或者。根据上句and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.和下句he was full of new ideas 可推知选A。

3.时情况仍然一样，他中途退学。Very hard非常困难；interesting有趣的；the same一样；different不同的。根据后半句and he dropped out halfway 可知他上了大学时情况仍然一样，所以选C。

4.首先在雅达利作游戏设计师。Then然后；later后来；early早的；first首先。所以选D。

5.旅行到印度。Move迁移，移动；travell旅行；work工作；study学习。根据下句He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas 可知选B。

6.他希望此行将使他有更多的想法，并给他一个改变，使他生活得更好。A change改变； a job工作；a house 房子；a farm农场。所以选A。

7.印度回来后，他生活在加利福尼亚的一个农场。前面说他到印度旅行，这儿当然就该是从印度回来，所以选D。

8.自造一种新型计算机。Buying买；selling卖；making制造；playing玩。所以选C。

9.苹果”。Happy愉快的；famous著名的；naughty淘气的，顽皮的。Funning有趣的。根据文章开头The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful 就可知该选A。

10.在世界上他很有名。根据前半句oday Steven Jobs has lots of factories 可知他现在很有名，所以选B。

考点：人物传记类短文。