A Great Creator
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he .
A．never did his lessons
B．was full of new ideas
C．always made troubles with his schoolmates
D．he was not clever
2.Then he dropped out.
A．drop in B．gave up college C．fall off D．left out
3.Steven Jobs called his new computer “Apple” because .
A．he likes apples too much
B．he wanted to remember the happy time in an apple tree garden
C．he always liked some new ideas
D．he wanted to change in his life
4.Steven Jobs is famous for his all over the world .
A．new ideas B．apple
C．Apple Computer D．video games
5.From this passage we know .
A．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.
B．Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California.
C．Steven Jobs only designed video games.
D．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making new ideas become true.
完形填空
Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their .
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two there, winter and summer, There are no spring autumn there. The winter nights are .You can’t the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never .and there is no night.
The Eskimos have clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and .
Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too there. The Eskimos make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they go in storm and can’t home, they make house of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is .
Life is for the Eskimos, they still like to live there.
1.A. work B. life C. holiday D. families
2.A. weather B. months C. seasons D. Years
3.A. not B. or C. and D. As
4.A. short B. long C. warm D. Cold
5.A. see B. watch C. look D. look at
6.A. rises B. goes up C. drops D. goes down
7.A. beautiful B. metal C. warm D. Cool
8.A. goods B. drinks C. medicine D. shoes
9.A. cold B. hot C. dry D. Wet
10.A. will B. should C. never D. have to
11.A. on B. over C. out D. off
12.A. get back B. got off C. get on D. get in
13.A. coming B. over C. going D. Beginning
14.A. hard B. interesting C. easy D. Lucky
15.A. and B. for C. but D. so
—How do you think about his mistakes in the letter?
— . After all, he is only a beginner.
A. Not much B. I disagree with you
C. I wouldn’t mind that D. Sounds boring
The shop assistant asked the woman ________.
A. which one did she like best
B. which one she liked best
C. which one she likes best
D. which one does she like best
I like the musicians write their own lyrics.
A. whom B. who C. which D. Whose
— How about the movie you saw yesterday?
— Wonderful! We are all _____ in that _____ movie.
A. interesting; interesting
B. interested; interested
C. interesting; interested
D. interested; interesting
