Question

When Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 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 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 4,000 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 iPhone and the iPad.

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.

1.Why did Steve Jobs stop his college education?

A. He had financial problems

B. He took no interest in his major

C. He wanted to start a company

D. He hated to share rooms with his friends

2.What can be inferred about Apple from the passage?

A. It was founded in Oregon    B. It had a difficult beginning

C. It developed from a garage    D. It had a successful beginning

3.What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. Steve Jobs invented the iPhone

B. Steve Jobs joined Microsoft in 1987

C. Steve Jobs gave Apple a second life

D. Steve Jobs set up another company at 30

4.What does what Steve Jobs said suggest?

A. Courage goes with confidence    B. Attitude is everything

C. Hope helps us succeed    D. Enthusiasm is the key to success

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】 本文是一篇励志故事。史蒂夫·乔布斯，苹果公司的创始人，出身贫寒，没有上完大学就和一个朋友在一个车库开办了后来叫apple的公司，经过十多年的努力，成长为一家大公司，却被解雇了。后来因为公司面临的困境他重回公司，力挽狂澜，让公司起死回生，才有了今天的iPhone和iPad等新产品。正如他所说的，热情是成功的关键。

1.A

推理判断题。根据第一段最后“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.” 他上了大学后，但由于学费太高，不得不辍学，不得不睡在朋友房间的地板上。由于学费高，不得不辍学，即是他的经济出出了问题，由此可推断出A是正确的。

2.B

推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“he and a friend…started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple”他和一个朋友开始于车库。第三段“After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage Apple computer eventually grew into a big company” 经过10年的艰难和失败，两个人从开始在车库工作，到苹果电脑最终成长为一家大公司。公司经历了10年的艰难和失败，分析文章可知最早是从车库开始创业的，是一个艰难的开始。 因此B是正确的。

3.C

D. Steve Jobs set up another company at 30

推理判断题。根据第四段可知：乔布斯被迫离开后，苹果是来自竞争对手微软的重重压力之下和1996宣布的数十亿美元的损失。苹果需要史蒂夫·乔布斯，1997他被任命为苹果首席执行官。在他的领导下，苹果恢复了盈利能力，推出了iPhone和iPad等新产品。分析这些内容可知是在Jobs的努力下才让公司起死回生的，也就是刘是Jobs给了公司第2次生命，故选C.

4.D

推理判断题。根据Jobs所说的“有时候生活会用砖头打你的头，不要失去信心。我确信唯一让我坚持下去的是我热爱我所做的一切。你必须找到你所爱的。如果你还没有找到，继续找。”对以上内容的分析可知是热爱自己所做的事，才会成功。也就是热情是你成功的关键，故选D。