Steven Jobs, the designer（设计者）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（退学）. 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（汽车库）. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in 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. dropped out
2.Steven Jobs designed his new computer ________.
A. in India B. with his friend
C. in an apple tree garden D. by himself
3.Steven Jobs was famous for his ________ all over the world.
A. new ideas B. apple
C. Apple Computer D. video games
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There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree _______ there. Both the patch _______ the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and _______ were the pride of the gardener. But _______ knows that the vegetables and the _______ couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影) , _______ it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, _______ the vegetables because they drank nearly all the_______ , leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became _______ serious that the vegetables decided _______ up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables _______ the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped_______ them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables _______ that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were _______ , the gardener gave the _______ care to the vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
1.A. grow B. grows C. grew D. grown
2.A. and B. or C. but D. nor
3.A. they B. them C. their D. themselves
4.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody
5.A. gardener B. tree C. light D. leaves
6.A. when B. before C. if D. because
7.A. liked B. hated C. loved D. helped
8.A. shadow B. water C. soil D. sunlight
9.A. so B. such C. too D. very
10.A. used B. using C. to use D. use
11.A. from B. for C. by D. on
12.A. water B. watering C. to water D. waters
13.A. realized B. improved C. received D. remembered
14.A. do B. doing C. did D. done
15.A. good B. better C. best D. well
---Do you mind my smoking here? --- _________________. It’s a public place.
A. Better not B. Of course not
C. Not at all D. Certainly not.
--- ________ this today, everyone. --- Great. We can go home now.
A. Prepare for B. Talk about
C. So much for D. Think about
Holly has_______ fed the dog, but she hasn't watered the plants _______.
A still; already B. already; yet
C. yet; still D. yet; already
I hear Jim __________ Ann next month.
A .will marry to B. will marry with
C. will marry D. will be married with
