Question

【題目】

The death of Steve Jobs provides a chance to take some lessons from his amazing life. Steve Jobs had a passion(激情) for education. He may be gone, but we still have a chance to learn from his courage and innovation(革新).

Making Mistakes

I think that the main reason why we can't find proper ways to improve the education system that no longer serves us well is simply fear. Fear of failure. Fear of getting it wrong. Teachers fear that innovation could endanger their jobs. Steve had the attitude we need in education right now. "Sometimes when you create something, you make mistakes. It is best to admit(承認(rèn)) them and get on with improving your other innovations." That's the kind of spirit that we need to have.

Motivation(動(dòng)機(jī)) Matters

We've concentrated(專注于) so much on results that we don't always reward good motivations. But these things are very important. In our schools, we've cared so much about test results that we've lost creativity. We don't reward students for their hard work, and we punish failure. As a result, we lost imagination and found no motivation to try something that has a chance of ending in failure.

What Defines(定義) Failure?

The company that Steve Jobs started in 1985 after being forced out of Apple shows us how technology could influence educational innovation. In 1985 he started NeXT. The company was providing computers for educational purposes. NeXT wasn't really financially(經(jīng)濟(jì)上) successful. But it may have been ahead of its time. Today, we see what the technology brings into the classroom.

Changing Our Model

The company sold around 50,000 computers. But that would be missing the point. It was a NeXT cube workstation that encouraged the first web server. It helped in the development of early Internet technology. Truly, Steve Jobs has taught us that results are not the most important things in life.

【1】The article tells us making mistakes .

A.is always something very bad

B.will help us become better people

C.is a part of making something new

D.will keep us from reaching our dreams

【2】We may lose our creativity and imagination if we .

A.make a lot of mistakes

B.fail to have a right model

C.can't be financially successful

D.concentrate too much on results

【3】Steve Jobs might agree that .

A.a good motivation can lead to a successful result

B.we shouldn't be afraid of failure and it can lead to success

C.making money is the only way to judge success

D.having a passion is the most important thing for success

【4】According to the article, which word can best describe Steve Jobs' spirit?

A.Passion.B.Motivation.C.Innovation.D.Creativity.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文通過喬布斯，使我們意識到一些東西。雖然喬布斯已經(jīng)去世，但是，我們?nèi)匀荒軓乃�的勇氣和�?chuàng)新中學(xué)到很多。犯錯(cuò)誤，動(dòng)機(jī)很重要，什么定義了失敗，改變我們的模式。

【1】題意：這篇文章告訴我們犯錯(cuò)誤是怎樣的？
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. is always something very bad總是一些不好的事情；B. will help us become better people將會幫助我們變成更好的人；C. is a part of making something new是構(gòu)成新事物的一部分；D. will keep us from reaching our dreams將會阻止我們達(dá)成我們的夢想。根據(jù)Sometimes when you create something, you make mistakes. It is best to admit(承認(rèn)) them and get on with improving your other innovations.故選C。

【2】題意：我們可能會丟失我們的創(chuàng)造性和想象力，如果我們……。
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. make a lot of mistakes犯很多錯(cuò)誤；B. fail to have a right model沒有一個(gè)正確的模式；C. can't be financially successful經(jīng)濟(jì)上不成功；D. concentrate too much on results太關(guān)注結(jié)果。根據(jù)We've concentrated(專注于) so much on results…that we've lost creativity…As a result, we lost imagination…故選D。

【3】題意：喬布斯可能會同意……。
推理判斷題。A. a good motivation can lead to a successful result一個(gè)好的動(dòng)機(jī)可以導(dǎo)致一個(gè)成功的結(jié)果；B. we shouldn't be afraid of failure and it can lead to success我們不應(yīng)該害怕失敗，它會導(dǎo)致成功；C. making money is the only way to judge success賺錢是判斷成功的唯一方法；D. having a passion is the most important thing for success有激情對成功來說是最重要的。根據(jù)NeXT wasn't really financially(經(jīng)濟(jì)上) successful. But it may have been ahead of its time. Today, we see what the technology brings into the classroom.可知，經(jīng)濟(jì)上雖然沒有成功，但是失敗可能會導(dǎo)致成功，故選B。

【4】題意：根據(jù)文章，哪一個(gè)單詞能夠最好的描述喬布斯的精神？
推理判斷題。A. Passion.激情；B. Motivation.動(dòng)機(jī)；C. Innovation.革新；D. Creativity.創(chuàng)造力。根據(jù)He may be gone, but we still have a chance to learn from his courage and innovation(革新)可知，故選C。