The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.

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

After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(車庫). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果園) in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.

1. Steve Jobs            when he was in school.

A．was an outstanding(杰出的) student

B．didn’t do very well

C．was always praised by others

D．didn’t learn anything

2.. The underlined（劃線的） word “value” means           .

A．beauty

B．chance

C．importance

D．hope

3.. Steve Jobs           .

A．received excellent college education

B．didn’t go to college at all

C．studied in college for 4 years

D．didn’t finish his college education

4.. Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because           .

A．a(chǎn)pple was his favorite fruit

B．he designed the computer under an apple tree

C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard

D．the computer was designed on the orchard

5. Steve Jobs'            would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

A．“failure” in school

B．stay on the orchard

C．travel on India

D．new ideas

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：

1.本文第一段提到蘋果電腦的設(shè)計(jì)者 Steve Jobs在學(xué)校的不在好的學(xué)生行列當(dāng)中，經(jīng)常給他的老師和朋友帶來麻煩，所以說Steve Jobs在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)并不好，故本題選B。

2.根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知，他總是有一些好的想法，他在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)不好，所以很少的人能夠看到他對電腦的發(fā)展所起的作用，所以文中的value指的是他對電腦發(fā)展所起的重要作用，所以他表示的意思為重要性較符合文意，importance表示此意，故本題選C。

3.本文第一段的最后一句是 Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.意思為當(dāng)他上大學(xué)的時(shí)候他沒有改變，最終在讀大學(xué)的半途中輟學(xué)了，所以說史蒂夫沒有完成他的大學(xué)教育，故本題選D。

4.本文第三段最后一句是He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果園) in Oregon.意思是史蒂夫給公司命名為蘋果，因?yàn)檫@樣可以使他想起曾今在果園的快樂時(shí)光，故本題選C.

5.從文中的意思可知，史蒂夫的成功在于他的想法獨(dú)特，與他在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)差，他去印度旅行，他在果園的生活沒有任何關(guān)系，這些只是他生活一部分，故本題選D。

考點(diǎn)：本文是一篇介紹蘋果電腦設(shè)計(jì)者史蒂夫的個(gè)人傳記。

點(diǎn)評：本文主要介紹蘋果電腦設(shè)計(jì)者史蒂夫的個(gè)人簡歷，介紹了他在學(xué)校的表現(xiàn)，去印度的旅行，在農(nóng)場的生活和創(chuàng)立了蘋果公司。閱讀本文時(shí)應(yīng)以這個(gè)時(shí)間線索通讀全篇，了解史蒂夫的具體情況，同時(shí)應(yīng)注意史蒂夫的成功在于他思想的獨(dú)特和新穎。

 

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