题目内容
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Steven Park and his wife Susan were having financial(财政) problems. One day, they each decided, without telling the other, to buy lotto ticket(彩票). Before buying these tickets, they had never spent money on the lotto. They both used numbers that were their anniversary(周年纪念) date and address. That night, they were watching the news on TV, and the winning numbers were drawn. Soon after hearing the numbers, they started jumping up and down. They were shocked(震惊) to find out that they each held a winning ticket! The ticket won $450,000.
1.Why did the parks buy a lotto ticket?
2.What number did the Parks use?
3.Where did the Parks get the news that they won?
4.When did the Parks start jumping up and down?
5.How much did the Parks win?
1.For financial problems
2.Their anniversary date and address
3.On TV
4.Soon after hearing the numbers.
5.$450,000
【解析】略
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(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 |
4. From this passage we know ___________
A.Steven Jobs liked travelling in India and California |
B.Steven Jobs could only design video games |
C.Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates |
D.Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |