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The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I’ ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ ve ever encountered(遇到)to help me make the big choice in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable, and that I would live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is my doctors’code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. I was completely in despair. Later that evening, I had another biopsy(活组织检查)and my wife told me that tumor turned to be curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I’ m fine now.
This was the closest I’ ve been to facing death. To tell the truth, no one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. It clears out the old to make room for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn’ t waste it repeating someone else’ s life. Don’ t be trapped by dogma(教条)—which is living with the results of other people’ s thinking. Don’ t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
【小题1】The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.

A.he had to rest at home
B.his disease was not serious at all
C.his disease couldn’ t be cured
D.he had to wait for the result of the test
【小题2】How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A.AngryB.ExcitedC.OptimisticD.Hopeless
【小题3】What does the author think of death?
A.He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.
B.He thinks it is not the end of life.
C.He thinks it is impossible to avoid.
D.He thinks it is the beginning of a new life
【小题4】In the author’ s opinion, we should ____________.
A.follow others’ advice
B.take no notice of diseases
C.take exercise and keep healthy
D.have the courage to follow our heart


【小题1】C
【小题1】D
【小题1】C
【小题1】D

解析【小题1】细节理解题。这是苹果公司CEO乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的节选部分。
由第三段的incurable以及…which is doctor’s code for preparing yourself to die可知医生认为作者的病无法医治。
【小题1】细节理解题。由第四段中的 I was completely in despair 可知诊断结果出来之后,作者感到很绝望。
【小题1】推理判断题。由第五段可知,作者认为没有人愿意死,但是死亡是我们每个人共同的终点,从来没有人能够逃脱它。
【小题1】推理判断题。最后一段中,作者提到:人们的时间有限,所以不要将它们浪费在重复其他人的生活上。不要被其他人喧嚣的观点掩盖你真正的内心的声音。要有勇气去听从直觉和心灵的指示——它们在某种程度上知道你想要成为什么样子,所以其他的事情都是次要的。

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The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award for setting an environmental-friendly example to other hotels, said the report.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is located in the Copenhagen suburb of Oerestad and has the largest solar cell facility in the Nordic. This facility delivers energy to the hotel while Danish groundwater supplies cooling and heating in the air condition of the hotel.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers
TV and lights in the hotel are all of energy-saving brands. Shampoo bottles, toothbrushes and washing accessories are biologically degradable, which means that the nature can easily absorb the materials.
The hotel restaurant is only buying local goods and the food leftovers are used for bioenergy as well as fertilizer. The fitness facilities also provide a green touch to the hotel, as the training bikes of the fitness center are linked to the power grid(电网) of the hotel, thereby providing free energy if any guest wishes to exercise. People who do contribute free energy this way are supposedly getting a free meal in the hotel restaurant. “It is the first time that a Danish hotel receives this award. I think our throughout green thinking is the reason why we have been awarded. It is all the small details, as well as the big picture,” says Allan Agerholm, the CEO of the hotel, in a press release.
?The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers opened its doors last year. Skaal International was founded in 1932 by travel managers and has approximately 20,000 members in 89 nations. It is an organization promoting global tourism.
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A.Hotel in Copenhagen named world’s greenest
B.Copenhagen-the world’s greenest city
C.Eco Tourism Award in Copenhagen
D.The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers
【小题2】The hotel has been awarded the EcoTourism Award because         .
A.delivers green energy to the hotels in Nordic
B.is located in the Copenhagen suburb not in the city center
C.has the largest solar cell facility
D.it sets an environmental-friendly example to other hotels
【小题3】The underlined word “degradable” in passage 3 means it can be         .
A.rejected by people who don’t like it
B.accepted by guests from all over the world
C.absorbed easily by nature
D.recycled by the nature
【小题4】 What is so special about the fitness facilities?
A.It is free for those who like to exercise.
B.It uses green power to drive.
C.It generates free electricity while being used.
D.It offers free meal to guests who use it.
【小题5】 What is Skaal International?
A.Another name for this green hotel.
B.An organization promoting global tourism.
C.The Danish news agency Ritzau.
D.A branch hotel restaurant in Danmark.

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Vincent Quigg is the CEO of TechWorld. His company is kind of like a hospital for iPhones,specializing in customizing and repairing iPhones. Vincent Quigg launched TechWorld while in high school. “My mom became single a couple of years ago and I had to grow up. And in order to keep my lifestyle, I had to find different ways to keep my phone, keep a car, transportation and all that stuff. So I had to find ways to be entrepreneurial.” An organization cal1ed the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. or NFTE, helped the young man get started. His mother, Carla Quigg: “He quit the class, which made me very disappointed.”
“It was extremely hard for myself to find a business to start and run with it. But once I had that ‘aha moment’or what I knew I wanted to go with, it was really easy and extremely fun.”
At the time, Vincent worked for the electronics store BestBuy. He says people always came into the store with broken electronic devices. He decided that repairing those devices was what he wanted to do. He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but he also won the organization’s national competition for best young entrepreneur.His business has grown through word-of-mouth. Vincent says he now fixes up to l0 phones per week. He earns about $l,500 each month in sales. TechWorld has two other employees. Kacee Wheeler is one of them. He works on the technical side of the business while Vincent Quigg now deals with finances and planning. He says he wants to continue to grow his business.
【小题1】What is Vincent Quigg’s company specialized in?

A.Customizing and repairing iPhones.B.Advertising and selling iPhones.
C.Helping students set up business.D.Offering people medical advice.
【小题2】What drove Vincent to start his own business?
A.His special family education background.
B.The need to keep his former way of 1ife.
C.The desire to be the CEO of a company.
D.The encouragement from another company.
【小题3】What does the underlined phrase “aha moment” probably mean?
A.The moment to celebrate success.
B.The moment to comp1ain hardship.
C.The moment to have a great idea.
D.The moment to have great fun.
【小题4】What can we 1earn from the text?
A.Vincent started his own business with the help of his col1ege.
B.Vincent went through great difficulty in the beginning.
C.Vincent promotes his business by large scale advertisements.
D.Vincent’s mother was disappointed by his achievement.

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