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He built a telescope ________ he could study the skies.
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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after years-long and highly public battle with cancer.Mourners ( 哀悼者 ) gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world.
Steve Jobs made technology fun.As tech leaders, they're really happy if they have one hit in their life.Steve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar.
Steve Jobs was a college dropout.He was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountant. They supported his early interest in electronics.He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer —now just called Apple —in 1976.They stayed at the company until 1985.That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a debate with the chief executive.
Mr.Jobs then formed his own company, called NeXT Computer.He rejoined Apple in 1997 after it bought NeXT.He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today.However, Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health.He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement.Steve left behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.
President Obama said in a statement: by building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, Steve Jobs exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity (独创性的).By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive (有直觉力的) and fun.
The fact that he was able to redesign American business top to bottom and across is really stunning.He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greatest of all time.Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American business.Steve Jobs was remembered as a "great visionary and leader" and a " marketing genius".
【小题1】According to the second paragraph, the author wants to show that _____.
A.Steve Jobs owns many computer companies in America |
B.Steve Jobs has a lot of inventions in the field of computers |
C.tech leaders will be really happy when they have one hit in their life |
D.Steve makes great contributions to mankind in the field of computers |
A.He left Apple in 1985 because he and the CEO had different opinions. |
B.He built a company called NeXT Computer with his friend Steve Woaniak. |
C.He died a day after he stepped down as Apple's chief executive. |
D.He was remembered as the founder of Apple and the Internet. |
A.effective | B.brilliant | C.practical | D.interesting |
A.the inventions of Steve Jobs |
B.the childhood of Steve Jobs |
C.a brief introduction of Steve Jobs |
D.the death of Steve Jobs |
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706 in Boston,America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia;he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries;he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman;he helped establish Pennsylvania’s first university and America’s first city hospital;he also organized the country’s first subscription library (收费图书馆).
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on,so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today,we call them bifocals (双光眼镜).Another invention of his,an iron stove,allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (闪电) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson,the third president of America,called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”.To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”.
【小题1】Benjamin Franklin was NOT a________.
A.diplomat | B.scientist |
C.businessman | D.president |
A.better than any other | B.worse than any other |
C.the same as others | D.confident as others |
A.Bifocals. | B.The iron stove. |
C.Printing. | D.The lightning rod. |
A.To live comfortably every day. |
B.To be useful to others. |
C.To be a famous person in the world. |
D.To earn a lot by inventing things. |
Hank Viscardi was born without legs.He had not legs but stumps(残肢)that could be fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest.Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人)because his arms practically dragged on the ground.
Hank went to school like other boys.His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve.After graduating from school, he worked his way through college.He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices.During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps.But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer.He would soon have to use a wheel chair.
Hank felt himself got cold all over.However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿).Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, for the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be a full five feet eight inches tall.By this time he was already 26 years old.
Hank had to learn to use his new legs.Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again.There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching.He went out on the street.He climbed stairs and learned to dance.He built a boat and learned to sail it.
When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job.He took the regular training.He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers.Few knew that he was legless.This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.
1.Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because .
A.he didn’t talk to then |
B.he kept away from them |
C.his arms touched the ground when he moved |
D.he couldn’t use his arms |
2.The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross .
A.was only glad to give him a job |
B.gave him a job because he was a good soldier |
C.gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization |
D.was not willing to give him to job at first |
3.When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he------
A.did everything the other soldier did |
B.did most of the things the other soldiers did |
C.did most of the things the other soldiers did |
D.took some special training |
4.The writer suggests that Hank Viscardi .
A.had no friends |
B.never saw himself as different from others |
C.was very shy |
D.was too proud to accept help from others |