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I am honored to be with you today at one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.
I was lucky—I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. We had just released(发行) our finest creation—the Macintosh—a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out(吵翻). When we did, our Board of Directors(董事会) sided with him(站在……一边). So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was depressing.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current renaissance(复兴). And Laurence and I have a wonderful family together.
I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
67. This passage is probably taken from ______. .
A. a lecture given by a professor
B. a speech given to some college students
C. a talk given at a conference
D. a book dealing with a person's own experience
68. Which of the following is the correct order of events that happened to the speaker?
a. He released the Macintosh.
b. He got fired from Apple.
c. He returned to Apple.
d. He fell in love with the woman who was to become his wife.
e. He started another two companies.
A. b-c-a-d-e B. a-b-c-d-e
C. b-e-a-d-c D. a-b-e-d-c
69. The underlined word “diverge” in the second paragraph probably means“______”.
A. differ B. change C. accomplish D. fall
70. What is the point the speaker wants to make in the passage?
A. Never be afraid of failures. B. Be willing to change yourself.
C. Be sure to find what you love to do. D. Stick to your own vision.
BDAC
My Fellow Americans,
I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease (老年痴呆症).
Upon learning this news, Nancy & I had to decide whether as private citizens we would 36 this a private matter or we would make this news known in a 37 way.
In the past Nancy suffered from breast cancer 38 I had my cancer surgeries (外科手术). We found that after we told it to the public, we were able to 39 public awareness(意识). We were happy that 40 many more people went to have a test. They were treated in early stages and able to 41 to normal, healthy lives.
So now, we feel it is 42 to share it with you. In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater 43 of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are 44 by it.
At the moment I feel just fine. I’d 45 to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have 46 done. I will continue to share 47 journey with my beloved Nancy and my family. I plan to enjoy the great outdoors and stay in touch 48 my friends and supporters.
Unfortunately, as Alzheimer’s Disease 49 , the family often suffers a lot. I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this 50 experience. When the time comes I am confident that with your help she will 51 it with faith and courage.
At last, let me thank you, the American people for giving me the great honor of 52 me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, 53 that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and endless optimism (乐观) for its future.
I now begin this 54 that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright 55 ahead.
Thank you my friends. May God always bless you.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
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Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon left their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的) memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations（调查研究）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious（清醒的） mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, keen（敏锐的） eyes, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the excellent and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
1.The first paragraph tells us the author ______.
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A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood |
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B．lost his hearing when he was a child |
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C．didn’t like his brothers and sisters |
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D．was born into a naturalist’s family |
2.The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because _______.
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A．he didn’t live very long with them |
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B．the family was extremely large |
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C．he was too young when he lived with them |
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D．he was fully occupied with observing nature |
3.It can be inferred from the passage that the author was _______.
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A．a scientist as well as a naturalist |
B．a naturalist but not a scientist |
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C．no more than a born naturalist |
D．first of all a scientist |
4. The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he _______.
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A．has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic |
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B．lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist |
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C．just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries |
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D．comes up with solutions in a most natural way |