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Steven Paul Jobs (乔布斯) (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an A 71______ businessman and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He b　 72　 a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006.

In the e　 73　 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse. Jobs was c　 74　 as Apple advisor (顾问) in 1996, interim CEO in 1997, and CEO from 2000 u　 75　 his resignation.

In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic c 76　 . In August 2011, during his third medical leave, Jobs resigned a 77　 CEO, but continued to w　 78　 for Apple as Chairman of the Board until his d 79　 .

On October 5, 2011, he d 80　 in his Palo Alto home, aged 56.

　 The Pope（教皇）arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I'm rather 36

for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 37 he couldn't do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster. but he failed. It made him 　38 .Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 39 　get to this meeting. It's very important. You sit 40 　and I'll drive."

　 Being a good Catholic（天主教），the driver felt he should do 41 the Pope told him. So they changed their 42　 and went on. The Pope really put his 43　 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief(长官)．

　 “Chief," he said into his radio. “I might have just stopped　 44 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister（首相）?”asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman. "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don't know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope 45　 him around."

36. A. waiting　 B. busy　 　C. tired　 　　 D. late

37. A. and　 　 B. so　 　　C. but　 　　　D. or

38. A. pleased　 B. afraid　 C. alone　 　　D. worried

39. A. can　 　　B. have to　 C. mustn't　 　 D. may

40. A. in the back B. in the front　 C. on the floor　 D. in the car

41. A. when　 　B. like　 　C. how　 　　 D. as

42. A. cars　 　 B. clothes　 C. places 　　D. minds

43. A. hand　 　B. foot　 　 C. bag　 　　D. key

44. A. someone　 B. anybody　 C. two persons D. some people

45. A. looking　 B. walking　 C. driving　 　D. turning

Hong Kong's returning to China was one of the chief ________ of 1997.

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While most kids are playing iPad games or going out with friends, American boy Dean Miller is helping out at a fire department in Ohio.

Dean is 14 years old. He wants to help in every way he can. He goes out on calls with the fireman and helps clean the trucks, windows and floors.

“It feels really great because you know you were helping people to keep them safe,” said Dean.

Dean’s grandfather and great-grandfather were both firemen. His grandfather was once a fire chief(长官), so Dean was able to start helping early on. Dean knows what firemen do, so it is natural for him to become a volunteer. Dean is the youngest volunteer at the department. The older he becomes, the more responsibilities(责任) he has to take on.

The volunteer work also helped him a lot. He learned skills for the future. Dean wants to be a fireman someday.

“I feel that volunteering is important. If you volunteer for something, you know what you’re doing when you get a job there, and you don’t need as much training,” Dean said.

Because the fire team cannot be everywhere at once, the volunteers must play important roles(作用). They need to stay at certain places to call the fire team if there is a fire. He also talked about how much he had learned from volunteering at the fire department. “I’m learning that it takes courage(勇气), and it takes a team to help people,” he said.

44. Dean dreams of being ______ in the future.

　 A. a volunteer　　　　　 B. a fireman　　　　　 C. a truck driver　　　　 D. a chief

45. Dean learned _____ by working as a volunteer.

　 A. how to get a good job　　　　　　　　　　 B. some new iPad games

　 C. some skills for the future　　　　　　　　　 D. how to drive the fire truck

46. The writer wants to encourage people to _____.

　 A. do some volunteer work　　　　　　　　　 B. be a fireman someday

　 C. call the fire team at certain places　　　 　　 D. visit the fire department in Ohio

47. What can we learn from the passage?

　 A. Dean enjoys playing iPad like other kids　

B. Dean wants to be like his grandfather

　 C. Dean makes much money as a fireman　　

D. Dean will take on fewer responsibilities at 15.