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 his 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. 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 so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career. If you can’t find your favorite career, go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
【小题1】Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.

　　During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was the British prime minister. One day he had to go to the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC) to make an important speech to the nation.

　　An hour before the time of his speech, he stopped a taxi in the street and asked the driver to take him to the BBC; but the taxi-driver, who did not recognize him, said he could not take him anywhere just then, because he wanted to go back to his home at the other end of London to hear Churchill make a speech on the radio.

　　Churchill was so pleased when he heard this answer that he gave the man a pound, which was worth quite a lot in those days.

　　“All right, get in,”said the driver happily, opening the door of the taxi. “I'll take you, and to hell with Churchill and his speech.”

(1) Winston Churchill was the head of______ during World War II.

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A．the American government

B．the Italian government

C．the British government

D．the French government

(2) One day Churchill went to the BBC to _______.

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A．make a speech to his people

B．see his friends

C．meet the British prime minister

D．listen to an important speech

(3) The driver refused to take Churchill to the BBC because _______.

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A．he hated Churchill

B．he had something important to do

C．he wanted to go home in the opposite direction

D．Churchill offered him too little money

(4) According to the story Churchill was_______.

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A．a modest man

B．a great man

C．a generous man

D．fond of listening to good words

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　　I once thought I would be a perfect parent. It took 1 sixteen years to learn 2 I could not be. I know that I made 3 mistakes. If I raised my 4 again, I would not make those 5 . Maybe I would make 6 ones, but I would do a better job.

　　I would try to understand my 7 towards my children. I often did what my own 8 would have done. I 9 their ways of raising children control me. For example , I had my teenage 10 David come home early. He hated this rule. He said no reason 11 it. As a girl, I had to be 12 early. I wanted my son to do 13 Today I would think more about 14 I wanted things done in a certain way.

　　My father was sick when I was 15 My sister, My brother, and 16 were quiet at 17 . we did not yell in anger. We did not shout for 18 . I wanted my children to be quiet too. I never 19 to ask “Why?” 20 was hard for me to let my children show anger. I stopped my children when 21 started to get angry. Now I would tell my 22 . “It is all 23 to show love. It is all right to show 24 . Your feelings are good I love you 25 what you feel.”

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The last day of the final examination arrived. In a large eastern university, on the steps of one building, a group of students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 26. On their faces was confidence. This was their 27 exam—then on to graduation and jobs.

　　Some talked of jobs they already had, others talked of jobs they 28 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt 29 and able to take control of the world.

　　The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 30 task, as the professor had said they could bring 31books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 32 each other during the test.

　　33 they entered the classroom. The professor handed out the papers. And smiles 34 on the students’ faces as they found there were only five questions.

　　Three hours had passed 35 the professor began to collect papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

　　He looked at the 36 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 37 a hand was raised.

　　“How many answered four?” Still no hand.

　　“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.

　　“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 38 .”But the class remained silent.

　　The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 39 ,” he said. “I just want you to know that, although you have completed four years of study, there are 40 many things about the 41 you don’t know. These questions you could not answer are relatively common in 42 practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 43 this course, but remember—even though you are now college graduates, your education had just 44 .”

The years have weakened the name of the professor, but not the 45 he taught.

1.                A．seconds        B．minutes         C．hours    D．days

2.                A．only           B．first            C．very D．last

3.                A．would          B．must           C．had to    D．used to

4.                A．glad           B．ready          C．sorry D．nice

5.                A．interesting      B．necessary       C．easy D．unusual

6.                A．no            B．either          C．any  D．some

7.                A．listen to        B．look at          C．care for  D．talk to

8.                A．Hardly         B．Happily         C．Quickly   D．Carefully

9.                A．appeared       B．changed        C．failed D．stopped

10.               A．then           B．as             C．before    D．after

11.               A．pleased        B．worried        C．surprised  D．moved

12.               A．Not            B．Once          C．Only  D．Even

13.               A．all             B．none          C．one  D．it

14.               A．wondered      B．enjoyed        C．hated D．expected

15.               A．even          B．already         C．so    D．still

16.               A．exam          B．subject         C．question   D．college

17.               A．every day       B．yearly          C．everyday  D．monthly

18.               A．pass           B．fail            C．take  D．start

19.               A．begun         B．completed      C．failed D．succeeded

20.               A．subject         B．things          C．words D．lessons

He hated the war so much that he decided to leave the army _____.

　　A. for long    B. once in a while  C. for good    D. once upon a time