Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computer times and the founder of Apple. He was also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.

AppleⅡ

Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers inc.in 1976. A year later, the AppleⅡwas invented. This production was the world’s first mass-market personal computer.

The iMac

Under Job’s leadership, Apple introduced the all-in-one iMac computer in 1988. The iMac became the first machine which offered only a CD-ROM slot (插槽).

The iPad

By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident that the world was ready to have a tablet computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games. The touch-sen-sitive iPad was a great success.

The iPhone 4s

The iPhone 4s came out on October 4, 2011, in America. It looks like the iPhone 4. It has a larger and wider screen and a slimmer yet wider case. It has a better camera and faster data transfer (数据传输) speeds.

1.When was the AppleⅡinvented?

A．In 1976           B．In 1977.           C．In 1998.           D．In 2010.

2.Which of the following was the iMac which came out in 1988 different from others?

A．People could play games on it.

B．It offered only one CD-ROM slot.

C．It had one camera in it.

D．It had a larger screen.

3.What was the latest product?

A．The iPhone 4s.

B．The AppleⅡ.

C．The iPad.

D．The iMac.

4.From the passage, we can know that the iPad           .

A．has a better camera

B．is the first personal computer

C．has a CD-ROM slot

D．is great for watching movies

5.According to the passage, which of the following about the iPhone 4s is TRUE?

A．Its screen is the same size as the iPhone 4.

B．It has a smaller screen and slimmer case than the iPhone 4.

C．It has a larger screen and a better camera than the iPhone 4.

D．It uses more time to transfer the same date than the iPhone 4.

The bus driver didn’t tell me_________.

A. where the East Airport is

B. how far the East Airport was

C. how can we get to the East Airport

D. when was the East Airport built

Don’t  you  want to go to school? You could tell your parents you’re ill. But last Monday, students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even better excuse: a typhoon(台风)!
Typhoon Khanun hit East China on September 11. In Shanghai, all the school were closed the next day, Monday.
It was the first time that Shanghai had to close schools because of  bad weather.
But some students still came to school that day. “ I didn’t get the notice that the school was closing,” said Shen Sheng, a Junior 2 student from Shanghai Aiguo School. “ But it was nice that we could play in school rather than study.”
The school kept Shen and other 20 students safe inside and let them play sports like table tennis.
But the storm wasn’t all fun games. Typhoon Khanun killed 14 people. In Zhejiang, it damaged about 8,000 houses. More than one million people had to be taken to safer places.
Every year, typhoons hit different places around the world. Most happen in July, August and September. This year 15 typhoons hit China. Khanun was the strongest. Typhoons bring strong winds and rains. The winds can blow away houses and cars. The rains are bad for farmers’ fields.
Typhoon also kills people. Earlier this month, Typhoon Talim hit East and Central China. It killed at least 124 people.
【小题1】When was the first time that Shanghai had to close all the schools?

In 1993 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney’s cartoon(动画片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash’s voice, he said”Stop! That’s our duck!”
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the firm The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat(水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight – minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy(贪婪的), and because he lost his temper (发脾气) very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey’s eight nephews(侄子). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn’t a goody-goody like Mickey.
In the 1930S, ‘ 40s and ‘ 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared – there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today’s children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
【小题1】Who made Donald Duck film? ______