Steven Jobs ,the designer(设计者) of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time,he was not a good student and he always made trouble 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 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(车库) .He choose 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 such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he____________.

A.never did his lessons

B.was full of new ideas

C.always made troubles with his schoolmates

2.Steven Jobs didn’t finish college,did he?

A.Yes,he did.

B.No,he didn’t.

C.Yes,he didn’t.

3.Steven Jobs designed his new computer __________.

A.In India

B.with his friend

C.in an apple tree garden

4.Steven Jobs was famous for his ___________all over the world.

A. Apple Computer B.apple C. new ideas

5.From this passage we know Steven Jobs ____________.

A.didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B.liked traveling in India and California

C.liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

One year, a college in the United States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

One day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds(种子) of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some scientists in the college doubted it, but it was surprising that those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle(奇迹)appeared after one year, the field was covered by pure white marigold.

So the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus.

The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her eight children were against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn’t complete the job that scientists could never do, so her thought was only a daydream.

Still, the old woman didn’t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose the faintest (最暗淡的) one from those golden and brown flowers and got the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman’s husband died, her children flew far, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the wish to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold, which was not nearly white, but as white as silver or snow.

A problem even scientists couldn’t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn’t understand genetics. Was it magic?

To take root in the heart, even the most common seed, can grow into a miracle!

1. According to the passage, marigold is unusual.

A. white B. purple C. brown D. golden

2.The underlined word “focus” closest in meaning to is “center of ” .

A. energy B. activity

C. attention D. invention

3. It can be learned from the passage that .

A. the children didn’t agree on their mother’s decision

B. the woman needed the great reward for her big family

C. the scientists also succeeded in growing the white marigold

D. the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family

4.The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she .

A. was luckier than scientists

B. put her heart into flowers

C. got support from her family

D. studied the seed genetics well

5.The passage mainly talks about .

A. the difficulties of getting the white marigold

B. the possibility of going beyond scientists

C. the unforgettable development of marigold

D. the importance of holding on to dreams

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