In modern society, receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others. However, if it is gold, it will shine one day. In this article, we will get to know three most successful people in U.S. who never finished their college education. Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.
1. Bill Gates
Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,” while the rest of the world preferred to name him “the world’s richest man” for more than a decade. Now, even not on the top, he is still among the list of the world’s wealthiest people.Gates entered Harvard in the fall of 1973. Two years later, he dropped out to found Microsoft with friend Paul Allen. And in 2007, he finally received an honorary doctorate from Harvard.
2. Steve Jobs
The iPad, even Buzz Lightyear probably wouldn’t have existed if Steve Jobs stayed in school. Because his family couldn’t afford his college education, Jobs had to drop out of Reed College just after entering for 6 months. Then he found Apple, NeXT Computer and Pixar, which had made great influences on development of modern technique and culture. However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright
As the America’s most celebrated architect, Wright spent more time on designing colleges rather than attending classes in them. Once spent one year in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then he left for Chicago and started to learn from Louis Sullivan, the “father of modernism." Wright’ s splendid resume included more than 500 works, most famous of which are Fallingwater and New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
小題1: What does“dropouts”in Paragraph One mean?
A．Hardworking students.B．Very successful students.
C．Students failing to finish their school education.D．Students from poor families.
小題2:Which of the following is right according to Paragraph One?
A．People graduating from famous universities are more likely to get jobs.
B．Many successful people had the experience of giving up their school education.
C．If one has a lot of gold, he will become very rich one day.
D．We should stop our college education to follow in those successful people’s steps.
小題3:According to the writer, Bill Gates _________.
A．is richer than any other man in the world
B．is well-known in Harvard University
C．finally finished his study at Harvard and got a doctorate degree
D．is the only founder of Microsoft
小題4:Which of the following statements can’t be learned from the last two paragraphs?
A．The reason for Jobs’ dropping his college education is that his parents couldn’t pay for it.
B．Jobs thought his six-month college education gave him no help.
C．Wright’s teacher was a very famous artist.
D．Wright is the designer of New York City’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
小題5: What does the author want to tell us in this passage?
A．Successful people often have unordinary life experience.
B．College education is not so important to one’s success.
C．People from poor families are more likely to give up their college education.
D．Even without college education, one can still achieve success with one’s hard work.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：
小題1:C 推理題。本文介紹的三個(gè)人都是從學(xué)校里退學(xué)以后開(kāi)始干自己的個(gè)人事業(yè)的人，故Following experiences of these successful dropouts may give you some inspiration.中的dropouts應(yīng)該是指那些沒(méi)有完成學(xué)業(yè)的人。故C正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)本段1,2行receiving systematic college education seems a necessary way for success as a graduate from first-class university may always get more opportunities than others.說(shuō)明讀一流大學(xué)的人要比那些沒(méi)有讀一流大學(xué)，或者沒(méi)有讀大學(xué)的人有更多的機(jī)會(huì)成功，故A正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行Harvard’s campus paper “Harvard Crimson” called Bill Gates “Harvard’s most successful dropout,”說(shuō)明在哈佛大學(xué)中比爾蓋茨是非常有名的，故B正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三部分最后一句However, this wizard thought that his brief college education was not worthless.說(shuō)明喬布斯認(rèn)為他短暫的大學(xué)生活并不是沒(méi)有幫助的，故B正確。
小題5:D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章的主題段中的第2,3行if it is gold, it will shine one day.以及本文所列舉的三個(gè)例子都說(shuō)明沒(méi)有大學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，通過(guò)努力學(xué)習(xí)，我們?nèi)匀豢梢匀〉贸晒�，故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文列舉了三個(gè)為讀完大學(xué)就退學(xué)的成功人物的例子告訴我們沒(méi)有大學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，通過(guò)努力學(xué)習(xí)，我們?nèi)匀豢梢匀〉贸晒�。本文集中考查�?xì)節(jié)題，要求考生在閱讀的時(shí)候抓住關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)，做好標(biāo)識(shí)，以減少回讀的次數(shù)。
練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


D
Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.
The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn. It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that you must be willing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things. Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life.  Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly. Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them.
Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions(中斷); have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview.
小題1:The main purpose of the article is______
A．to prove that learning is not difficult
B．to make the readers be interested in study
C．to tell the importance of self teaching
D．to tell the students how to study well
小題2: We learn things because______
A．our parents want us to learn
B．every student learns at school
C．we may use these things in the future
D．we like the subjects
小題3:Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the article?
A．To put a pen, paper and books beside you before study.
B．To study at any possible time and place.
C．To review and preview.
D．To pay attention to the most important things.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

It has been argued that an infant under three who is cared for outside the home may suffer because of the separation from his parents．The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby believes that separation from the parents during the sensitive "attachment" period from birth to three may scar （留下疤痕） a child's personality and incline to emotional problems in later life．Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not be sent to day care before the age of three, and many people do believe this．But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion．
Firstly, anthropologists （人類(lèi)學(xué)家） point out that the hidden love between children and parents found in modem societies does not usually exist in traditional societies．For example, we saw earlier that among the Ngonis the father and mother of a child did not raise their infant alone．But traditional societies are so different from modern societies that comparisons based on just one factor are hard to understand．
Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents and caretakers found that children had problems with it．But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects．The possibility that such care might lead to more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be noticed by the use of statistics．Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial．
Thirdly, in the last decade, there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, and they have reported that day care had a neutral of slightly positive effect on children's development．But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue．
小題1:This passage is mainly talking about________．
A．children's personality
B．a(chǎn)dvantages of infants' early care
C．infants' education
D．negative effect of infant school
小題2:The phrase "day care   in the first paragraph probably means_____.
A．nursing schoolB．baby-sitter
C．boarding schoolD．primary school
小題3:According to Bowlby, children under the age of three______．
A．should not be sent to school
B．should be cared for outside the home
C．will not suffer fro m parental separation
D．don't mind who will look after them
小題4:The argument against Bowlby's conclusion shows that___．
A．children have problems with day care
B．there is no negative effect on infants who go to school before three
C．there is a long-term effect on infants who go to school before three
D．children who are sent to school before three are sent to mental illness

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and heavy traffic．At present, we realize that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is really worldwide．On several occasions over the past decade，a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States and brought health warnings in distant areas away from any industrial cities．In fact，the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution．Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels(coal and oil)is creating a “greenhouse effect”—— keeping heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature．If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York，Boston，Miami，and New Orleans will be in water．
Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particular matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth’s temperature—a result that would be equally disastrous．A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to a new ice age，and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas．Today we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen．Perhaps，if we are lucky enough，the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now．Driven by economic profits, people ignore the damage on our environment caused by the “advanced civilization”．Maybe the air pollution is the price the human beings have to pay for their development．But is it really worth-while?
小題1:People used to think that air pollution_________ .
A．caused widespread damage in the countryside
B．a(chǎn)ffected the entire eastern half of the United States
C．had a very bad effect on health
D．existed merely in urban and industrial areas
小題2:As to the greenhouse effect, the author_________.
A．shares the same view with the scientists．
B．is uncertain of its occurrence
C．rejects it as being ungrounded
D．thinks that it will destroy the world soon
小題3:The underlined word “offset” in the second paragraph could be replaced by_______.
A．counter-actB．break fromC．get alongD．communicate
小題4:This passage is primarily about________ .
A．the greenhouse effect
B．the burning of fossil fuels
C．the potential effect of air pollution
D．the possibility of a new ice age

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

The world is not coming to an end on December 21st, 2012, the US space agency announced to dispel （消除）widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie．
The latest big screen 2012 was based on stories according to the Mayan calendar．It showed that by the end of 2012, a Planet X will collide （碰撞） with the earth．
Some websites accuse NASA of hiding the truth on the planet's existence, but the US space agency considered such stories as tricks．"There is no basis in fact for these claims," NASA said in its website．"If such a collision were real, scientists would have been tracking it for at least the last decade, and we would see it with our eyes now．Obviously, it doesn't exist and there will be no threat to the earth in 2012," it insisted．"After all, our planet has been getting along just well for more than four billion years," added NASA．
There is another planet, Eris, floating in space．But the small planet will remain safely fixed in the outer solar system and it can come no closer than four billion miles to the earth, according to NASA．
And even if the planets were to line up as some have forecast, the effect on our plant would be very little．"And while comets and asteroids （小行星） have always hit the earth, big hits are very rare," NASA noted．The last major collision was believed to be 65 million years ago, resulting the end of dinosaurs （恐龍）．
"We are sure that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs," the space agency said．
小題1:What played a key role in the spread of the rumors?
A．The Internet and the film 2012．B．The Mayan calendar．
C．The US space agency．D．The television screen．
小題2:The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to _________.
A．the collisionB．the threatC．the Planet XD．the NASA website
小題3:We can conclude from the passage that __________.
A．the film 2012 is well accepted in the science field
B．scientists have been tracking Planet X for over ten years
C．the earth will exist for more than four billion years
D．the rumors caused a panic among some people
小題4:What do we know about Eris according to the passage?
A．It doesn't exist in the universe．
B．It won't threaten the earth．
C．It is too far to be seen．
D．It is similar to the earth.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish (珍視) it like it’s the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.
And that’s only natural. Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious（無(wú)意識(shí)的）reaction.
Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world. They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.
By trial and error—trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius possible.
Think about how we learn：We don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You don’t just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming，or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation...and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something. That’s how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed at something, it’s probably something you already knew how to do. You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.
So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.
小題1:Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?
A．Because mistakes make us suffer a lot.
B．Because it’s a natural part in our life.
C．Because we’ve been taught so from a young age.
D．Because mistakes have ruined many people’s careers.
小題2:According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?
A．We should try to avoid making mistakes.
B．We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.
C．We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.
D．We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
小題3:The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.
A．a(chǎn) small child learning to walk
B．a(chǎn) kindergarten child learning to draw
C．a(chǎn) primary pupil learning to read
D．a(chǎn) school teenager learning to write
小題4:We can learn from the passage that ________.
A．most of us can really grow from success
B．growing and improving are based on mistakes
C．we learn to make mistakes by trial and error
D．we read about something and know how to do it right away
小題5:What is the best title of this passage?
A．Value MistakesB．Mistakes Make Things Possible
C．Try to Avoid MistakesD．Life is a Journey Full of Mistakes

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Remember those big, colorful books with large pictures of balls or apples when you were a little kid? Those have proven to be helpful, according to a number of studies. Between 1 and 5 years old, introducing books to Children can help greatly because this is usually the age when intellectual (智力的) capabilities form.
At age 1 to 5, a child can decide whether he wants to learn or wants to be a good learner. The road to learning starts here. Their curiosity (好奇) and imagination are fed with the many pictures, sounds and colors in the books.
Children normally began school at 5 years old. But today, they go to school when they are as young as one and a half years old. This is because many parents have recognized that influencing the child's formative years (性格形成時(shí)期) is very important. The fight influence can make the child want to read in the future.
Parents should play a part in encouraging children to read. Even just reading them bedtime stories can help children feel the joy and amazement connected to reading. This can help them become better readers and better learners as they grow older.
If children are interested in reading books rather than watching television, they can improve many skills besides reading and learning. Books can act as stepping stones to intelligence. However, parents must be very careful not to overpower their children. If they force children to read books that are too hard to understand, they might think reading is boring and lose interest in it.
小題1:. This passage mainly ­­­______.
A．a(chǎn)dvises kids to spend less time watching TV
B．explains why reading is good for us
C．tells us that reading is good for children
D．suggests that parents spend more time with their kids
小題2:.Why does introducing books to kids between 1 and 5 years old help them greatly?
A．Because this is a good way to keep them away from television.
B．Because it makes them become interested in going to school.
C．Because it helps them learn much faster when they are older.
D．Because it is usually the age when intellectual capabilities form.
小題3:.It is implied in the passage that _____.
A．the writer read a lot of books when he was a child
B．parents should never force their children to do anything
C．the formative years may begin at one and a half years old
D．a(chǎn) child's formative years are earlier than before
小題4:.In the writer’s opinion, _____.
A．children should read all kinds of books
B．children should only read books with pictures
C．books can help children become cleverer
D．bedtime stories make children love their parents more

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers．Brain-computer interface（BCI） technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines．
Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts．
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand．He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts．
“Our brain has billions of nerve cells．These send signals through the spinal cord（脊髓）to the muscles to give us the ability to move．But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says．“Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices．”
The researchers designed a special cap for the user．This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp（頭皮）and sends them to a computer．The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair． The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path．They help the computer react to commands from the brain．
Prof．Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands．“The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices．One example is this wheelchair．”
He says his team has set two goals．One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from．And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time．
小題1:BCI is a technology that can         .
A．help to update computer systemsB．link the human brain with computers
C．help the disabled to recoverD．control a person's thoughts
小題2:How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?                                    
A．By controlling his muscles．B．By talking to the machine．
C．By moving his hand．D．By using his mind．
小題3:The team will test with real patients to         .
A．make profits from themB．prove the technology useful to them
C．make them live longerD．learn about their physical condition
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Switzerland, the BCI Research Center
B．New Findings About How the Human Brain Works
C．BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D．Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I climbed Kilimanjaro with Lava Expeditions (探險(xiǎn)隊(duì)) during the rainy season.
I flew to Nairobi in Kenya and spent several days there. At my hotel in Nairobi I met the rest of the group with whom I would spend the next week. We all travelled on the bus together for a 6-hour journey into Tanzania and then Arusha , a quiet town.
After we arrived at our hotel in Arusha , we had dinner and a few drinks. Then we were introduced to more members including Taddeus Minja, the main guide, who was very experienced — climbing Kilimanjaro runs through the generations (代) of his family.
The next day the Lava Expeditions members checked if we had the correct and enough clothing for our expedition on Kilimanjaro. Only one person needed to bring more clothes.
After that we set off, walking in the rain through the beauty of the rainforest, all the way to the first camp. I was happy the next few days as the view was so wonderful and changed every day. I suffered a little during the trip and I felt so tired. But the members of Lava Expeditions provided me with lots of encouragement, which was one of the best memories. Finally we reached the top of Kilimanjaro in bright blue skies.
I felt excited about climbing Kilimanjaro and the feeling didn’t change during my trip. Lava Expeditions looked after me so well that I was deeply thankful for their help.
小題1:How did the author get to Nairobi?
A．By bus.B．By train.C．By air.D．On foot.
小題2:What do we know about Taddeus Minja according to the passage?
A．He organized the journey.
B．He was the main guide of Lava Expeditions.
C．He was the manager of a hotel in Arusha.
D．He had little knowledge about climbing mountains.
小題3:How did Lava Expeditions help the author while climbing Kilimanjaro?
A．By carrying bags for him.
B．By offering food to him.
C．By encouraging him.
D．By teaching him climbing skills.
小題4:What did the author think of his climbing Kilimanjaro?
A．Tiring and disappointing.
B．Tiring but excited.
C．Dangerous but exciting.
D．Dangerous and tiring.
小題5:What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A．To tell readers about Lava Expeditions.
B．To give readers advice on climbing Kilimanjaro.
C．To encourage more people to climb Kilimanjaro.
D．To share his experience of climbing Kilimanjaro.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案