When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.
At 20, he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果園) in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival (對手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPod.
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.
【小題1】Which of the following is right according to paragraph 1?

A．Jobs’ unmarried mother adopted him.
B．Paul Jobs was a college teacher.
C．Jobs’ finished his education.
D．Jobs’ unmarried mother wanted a girl.
【小題2】Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college education because he ______.
A．wanted to start a company.
B．had financial problems.
C．took no interest in his major.
D．hated to share rooms with his friends.
【小題3】It can be inferred that Apple____.
A．was founded in Oregon
B．developed from a garage
C．had a difficult beginning
D．had a successful beginning
【小題4】What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?
A．Interest is key to success.
B．Hope helps us succeed.
C．Attitude is everything.
D．Courage goes with confidence.


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹喬布斯的家庭生活，學(xué)業(yè)情況和如何創(chuàng)辦蘋果公司的。通過Steve Jobs說的話，可知興趣是成功的關(guān)鍵。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl.可知喬布斯的未婚媽媽想要一個(gè)女孩，選D
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.可知喬布斯沒有完成大學(xué)學(xué)業(yè)主要是因?yàn)樗慕?jīng)濟(jì)問題，選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.可知蘋果公司是由一個(gè)汽修廠發(fā)展而來的。選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.可知從Steve Jobs說的話，可知興趣是成功的關(guān)鍵，選A。
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