Steve Jobs on life and death
When I was 17, I read a quote （引述） that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an 1 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every 2 and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the 3 has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to 4 something.
Remembering that I’ll be 5 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever used to help me make the big 6 in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all 7 of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is 8 important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to 9 . You are already naked. There is no reason not to 10 your heart.
Your time is limited, so don’t 11 it living someone else’s life. Don’t be 12 by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the 13 to follow your beliefs and goals. They somehow already know what you really want to 14 . Everything else is 15 .
1. A．expectation B．impression C．imagination D．examination
2. A．minute B．night C．day D．week
3. A．answer B．solution C．result D．chance
4. A．accept B．hide C．change D．avoid
5. A．famous B．dead C．old D．forgotten
6. A．decisions B．contributions C．differences D．mistakes
7. A．understanding B．certainty C．fear D．knowledge
8. A．mostly B．hardly C．nearly D．truly
9. A．take B．lose C．give D．win
10. A．break B．catch C．warm D．follow
11. A．waste B．imagine C．spend D．risk
12. A．confused B．trapped C．discouraged D．hurt
13. A．wisdom B．idea C．desire D．courage
14. A．see B．show C．become D．forget
15. A．necessary B．natural C．secondary D．possible
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.C
5.B
6.A
7.C
8.D
9.B
10.D
11.A
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.C
【解析】
試題分析：文章引述了史蒂夫喬布斯的一次演講，他在演講對生命的意義和我們真正在乎的事情進行闡述。
1.A. expectation期望 B. impression印象 C. imagination想象 D. examination考試，句意，這樣的一段話給我留下了很深的印象，故選B
2.根據句意，我每天都會在鏡子里問我自己，every day 每天，故選C
3.A. answer答案 B. solution解決方法 C. result結果 D. chance機會，句意，如果我連續幾天的答案都是“不”時，故選 A
4.A. accept接受 B. hide隱藏 C. change改變 D. avoid避免，句，我知道我要進行改變了，故選 C
5.A. famous 著名的 B. dead 死亡的 C. old老的 D. forgotten忘卻的，根據前文，講到人生中的最后一天，故此處應該是死亡，故選B
6.A. decisions決定 B. contributions貢獻 C. differences不同 D. mistakes錯誤，根據句意，意識到我終有一天會死，是幫助我在生活中如何做重要決定的最主要的方法，故選A
7.A. understanding理解 B. certainty必然 C. fear恐懼 D. knowledge知識，句意：所有對于失敗和尷尬的恐懼，故選C
8.A. mostly絕大多數地 B. hardly幾乎不 C. nearly幾乎 D. truly真正地，句意：這些東西都會在面臨死亡時消失，只有真正重要的會留下，故選 D
9.根據句意，意識到你有一天會死，是最好的方法來避免你去想那些你所失去的事情時的苦楚，故選B
10.A. break打破 B. catch抓住 C. warm 溫暖 D. follow跟隨，句意：你沒有理由不跟隨你的心志，故選 D
11.A. waste浪費 B. imagine想象 C. spend花費 D. risk冒險，根據句意:不要浪費時間來活在別人的世界里，故選 A
12.A. confused感到困惑的 B. trapped陷入困境的 C. discouraged氣餒的D. hurt痛苦的，句意：不要陷入教條的困境中，故選B
13.A. wisdom 智慧 B. idea想法 C. desire期望 D. courage勇氣，句意：最重要的是，要有勇氣來追隨你的信念和目標，故選D
14.他們在某種程度上已經知道了你真正想要成為的人，故選C
15.A. necessary 有必要的 B. natural自然段 C. secondary次要的 D. possible 可能的，句意：別的任何東西都是次要的，故選C
考點：人生百味類議論文
點評：本文較難，對于此類議論文，中心不好把握。解答此類文章需要對文章花兩分鐘過的時間進行瀏覽，把握作者寫作的大意，同時將自己設身處地的融入情節中，對于第一遍做不出的題目不要急于作答，將后續題目答完后再仔細作答。
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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
A
The iPad, a new e-tablet gadget will take online activities truly mobile. It will allow you to read the news in bed, play multiplayer game on any surface, check a recipe in a busy kitchen or view a large-scale Google map.
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Since almost everyone uses a computer in the office or at school, the need for the traditional desktop model at home is disappearing. Slate Magazine’s Farhad Manjoo calls the iPad the perfect alternative to the full home computer system.
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But if you are not part of the technologically well-versed, and you love the iPod and iPhone, “this device is for you,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.
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56. Which of the following is NOT the reason why people think the iPad a “magical revolution”?
A. The iPad will make online activities truly mobile.
B. The iPad will predict a new age of online media production.
C. The iPad is sure to take the place of the full home computer system.
D. The iPad can make many world’s mobile applications accessible.
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The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs’ story about death
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
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Your time is so limited that you shouldn’t waste it repeating someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma（教條）----which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart. It somehow already knows what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
【小題1】The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because_________.
| A．he had to rest at home |
| B．his disease was not serious at all |
| C．his disease couldn’t be cured |
| D．he had to wait for the result of the test |
| A．Angry | B．Excited | C．Optimistic | D．Hopeless |
| A．He thinks it is nothing to be scared of. |
| B．He thinks it is not the end of life. |
| C．He thinks it is impossible to avoid. |
| D．He thinks it is the beginning of a new life |
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【小題1】The article tells us that .
| A．Steve Jobs’s parents lived in San Francisco |
| B．Steve Jobs’s parents were rich |
| C．Steve Jobs’s parents worked at Hewlett-Packard |
| D．Steve Jobs didn’t know his real parents |
| A．He was a Buddhist |
| B．His family were Indian |
| C．He had very little money |
| D．He was inspired by the Beatles |
| A．Steve Jobs was uneducated. |
| B．Steve Jobs went to India. |
| C．Steve Jobs was A GREAT SALESMAN. |
| D．Steve Wozniak was loyal. |
| A．Steve Jobs was a computer Genius |
| B．Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were lucky |
| C．Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak worked well together |
| D．Steve Wozniak liked a quiet life |
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【小題1】Why are the investors of Apple worried according to the text?
| A．Apple’s stock price changes a lot |
| B．Steve Jobs’ health condition is not stable |
| C．The iPad 2 has some technical drawbacks |
| D．Apple faces strong competition from other companies. |
| A．the weight | B．the speaker |
| C．the thickness | D．the pricing at the introduction |
| A．about 15,000,000 | B．about 17,000,000 |
| C．about 20,000,000 | D．about 24,000,000 |
| A．the low price |
| B．the Android software |
| C．the full kinds of models |
| D．the tens of thousands of applications |
| A．Jobs on Stage to Introduce iPad 2 |
| B．iPad 2 Better than the Original |
| C．Best Applications for iPad 2 |
| D．iPad 2 vs. Competitors |
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Have you listened to music on an iPod? Used a computer at home? Those are just two of the ways your life was touched by the work of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, one founder of Apple Computers, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. He had been fighting with cancer since 2004.
Steven Jobs was born in Los Altos, California. He and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in his parents’ garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built when Jobs was just 21 years old, was the first personal computer to be widely sold to the public.
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Jobs also changed the music and film industries. He started Pixar, a film production company in 1986. Toy Story was the world’s first computer-animated feature film (電腦動畫電影).
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, confident enough to believe he could change the world, and clever enough to do it,” said President Barack Obama. “By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only easy to reach, but fun ... And there may be no greater praise to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his death on a device he invented.”
All around the world, people are talking about the effects that Jobs’ creations have had. By creating products that surprised people, he changed the way people worked and lived their everyday lives.
1.Which of the following about Steve Jobs is NOT true?
A．He was born in California in 1955.
B．He built the Apple II in 1970.
C．He set up a film production company at 31.
D．He was found to suffer from cancer at 49.
2.The underlined word “innovators” in Paragraph 6 could best be replaced by _____.
A．inventors B．businessmen C．producers D．founders
3.According to Barack Obama, the highest praise for Steve Jobs is that _____.
A．his products are widely used all over the world
B．his products are thought to be beautiful and easy to use
C．people all over the world are sad at his death
D．people learned about his death from his products
4.Jobs changed the way we work and live by _____.
A．building the first personal computer
B．making computer-animated feature films
C．developing the music industry
D．creating surprising products
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