As a senior high school student, my future is always on my mind. To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort.Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford's graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It started when l became a junior, when college came into view. It's the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn't mean that students shouldn't attend college, but rather that they shouldn't worry so much. You'll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit morewinding(蜿蜒的)than you'd like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don't panic.One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve Jobs quoted(引用)thc saying"Stay hungry, stay foolisll" and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing thatyou are still a fool, no matter how much you've learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs' level of success is possible to achieve, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it's my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, I'll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
1.The author felt worried when_____.
A．he had to take tests at school
B．he had lots of sleepless nights
C．he thought about his future
D．he searched for words of wisdom
2.It is suggested in Paragraphs l and 2 that_____
A．the author is a college student
B．the author cares much about his future
C．Steve Jobs failed because of his decision
D．Steve Jobs' words had no effect on the author
3.What did the author gain from Jobs' speech?
A．Courage to drop out of school. B．Confidence in defeating Jobs.
C．Interest in computer industry. D．Bravery to face uncertainties.
4.What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?
A．Be content with what they know.
B．Have the desire to learn more.
C．Stay calm in the face of hardships
D．Be modest so as to learn more.
5.The passage is mainly about_____.
A．an experience of a speech
B．a memorable meeting with Jobs
C．the most impressive quotation in life
D．the wisdom drawn from a speech
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.D
【解析】
試題分析：本文敘述了作者由于擔心自己的前途而睡不著覺，文中交代了作者曾經聽過Jobs作的演講，他在演講中講述了自己艱苦的經歷，人的一生會遇到各種挫折，但是不要氣餒，不要滿足自己的已有的知識，作者從中受益匪淺。
1.細節理解題。根據To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights 作者想起未來就睡不著覺，故選C。
2.細節理解題。根據To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test.作者非常關心自己的未來，故選B。
3.細節理解題。根據He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. Jobs 勇敢地面對一切不確定因素，故選D。
4.細節理解題。根據no matter how much you've learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. 無論學多少都不要滿足，故選A。
5.主旨大意題。根據In the last moments of my life, I'll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for. 從一個演講而獲得的智慧，故選D。
考點：教育類短文閱讀。
點評：主旨大意題的難度較大，此類題目一般不易直接找到答案，最簡單的方法是仔細研究文章開頭的一二句，因為他們常是文章的主題句，然后，快速瀏覽文章首句和結尾句。如果第一句的主題不明，可注意結尾是否有概括總結，對選項要注意全面性和概括性。
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