Question

When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption（收養(yǎng)）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 only after six months did he decide to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.

Jobs and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. He named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as a fruit garden 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 competitor Microsoft and suffered heavy losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability（盈利） and introduced new products such as the IPod, the IPhone and the IPad.

Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t be discouraged. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find your interest. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.”

1.Why did Jobs’ mother abandon him? ( within 6 words)

2.What did Jobs do half a year later in college? ( within 5 words)

3.When was Jobs removed from Apple? ( within 2 words)

4.What happened to Apple after Jobs left it？ ( within 10 words)

5. What do you think is the most important thing to lead Jobs to success? (1 word )

Answer 1

1.Because she wanted a girl(daughter)./ Because she didn’t want a boy(son).

2.He dropped out./He left the university./He gave up college life.

3.At 30./ In 1985.

4.（It was）under heavy pressure and suffered heavy losses.

5.Interest.

【解析】本文描寫了蘋果創(chuàng)始人斯蒂芬·喬布斯的生平以及他創(chuàng)立蘋果公司的事跡，告訴我們，只要專注于我們所熱愛的事物就有可能獲得成功。

1. unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption（收養(yǎng)）because she wanted a girl她那未婚先孕的母親決定拋棄他因為她想要一個女孩。要求在6個詞之內(nèi)作答，調(diào)整原句，增刪詞語，符合題意即可。

2. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but only after six months did he decide to drop out 在喬布斯從中學畢業(yè)之后，他上了半年大學就退學了。要求在5個詞之內(nèi)作答，調(diào)整原句，增刪詞語，符合題意即可。

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4. after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from competitor Microsoft and suffered heavy losses. 在他不得不離開公司之后，蘋果遭受競爭對手微軟的巨大壓力，遭受了巨大的損失。要求在10個詞之內(nèi)作答，調(diào)整原句，增刪詞語，符合題意即可。

5. convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find your interest. 我確信推動我前行的唯一的事物就是我熱愛我所做的。你要找到你的興趣之所在。所以答案是interest。

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