Question

As a senior, 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 wasn’t always like that, though. It started when I 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 more winding（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）the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you 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’s level of success is attainable, 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 thought about his future

C．he had lots of sleepless nights

D．he searched for words of wisdom

2.It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _________.

A．Steve Jobs didn’t attend college

B．Steve Jobs failed because of his decision

C．the author is a college student

D．the author cares much about his future

3.What did the author gain from Jobs’s 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．Have the desire to learn more.

B．Be content with what they know.

C．Stay calm in the face of hardships.

D．Be modest so as to learn more.

5.The passage is mainly about _________.

A．the wisdom drawn from a speech

B．the most impressive quote in life

C．a memorable meeting with Jobs

D．an experience of a speech

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是一個中學生講述自己從Jobs的演講中領會到在世界上充滿意志力的活著，讓一切順其自然，對未來的希望。

1.細節題，由第一段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可知選B。

2.推理題，這兩段主要講作者對如何擔心自己的未來，故選D,對將來考慮很多。

3.推理題，由第二段He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty.可知從Jobs的演講中學到要勇敢面對不確定性。

4.細節題，由He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty.可知答案A。由Jobs talked about the hardships in his work.可知答案C.由“Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto.可知答案D，故選B.

5.文章主要是表達從Jobs的演講中得到智慧和鼓勵。故選A。

考點：勵志性的文章。

點評：這篇文章很好理解，考查的問題很全面，有細節問題，推理題，還有總結大意題，這就要求考生閱讀時不僅僅是要了解大意，還要深層次的理解作者的意圖，做這樣的題時先快速閱讀了解大意，然后再仔細閱讀理解其含義。