Steve Jobs-A surprising success.
Nothing in the early years of Steve Job’s life suggested that he would be so successful. Born in San Francisco, the child of two students, he was adopted and grew up close to Silicon Valley. While at company-and he and his best friend Steve Wozniak got summer jobs there.
After finishing high school in 1972, Jobs studied at an expensive liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon but he dropped pout after one after one term. He grew his hair and a beard, slept on friends’ floors, and sometimes went to a Hare Krishna temple for free meals. Like many drop-outs at that Beatles-inspired time, his ambition was to visit a guru（古魯[印度教的宗師或領(lǐng)袖]）in India, which he eventually did with a friend. When they got there, the guru had died.
At this point, Jobs has a limited education, and no obvious talents, apart from a notorious（臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)）ability to talk. However, he did have a devoted friend who was an electronics genius. They were a great team. Without Jobs’ s ambition, high design standards, the ability to make deals and  great maketing skills-Wozniak might well have spent a quiet life designing hardware at HP.
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
小題2:STEVE Jobs went to a temple because                .
A．He was a Buddhist
B．His family were Indian
C．He had very little money
D．He was inspired by the Beatles
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Steve Jobs was uneducated.
B．Steve Jobs went to India.
C．Steve Jobs was A GREAT SALESMAN.
D．Steve Wozniak was loyal.
小題4:Form the article, Apple was successful because             .
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

小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:C

小題1:根據(jù)Born in San Francisco, the child of two students, he was adopted 他的父母是兩個(gè)學(xué)生，被別人收養(yǎng)，故他不知道自己的父母。選D。
小題1:根據(jù)and sometimes went to a Hare Krishna temple for free meals.他去吃免費(fèi)的飯食，可知他沒(méi)有錢(qián)。故選C。
小題1:根據(jù)After finishing high school in 1972, Jobs studied at an expensive liberal arts college in Portland,描述，可知他受過(guò)教育，故選A。
小題1:根據(jù)At this point, Jobs has a limited education, and no obvious talents, apart from a notorious（臭名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)）ability to talk. However, he did have a devoted friend who was an electronics genius. They were a great team. Without Jobs’ s ambition, high design standards, the ability to make deals and  great maketing skills-Wozniak might well have spent a quiet life designing hardware at HP.描述，可知蘋(píng)果電腦公司的成功取決于史蒂夫喬布斯和史蒂夫我地尼亞克的通力合作。故選C。
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