Removing the sleeve(封套), you will find a book that is entirely white, except for the names of its author and subject in elegant black type on the cover. It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory wails flash in the whitest white.
The cover was the only part of the book Steve Jobs wanted to control, writes Isaacson in his introduction. Though Mr. Jobs pushed the biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin to write in his own way, generously allowing the writer more than 40 interviews, this book offers quite a different view of Mr. Jobs, who won much praise from his fans after his death on October 5th at the age of 56.
As a biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Isaacson knows how to celebrate long-dead genius, but he claimed that "Steve Jobs" would not be entirely praiseful words. The picture he paints, particularly in the first half of this book, is not nice. Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often cold-blooded character. A child of the 1960s counter-culture (反主流文化), he hated, materialism and lived in simply furnished houses ( in part because he was too particular about furniture). But when Apple went public in 1980, he refused to give any share to Daniel Kottke, a Iongtime supporter and soul mate from college. "He has to abandon the people he is close to," observes Andy Hertzfeld, an early Apple engineer.
Mr. Jobs was undoubtedly possessing an extraordinary ability to attract others and inspire a kind of faith that could not be questioned. But also he could be cold and cruel. If he disapproved of an employee's work, he often shamed him. "This is who I am," he once said after being challenged,"and you can't expect me to be someone I'm not. " This disgusting personality wasn't always helpful,but it served a purpose, writes Mr. Isaacson, many would "end their chain of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible. "
Mr. Isaacson treats "Steve Jobs" as the biography of record, which means that it is a strange book to read so soon after its subject's death.   
小題1:The biography for Jobs is believed to have the perfect design because __
A．it follows Jobs' style
B．its cover is entirely white
C．black and white are his favorite .
D．it is designed by a famous biographer
小題2:The picture of Jobs that Isaacson paints in his book is __
①cruel    ②humorous   ③particular  ④generous
A．①③B．②③C．①④D．③④
小題3:It can be safely concluded that        
A．Jobs is highly spoken of in the book
B．Isaacson doesn't think Jobs a good man
C．Jobs didn't care about the design of the book
D．a(chǎn)ll descriptions of Jobs are not nice in the book
小題4:This passage can be classified as          
A．a(chǎn) personal diaryB．a(chǎn) book reviewC．a(chǎn) news reportD．a(chǎn) TV interview

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：本文是一篇書評，是對喬布斯自傳這本書的評論。
小題1:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory wails flash in the whitest white.說明這部自傳和喬布斯自己的風格是一致的，故A正確。
小題2:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第4行Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often cold-blooded character. 和第6行because he was too particular about furniture說明喬布斯被描寫成了很冷酷也很挑剔的人，故A正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段內(nèi)容可知，在喬布斯的自傳里，對于喬布斯的描述是不完美的，這和很多別的自傳有很大的差別。故D正確。
小題4:B 推理題。本文主要是對喬布斯自傳這本書的評論，屬于書評。故B正確。
點評：本文是一篇書評，是對喬布斯自傳這本書的評論。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因為它們往往就是文章的主題句。閱讀中要注意要點之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務。
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A．OneB．TwoC．ThreeD．Four
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A．a(chǎn)nd took away his bag B．a(chǎn)nd touched his bag
C．to help him with his bag D．to brush his bag
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A．Paragraph 2B．Paragraph 3C．Paragraph 4D．Paragraph 5
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A．My life in AmericaB．Americans’ “sorry”
C．My experience in an escalatorD．The meaning of “sorry”

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A．The name was given by the native in Australia
B．The word “koala” is an original English word
C．The name describes one of its living habits
D．The name is partly false
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B．It’s always hot in summer in the north
C．It’s always cold in the winter in the south
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A．Their foods are poisonous
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A．The influence of “Gangnam Style” has spread far and wide
B．Obama won the presidential election partly because of the ‘Mitt Romney Style’ video.
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November, 04, 2008, Barack Obama
Hello, Chicago.
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B．To share his happiness with the writer.
C．To congratulate the writer on his success.
D．To give him some good ideas on making a successful speech..
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A．He is a failure rather than a success.
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A．In the U. S. no one wanted to be president because it was tiring.
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D．President Taft didn’t want Roosevelt to be a president because he was too young.
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A．Many of the U. S. presidents had served in the army before they took office.
B．Only those who didn’t work hard at school but were good at fighting could be presidents.
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C．The new economy is better than the old economy
D．Both the new economy and the old economy have disadvantages
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A．People can get all kinds of information on the Internet.
B．Telephone, radio, television, newspapers and so on will disappear in the new economy.
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At American restaurants and coffee shops you are usually served tap water(自來水) before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.
Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing times for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in large cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.
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B．A hostess always seats a small group at a large table.
C．American people never sit with people they don’t know.
D．American people will not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.
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A．BreadB．ButterC．CoffeeD．Cold water
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A．There are no rules about opening and closing times for stores and restaurants.
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A．roll as much cheese down the hill as possible
B．find the largest piece of cheese rolling downhill
C．perform the best grimace when chasing the cheese
D．be the first one to catch the cheese rolling downhill
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C．the Boryeong Mud Festival
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