Steve Jobs made technology* fun. The co-founder of Apple died on October 6^th 2011 at the age of fifty-seven. He had fought for years against cancer. Thousands of people gathered outside his house in California, and Apple stores around the world.
Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college when he was young. His parents supported his early interest in electronics*. He and his friend started Apple Computer -- now just called Apple – at the age of 21. They stayed at the company until 1985. That year, his friend returned to college and Steve Jobs left in an argument with the CEO.
Mr. Jobs then set up his own company, called NeXT Computer. He rejoined* Apple Computer in 1997 when it was in bad time and then made it to one of the most valuable* companies in the world today.
Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO in August because of his health. He died a day after the company released* the new iPhone 4S.
President Obama said in a statement*: "By building one of the world’s most successful companies from his garage*, he explained the spirit of American. By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the technology not only convenient, but fun."
【小題1】When was Steve Jobs born?

Tea bag drinking is most Westerners' favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added(增加) hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄紗) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85%of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea.  This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy and tasly way to go.
【小題1】Who invented the tea bag?

When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air  1 . But do you know that there is    2  air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have   3   to do with polluted indoor air.

A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities   4   smoking and cooking. As most people    5   about 80-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.

Air pollution influences our health   6 . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people suffer from it,   7  people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can   8  people's eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also lead to lung cancer（肺癌）and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people died in a few days   9  the pollution!   10  is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!

1.                A．pollution        B．sadness         C．illness    D．business

2.                A．too            B．none           C．a(chǎn)lso  D．neither

3.                A．nothing         B．everything      C．something     D．a(chǎn)nything

4.                A．a(chǎn)s well as       B．such as         C．instead of D．for example

5.                A．take           B．cost            C．give D．spend

6.                A．in many ways    B．in many things    C．in many houses     D．by the way

7.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．but            C．or   D．until

8.                A．hit            B．hurt           C．polluted  D．destroyed

9.                A．because of      B．thanks to        C．related to     D．or

10.               A．This           B．That           C．What D．It

When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air  1 . But do you know that there is    2  air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have   3   to do with polluted indoor air.
A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities   4   smoking and cooking. As most people    5   about 80-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.
Air pollution influences our health   6 . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people suffer from it,   7  people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can   8  people's eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also lead to lung cancer（肺癌）and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people died in a few days   9  the pollution!   10  is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!

 Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1889. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music .Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.

  Hemingway had written many books in his life. The old man and the sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite . It came out in 1952 .The main c haracter in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck , becau se he does not get a fish in eighty-four days .Every evening ,he comes home with his empty boat .But the old man believes himself . Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.

選擇正確答案，

1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of __________.

A.books     B. sports   C.  music    D. art

2.The old man and the sea was published in __________.

A. 1852     B.1899     C.  1952     D. 1989

3.The old man does not get a fish until the _______day.

A. fifteenth             B. eightieth

C. eighty-fourth         D. eighty—fifth

4.What does the old man do when he can not get a fish?

A. He has to look for food somewhere.

B. He does not give up fishing.

C. He does not fish any more.

D. He has nothing to do .

5.What can we learn from the old man ?

A. When we in trouble , we should not give up.

B. When we want to fish , we can get a big fish .

C. We can do everything well because we are  young .

D. We can live a better life if we like fishing .