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Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, was not a good student when he was in school. At that time, he always got into trouble with his schoolmates. When he went to college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After that, Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer in a company. He worked there only for a few months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and a new chance to change his life.
Steve Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the first Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple”just because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent in an apple orchard.
His first Apple Computer was a great success. Because of this, Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
【小题1】Steven Jobs always got into trouble with _______ in school.

The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he set out to tour India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better.

After he returned from India, he begin to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs set about making a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Wozniak, he designed the Apple Computer in his bedroom and built it in his garage(车库). He gave the name “Apple” because it reminded him of a happy summer he once on an orchard(果园) in Oregon.

His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous. But unluckily, he died of illness in 2011.

1. Steve Jobs            when he was in school.

2.. The underlined（划线的） word “value” means           .

3.. Steve Jobs           .

4.. Steve Jobs named his computer company “Apple” because           .

5. Steve Jobs'            would be the most important thing for his lifetime success.

Kate Spotz is a 22-year-old girl from America. She wants to cross the Atlantic Ocean by boat. If she__ ___ , she’ll be the youngest and the first American to finish the 2500-mile trip.
Spotz began___ ____ when she was at university. She has swum all the way down the 325-mile Allegheny River and traveled by bike from Seattle to Washington.
Spotz knows that she______ see some unexpected(想不到的) things during the trip. It will be very______ if she meets very bad weather in the middle of the sea. _____ she believes that she can deal with all the difficulties.  “I had never thought I could run 26 miles,” she said. “But once I ______ it, I realized that maybe I could do something even______.”
Spotz wants to collect______ for an organization called“ Blue Planet Run” by going on this trip. The organization offers free and safe drinking water to people who need it.
It’ll take her about three months to finish this______. Good luck to this______ girl and best wishes to her!
【小题1】A. dreams .            B. misses                   C. succeeds
【小题2】A. sailing                B. biking                   C. swimming
【小题3】A. must                B. may                    C. should
【小题4】A. dangerous             B. boring                   C. exciting
【小题5】A. If                   B. But                     C. So
【小题6】A. saw                  B. met                     C. finished
【小题7】A. easier                 B. more difficult             C. more dangerous
【小题8】A.food                  B. money                   C. clothes
【小题9】A.plan                  B. lesson                   C. trip
【小题10】A. brave               B. modern                  C. polite

Here is an advertisement about two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao.

I want to tell you a story about myself at the airport. I wanted to fly to France with my family on vacation. Before we took the plane, we had to go through the metal detector (金属探测仪) at the airport. When I walked through it, the alarm rang.

“Come here, young man.” said the guard at the airport. “Take everything out of your pockets. ” So I took my wallet out and put it on the table. Then I walked through the metal detector again. This time, the alarm didn’t ring. My mother said that maybe there was something made of metal in my wallet, but I didn’t think so. Anyway, we got on the plane successfully and flew to France. The trip was great and I had a good time there.

When we went to the airport in France to fly home, I got into trouble again. When I went through the metal detector, the alarm rang again. I was surprised, so I asked the guard about it. “Let me see what’s in your wallet,” said the guard. So I took out everything out of my wallet. “This one is made of metal,” said the guard, pointing at the pen I bought last week.

1.Did the writer go through the metal detector successfully for the first time?

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2.Where did the writer go on his vacation?

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3.What stopped the writer from going through the metal detector?

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