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Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked
hard, and in 10 years Apple had __▲_ from just the two of us in a__▲_ into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just __▲_ our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you __▲_ _? Well, as Apple grew we __▲_ someone who I thought was very talented to __▲_ the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge (分歧) and __▲_ we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors __▲_ with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. __▲_ had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating(毀滅性的).
I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to __▲_ for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to __▲_ on me --- I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been__▲_, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it __▲_ that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the__▲_ of being a __▲_ again, less sure about everything. It freed me to __▲_ one of the most creative periods of my life.
I’m pretty sure __▲_ of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was __▲_ tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Don’t lose __▲_ _. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. If you haven’t found it
yet, keep looking. Don’t__▲_. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.
-By Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer
1. A. grown B. begun C. removed D. kept
2. A. bedroom B. farm C. garage D. kitchen
3. A. announced B. declared C. released D. coped
4. A. managed B. started C. installed D. entitled
5. A. provided B. sorted C. promoted D. hired
6. A. run B. involve C. open D. engage
7. A. instantly B. constantly C. eventually D. frequently
8. A. risked B. supported C. pleased D. sided
9. A. Which B. What C. Whichever D. Whatever
10. A. apologize B. reveal C. head D. stand
11. A. imply B. put C. impress D. dawn
12. A. resisted B. rejected C. solved D. interrupted
13. A. made out B. come out C. turned out D. tried out
14. A. darkness B. lightness C. carelessness D. business
15. A. waiter B. pioneer C. beginner D. visitor
16. A. enter B. relieve C. preview D. expect
17. A. something B. none C. everything D. anything
18. A. careful B. acceptable C. hopeful D. awful
19. A. courage B. patience C. imagination D. faith
20. A. settle B. recall C. claim D. deny
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Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel.
A. is B. were C. has been D. had been
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----- John looks a bit upset. Did you tell him the bad news?
----- Yes, but I _____him after his birthday party.
A. should have told B .must have told
C. shouldn’t have told D. needn’t have told
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Not all the students obey the rules. Which of the following statement has the same meaning as it.
A. None of the students obey the rules.
B. All the students don’t obey the rules.
C. No students obey the rules
D. All of the above
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---What did the Englishman say?
---Oh, he asked where ____ .
A. did you come form B. do you come from
C. you came from D. you did come from
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You can use a larger plastic bottle, ____ is cut off, ____ as a pot to grow flowers in.
A. of which the top; with it’s top B. whose top; with its top
C. whose top
; the top of it D. the top of which; with it’s top
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Be careful with such things. If you , you’ll drop them.
A. don’t B. won’t C. aren’t D. do
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________ is known to us a11 is that the Diaoyu islands have been part of our C
hinese territory since ancient times.
A. As B. Which C. It D. What
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When talking about China, people often _________ it with the Yellow River.
A. associate B. reveal C. worship D. respect
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Every time ______ I go to school, I am usually riding my bike, _____ I take a bus.
A. when; besides B. /; except when C. when; except for D. /; except for
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