Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had ___36____ from just the two of us in a ___37____ into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just ___38___ 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 ___39___? Well, as Apple grew we ___40___ someone who I thought was very talented to ___41___ 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 ___42___ we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors ___43___with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. ___44___ 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 ___45___ 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 ___46___ on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been ___47___, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it ___48___ 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 ___49___ of being a ___50____ again, less sure about everything. It freed me to ___51___ one of the most creative periods of my life.
I’m pretty sure __52___ of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was ___53___ tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Don’t lose ___54___. 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 ___55___. 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

【小題1】
A．grownB．begunC．removedD．kept
【小題2】
A．bedroomB．farmC．garageD．kitchen
【小題3】
A．announcedB．declaredC．releasedD．coped
【小題4】
A．managedB．startedC．installedD．entitled
【小題5】
A．providedB．sortedC．promotedD．hired
【小題6】
A．runB．involveC．openD．engage
【小題7】
A．instantlyB．constantlyC．eventuallyD．frequently
【小題8】
A．riskedB．supportedC．pleasedD．sided
【小題9】
A．WhichB．WhatC．WhicheverD．Whatever
【小題10】
A．apologizeB．revealC．headD．stand
【小題11】
A．implyB．putC．impressD．dawn
【小題12】
A．resistedB．rejectedC．solvedD．interrupted
【小題13】
A．made outB．come outC．turned outD．tried out
【小題14】
A．darknessB．lightnessC．carelessnessD．business
【小題15】
A．waiterB．pioneerC．beginnerD．visitor
【小題16】
A．enterB．relieveC．previewD．expect
【小題17】
A．somethingB．noneC．everythingD．anything
【小題18】
A．carefulB．acceptableC．hopefulD．awful
【小題19】
A．courageB．patienceC．imaginationD．faith
【小題20】
A．settleB．recallC．claimD．deny


【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】D
【小題1】A

解析【小題1】A 考察詞組grow from…into…意思是從…成長為…,選擇A grown
【小題1】C 開頭提到公司剛剛開始是in my parents garage,此處應當照應,故選C garage
【小題1】C 考察對詞義的理解,與creation(發(fā)明產品)搭配的應當是發(fā)布,故選擇 C released
【小題1】B 同樣在開頭有提及,我和伙伴started(創(chuàng)辦)了蘋果公司,故選擇B started
【小題1】D 此處的文意是隨著公司壯大我們雇傭了更有才能的人,此處的雇傭即hire,故選擇D hired
【小題1】A 考察詞組run a company運營公司,故選擇A run
【小題1】C 此處的and表示承接順序,所以這里應當填一個表示時間先后的副詞,故選擇C eventually(最終)
【小題1】D 考察詞組side with……，意為支持……，故選擇D sided
【小題1】B 考察主語從句,此處填的單詞與the focus of my entire對應,故選擇B what
【小題1】A 聯(lián)系上文作者與同事的爭吵,此處他應當是想為screwing up so badly而道歉,選擇A apologize
【小題1】D 考察詞組dawn on……逐漸(被人)知曉,故選擇D dawn
【小題1】B 聯(lián)系上文作者被開除的經(jīng)歷,此處應當填表示被拒絕意思的單詞,故選B rejected
【小題1】C 考察詞組it turn out that意思為結果是……故選擇C turned out
【小題1】B 和上文的heaviness(沉重)形成對比的只有l(wèi)ightness(輕松),故選B lightness
【小題1】C 由上文得知作者在被拒絕后一切都必須從頭開始,所以他現(xiàn)在是一個新手(beginner),故選C beginner
【小題1】A 考察詞組enter a period進入一段時期，故選擇A enter
【小題1】B 后面的if提示我們這句話的意思是如果他沒被開除將一事無成,所以選擇表示否定意思的B none
【小題1】D 由后面的but引導的句子的意思可得知前面的意思是品嘗藥物不是快樂的事,故選D awful
【小題1】D 考察詞組lose faith喪失信心/信仰,在此處courage不符合主旨,故選擇D faith
【小題1】A 此處的文意大致是不要安于現(xiàn)狀。表示這層意思的只有A settle（安定下來）

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