题文
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（毁灭性的）.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
小题1:A．grownB．begunC．removedD．kept小题2:A．bedroomB．farmC．garageD．kitchen小题3:A．announcedB．declaredC．releasedD．coped小题4:A．managedB．startedC．installedD．entitled小题5:A．providedB．sortedC．promotedD．hired小题6:A．runB．involveC．openD．engage小题7:A．instantlyB．constantlyC．eventuallyD．frequently小题8:A．riskedB．supportedC．pleasedD．sided小题9:A．WhichB．WhatC．WhicheverD．Whatever小题10:A．apologizeB．revealC．headD．stand小题11:A．implyB．putC．impressD．dawn小题12:A．resistedB．rejectedC．solvedD．interrupted小题13:A．made outB．come outC．turned outD．tried out小题14:A．darknessB．lightnessC．carelessnessD．business小题15:A．waiterB．pioneerC．beginnerD．visitor小题16:A．enterB．relieveC．previewD．expect小题17:A．somethingB．noneC．everythingD．anything小题18:A．carefulB．acceptableC．hopefulD．awful小题19:A．courageB．patienceC．imaginationD．faith小题20:A．settleB．recallC．claimD．deny 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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小题1:B
小题1:D
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解析
小题1:A 考察词组grow from…into…意思是从…成长为…,选择A grown
小题1:C 开头提到公司刚刚开始是in my parents garage,此处应当照应,故选C garage
小题1:C 考察对词义的理解,与creation(发明产品)搭配的应当是发布,故选择 C released
小题1:B 同样在开头有提及,我和伙伴started(创办)了苹果公司,故选择B started
小题1:D 此处的文意是随着公司壮大我们雇佣了更有才能的人,此处的雇佣即hire,故选择D hired
小题1:A 考察词组run a company运营公司,故选择A run
小题1:C 此处的and表示承接顺序,所以这里应当填一个表示时间先后的副词,故选择C eventually(最终)
小题1:D 考察词组side with……，意为支持……，故选择D sided
小题1:B 考察主语从句,此处填的单词与the focus of my entire对应,故选择B what
小题1:A 联系上文作者与同事的争吵,此处他应当是想为screwing up so badly而道歉,选择A apologize
小题1:D 考察词组dawn on……逐渐(被人)知晓,故选择D dawn
小题1:B 联系上文作者被开除的经历,此处应当填表示被拒绝意思的单词,故选B rejected
小题1:C 考察词组it turn out that意思为结果是……故选择C turned out
小题1:B 和上文的heaviness(沉重)形成对比的只有lightness(轻松),故选B lightness
小题1:C 由上文得知作者在被拒绝后一切都必须从头开始,所以他现在是一个新手(beginner),故选C beginner
小题1:A 考察词组enter a period进入一段时期，故选择A enter
小题1:B 后面的if提示我们这句话的意思是如果他没被开除将一事无成,所以选择表示否定意思的B none
小题1:D 由后面的but引导的句子的意思可得知前面的意思是品尝药物不是快乐的事,故选D awful
小题1:D 考察词组lose faith丧失信心/信仰,在此处courage不符合主旨,故选择D faith
小题1:A 此处的文意大致是不要安于现状。表示这层意思的只有A settle（安定下来）
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Woz and I started Ap.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
