Question

8．阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项中，选出最佳选项．
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 began 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 spent on an orchard（果园）in Oregon．
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steve Jobs soon became worldwide famous．But unfortunately，he died of illness in 2011．
59．The underlined word"value"meansC．
A．beauty        B．chance            C．importance    D．hope
60．Steve JobsD．
A．received excellent college education B．didn't go to college at all
C．studied in college for 4 years        D．didn't finish his college education
61．Steve Jobs named his computer company"Apple"becauseC．
A．apple was his favorite fruit
B．he designed the computer under an apple tree
C．he wanted to remember the happy time on the orchard
D．the computer was designed on the orchard
62．Steve Jobs'Dwould be the most important thing for his lifetime success．
A．"failure"in school                  B．stay on the orchard
C．travel to India                         D．new ideas．

Answer 1

分析 苹果电脑的设计者，史蒂夫•乔布斯，在他年轻的时候并不是很成功．他上学的时候不是最好的学生，他甚至时而不时的会和同学或者老师发生一些小摩擦．他充满了一些新奇的思想，但是没有几个人能看到其价值．当他上大学的时候，情形还是依旧这样，他不得不半路辍学．史蒂夫•乔布斯最初的工作就是一个雅达利的一个电脑程序员．他仅仅在那里工作了几个月，然后他就去印度旅行．他希望那次旅行能给他更多的思想，并给他一个人生中比较好的转机．
在从印度回来之后，他开始居住在加利福尼亚的一个农场上．就在那时，在1975年，史蒂夫•乔布斯开始做一种新型的电脑．和他的朋友史蒂芬•沃兹尼亚克一起，在他的卧室里设计了、在车库里生产了苹果电脑．他给它命名为"苹果"，这是因为使他想起了在俄勒冈州的一个果园里度过的一个幸福的夏天．
他的苹果电脑是如此成功，以致于史蒂夫•乔布斯很快就全世界闻名．但很不幸的是，他因病于2011年去世．

解答 59．答案C 考查词义理解题  根据上下文"he was full of new ideas"以及"Jobs set about making a new type of computer"可知，正是这些新奇的想法，给乔布斯提供了成功的机会．但是在当时没有人能预见到他的思想的重要性．故选C．
60．答案D  考查细节理解题  根据第一段中的"he went up to college and he dropped out halfway"可知他中途退学了，并没有上完大学，故选D．
61．答案C  考查细节理解题  根据第三段中的"because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent on an orchard（果园）in Oregon"可知他想纪念在果园里度过的美好时光．故选C．
62．答案D  考查细节理解题  根据第一段中的"he was full of new ideas，which few people saw the value of"以及第二段中的"the trip would give him more ideas and give him a change in life for the better"可知，正是这些新的想法给予了他创新，制造了新的电脑，最终获得了成功．故选D．

点评 首先要认真阅读短文，深刻领会短文的意思，然后结合题目，再读全文，找出正确答案．