Steven Paul Jobs was born in Los Altos, California, in 1955, the (31) child of a Syrian professor of political science and a US speech therapist. He was (32) by Paul and Clara Jobs, a hard-working couple of moderate means. Though devoted to them, he always retained a sense of baffled anger that he had been rejected by his (33) parents, according to friends. He was (34) among people who worked closely with him as an inspiring but difficult leader who could deflate subordinates who did not live (35) his demanding standards with withering anger. Jobs, a perfectionist (36) it came to his company’s products, insisted on having the final (37) over the technology, design and marketing of everything that was stamped with the Apple’s name. His journey to the (38) of the computing industry began when he was in high school, working for the summer at Hewlett-Packard. There he met Steve Wozniak, an HP engineer who would be Apple’s other (39) . Jobs later (40) out of Reed College, Oregon, and in 1974 went to India in search of (41) enlightenment. He once said that his rival, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, would have (42) from similar experiences. Jobs retained the 1960s bohemian spirit throughout his life, usually dressing in the "artist’s" (43) of black turtleneck sweater and jeans. Back home, he and Wozniak (44) a simple computer, the Apple I, in Jobs’ bedroom. They sold the machine for $666 and took in $774,000 in sales. That was followed, in 1977, by the Apple II, which was aimed at ordinary consumers rather than just hobbyists and featured circuitry for connections to a colour (45) , a dramatic (46) at the time. The success of the Apple II made Jobs a rich man. When Apple went (47) in 1980, its market (48) hit more than $1 billion. In 1983. however, IBM, at the time the world’s largest computer (49) , introduced its own personal computer. The IBM brand legitimized the PC in the business marketplace and (50) the Microsoft operating system as the industry standard.
A. sale
B. market
C. public
D. stock
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Steven Paul Jobs was born in Los Altos, California, in 1955, the (31) child of a Syrian professor of political science and a US speech therapist. He was (32) by Paul and Clara Jobs, a hard-working couple of moderate means. Though devoted to them, he always retained a sense of baffled anger that he had been rejected by his (33) parents, according to friends. He was (34) among people who worked closely with him as an inspiring but difficult leader who could deflate subordinates who did not live (35) his demanding standards with withering anger. Jobs, a perfectionist (36) it came to his company’s products, insisted on having the final (37) over the technology, design and marketing of everything that was stamped with the Apple’s name. His journey to the (38) of the computing industry began when he was in high school, working for the summer at Hewlett-Packard. There he met Steve Wozniak, an HP engineer who would be Apple’s other (39) . Jobs later (40) out of Reed College, Oregon, and in 1974 went to India in search of (41) enlightenment. He once said that his rival, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, would have (42) from similar experiences. Jobs retained the 1960s bohemian spirit throughout his life, usually dressing in the "artist’s" (43) of black turtleneck sweater and jeans. Back home, he and Wozniak (44) a simple computer, the Apple I, in Jobs’ bedroom. They sold the machine for $666 and took in $774,000 in sales. That was followed, in 1977, by the Apple II, which was aimed at ordinary consumers rather than just hobbyists and featured circuitry for connections to a colour (45) , a dramatic (46) at the time. The success of the Apple II made Jobs a rich man. When Apple went (47) in 1980, its market (48) hit more than $1 billion. In 1983. however, IBM, at the time the world’s largest computer (49) , introduced its own personal computer. The IBM brand legitimized the PC in the business marketplace and (50) the Microsoft operating system as the industry standard.
A. material
B. spiritual
C. physical
D. verbal
California is a land of variety and contrast. Almost every type of physical land feature, sort of arctic ice fields and tropical jungles can be found within its borders. Sharply contrasting types of land often lie very close to one another. People living in Bakersfield, for instance, can visit the Pacific Ocean and the coastal plain, the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the arid Mojave Desert, and the high Sierra Nevada, all within a radius of about 100 miles. In other areas it is possible to go snow skiing in the morning and surfing in the evening of the same day, without having to travel long distance. Contrast abounds in California. The highest point in the United States (outside Alaska) is in California, and so is the lowest point (including Alaska). Mount Whitney, 14,494 feet above sea level, is separated from Death Valley, 282 feet below sea level, by a distance of only 100 miles. The two areas have a difference in altitude of almost three miles. California has deep, clear mountain lakes like Lake Tahoe, the deepest in the country, but it also has shallow, salty desert lakes. It has Lake Tulainyo, 12,020 feet above sea level, and the lowest lake in the country, the Salton Sea, 236 feet below sea level. Some of its lakes, like Owens Lake in Death Valley, are not lakes at all: they are dried-up lake beds. In addition to mountains, lakes, valleys, deserts, and plateaus, California has its Pacific coastline, stretching longer than the coastlines of Oregon and Washington combined. Which statement best demonstrates that California is a land of variety and contrast
A. The highest lake in California is Lake Tulainyo.
B. It is possible to go surfing and snow skiing in some parts of California without having to travel long distance.
C. Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert and the Pacific Ocean all lie within a radius of about 100 miles.
D. Owens Lake, in Death Valley, is not really a lake at all.
One of the founding principles of the Web—not only the technology but the culture that has grown up with it—is that, as the New Yorker cartoon once put it, "On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog." The policy that people are free to interact online anonymously—or at least using pseudonyms—is now under attack from social networking companies. Both Faceboook and Google, which in June launched a competing service called Google Plus, have cracked down on people trying to use pseudonyms rather than full identities. "The Internet would be better if we had an accurate notion that you were a real person as opposed to a dog, or a fake person, or a spammer," Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman, said at the Edinburgh International Television Festival last week. He was echoing Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s former marketing director, who declared earlier this year that, "anonymity on the internet has to go away." These arguments are half right. Anonymity should not be banned in every corner of the Internet any more than it is in the physical world in democracies--it would breach civil liberties. But there are good reasons to discourage it. Most users would gain if anonymity were the exception rather than the rule. Mr. Schmidt and Ms. Zuckerberg (whose brother Mark, Facebook’s founder, has attacked the use of multiple identities as displaying "a lack of ethics") have been criticized for their remarks. "The desire to clean up the Web, civilize it, and sterilize it, pisses me off. I hate it," Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist, wrote earlier this month. The author’s attitude toward the Web anonymity is______.
A. neutral
B. supportive
C. positive
D. negative
Which days doesn’t the man’s son work Which days doesn’t the man’s son work
A. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
B. Saturday and Sunday
C. Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday