Steve Jobs,who passed away on October 5,2011,was an American computer enterpriser and inventor.He was co-founder,chairman,and CEO of Apple Corporation.Jobs also previously served as CEO of Pixar Animation Studios;he became a member of the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company in 2006,following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.
In the late 1970s,Jobs—along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak,Mike Markkula and others—designed,developed,and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers,the Apple Ⅱseries.In the early 1980s,Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse-driven graphical user interface(界面),which led to the creation of the Macintosh.After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985,Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT,a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets.Apple’s 1996 buyout(收购)of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded,and he served as its CEO from 1997 until August 2011.
In 1986,he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd,which was turned out as Pixar Animation Studios.He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006.Consequently,Jobs became Disney’s largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney’s Board of Directors.On August 24,2011,Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple’s CEO.
Jobs died in California at the age of 56,seven years after being diagnosed with cancer.At the time of his resignation,and after his death,he was widely described as a pioneer and genius—perhaps one of the foremost—in the field of business,innovation,and product design,and a man who had deeply changed the face of the modern world,revolutionized at least six different industries,and an “exemplar for all CEOs”.His death was widely mourned and considered a loss to the world by reviewers across the globe.
1.Why did Steve Jobs leave Apple Corporation in 1985?
A.He found it was hard to work with his partners.
B.He was defeated in the attempt of controlling Apple Corporation.
C.He wanted to found another company.
D.Apple Corporation would soon be defeated by another company.
2.We can know from this passage that .
A.people think highly of Steve Jobs
B.Steve Jobs was CEO of Pixar Animation Studios in 2007
C.Steve Jobs retired at the age of 50 because of cancer
D.Steve Jobs is the Einstein of our times
3.What does the underlined word “exemplar” in the last paragraph mean?
A.companion B.model C.friend D.inventor
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A.Family of Steve Jobs B.Background of Steve Jobs
C.Life of Steve Jobs D.Death of Steve Jobs
语篇解读:本文介绍了史蒂夫·乔布斯的生平。他是苹果公司的前任首席运行官兼创办人之一,同时也被认为是计算机业界与娱乐业界的标志性人物。
答案及剖析:
1.B 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知,乔布斯离开苹果公司的原因是他在公司高层的权力斗争中失败。
2.A 推理判断题。根据最后一段可推断,人们对乔布斯的评价非常高。
3.B 猜测词义题。根据语境可知,此处指史蒂夫·乔布斯是所有总裁的典范。
4.C 主旨大意题。本文介绍了史蒂夫·乔布斯的生平。
