The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful  in his early year. He was not one of       at school, and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.        he was full of new ideas. Things were still      when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退學).
Steven Jobs worked      as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he       India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him     in life for the better.
After he came back from      he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steven Jobs started     a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak , he designed the Apple I computer in his bedroom. He chose the name     “     ” because it reminded(想起 ) him of a happy summer he once spent in an orchard (果園 ) in Oregon.
Today Steven Jobs has lots of factories and he is very      in the world.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要描述了蘋果電腦公司創(chuàng)始人的成功歷史，他小時候不是個好學生，常和同學發(fā)生沖突。畢業(yè)后先為一家公司工作了幾個月，后來和朋友在自家車庫里面研究出了蘋果電腦。
小題1:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他不是一個好學生。New classmates新同學；good students好學生；lucky farmers幸運的農民；successful designer成功的設計者。根據(jù)下句and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.可知選B。
小題2:考查連詞及語境理解。句意：但是他充滿了新的想法。But但是；and和；so所以；or或者。根據(jù)上句and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers.和下句he was full of new ideas 可推知選A。
小題3:考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他上了大學時情況仍然一樣，他中途退學。Very hard非常困難；interesting有趣的；the same一樣；different不同的。根據(jù)后半句and he dropped out halfway 可知他上了大學時情況仍然一樣，所以選C。
小題4:考查副詞及語境理解。句意：史提芬首先在雅達利作游戲設計師。Then然后；later后來；early早的；first首先。所以選D。
小題5:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：然后他旅行到印度。Move遷移，移動；travell旅行；work工作；study學習。根據(jù)下句He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas 可知選B。
小題6:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他希望此行將使他有更多的想法，并給他一個改變，使他生活得更好。A change改變； a job工作；a house 房子；a farm農場。所以選A。
小題7:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：從印度回來后，他生活在加利福尼亞的一個農場。前面說他到印度旅行，這兒當然就該是從印度回來，所以選D。
小題8:考查動詞及語境理解。句意：史提芬開始自造一種新型計算機。Buying買；selling賣；making制造；playing玩。所以選C。
小題9:考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他選擇了名為“蘋果”。Happy愉快的；famous著名的；naughty淘氣的，頑皮的。Funning有趣的。根據(jù)文章開頭The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful 就可知該選A。
小題10:考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：在世界上他很有名。根據(jù)前半句oday Steven Jobs has lots of factories 可知他現(xiàn)在很有名，所以選B。
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