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2016--2017学年度第一学期平遥中学高一期中考试 英语试题 本试卷满分150分 考试时间100分钟 命题人 邓瑞卿 本试卷分第卷(选择题)和卷(非选择题)两部分阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 　　 When Steve Jobs was born on Febuary24,1955, in San Francisco , California, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption because she wanted a girl. So in the middle of the night, his mother called a lawyer named Paul Jobs and said, “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” But his mother told his future parents to promise that they would send Jobs to college. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive that he had to sleep on the floor in his friends’ rooms.At 20, he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976. Jobs named their company ----Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard (果园) in Oregon.After 10 years of hard time and failures, starting from two kids working in a garage, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.At 30, Jobs , however, was fired from the company he co-founded. But after he had to leave the company, Apple was under heavy pressure from rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses. Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apple’ CEO in1997. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability and introduced new products such as the iPhone and the iPod.Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick, Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.21:Which of the following is right according to paragraph 1? A.Jobs’ unmarried mother wanted a girl. B.Paul Jobs was a college teacher. C.Jobs’ finished his education. D.Jobs’ unmarried mother adopted him 22:Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college education because he ______. A.wan