二、完形填空(本题15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

The Designer of Apple Computer

Steve Jobs, who designed Apple Computer, was not quite successful in his   early years. He was not among the   16   students at school, and he often     17   into trouble with either his classmates or his teachers. But he was   18   of new ideas, which   19   people could see the value of. Things were still the same when he went up to college and he   20   his studies halfway.

Steve Jobs worked first   21   a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he   22   to India. He hoped that the trip would   give him more   23   and give him a change in life for the better.

After he had returned from India, he began to live   24   a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steve Jobs began making a new type of   25  . Along with his friend, Stephen Woziak, he designed the Apple I computer in his bedroom and   26   built it in his garage. He chose the name “Apple”  27   he thought of a happy summer he once   28   in an orchard (果园) in Oregon.

His Apple Computer became   29   a great success that Steve Jobs soon became famous. But it is   30   for people around the world that James Jobs died after a long battle with cancer on October, 6. 2011,

16. A. best   B. tallest    C. youngest          D. strongest

17. A. came           B. brought           C. look               D. got

18. A. short           B. rich              C. full               D. filled

19. A. some         B. few             C. a few             D. many

20. A. tried out        B. gave up            C. put off    D. went over

21. A. as            B. for               C. with              D. like

22. A. drove          B. walked         C. moved             D. traveled

23. A. help           B. advice             C. ideas            D. friends

24. A. around          B. on             C. in               D. within

25. A. computer       B. house             C. camera            D. bridge

26. A. so far          B. above all   C. as usual   D. in fact

27. A. before   B. because   C. when             D. although

28. A. stayed         B. taught            C. spent             D. lived

29. A. so            B. how     C. what              D. such

30. A. happy          B. sad            C. excited          D. worried