51.Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs?

A.He was very courageous in the face of cancer

B.He became very rich though dropping out college

C.He released a new iPhone version before death

D.He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable

52.Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a "ma rketing genius"?

A.After Apple, he founded NeXT Computer

B.He made Apple very valuable once again in the  world

C.He developed a series of Apple products

D.He was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time

53.What  does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?

A.Jobs was a typical example of American spirit of creation

B.Jobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedom

C.Jobs eventually realized his American dream

D.American people are good  at inventing things

54.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A.Jobs's parents discouraged him from working on electronics.

B.Jobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years

C.Jobs started his career in his family garage

D.Run unsuccessfully, Apple was sold to NeXT Computer

55.What is the author’s attitude toward Steve Jobs?

A.Objective    B. Sceptical.  C. Disapproving.  D. Sympathetic.

D

It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “Kindness can build on itself as much as violence can.”

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours! 56. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?

A. She had seven tickets.                    B. She knew the car drivers well.

C. She hoped to please others.                 D. She wanted to show kindness.

57. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?

A. Judy Foreman.                          B. Anne Herbert.

C. Natalie Smith.                         D. Alice Johnson.

58. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because  she _________.

A. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom  B. wanted to know what it really meant

C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall        D. thought it was beautifully written

59. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?

A. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.

B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.

C. Kindness and violence can change the world.

D. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.

60. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.

B. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

C. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

E

Early i n the autumn of 1674，Henry Oldenburg，secretary of the Royal Society in London，received an extraordinary letter. Sent by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek，a draper from Delft in the Netherlands，it contained an unlikely¬ sounding claim.

Using a microscope of his own invention，van Leeuwenhoek had seen tiny creatures，invisible to the naked eye，living in lake water. Some of these “animalcules  (微生物) ” were so small，he later estimated that 30 million of them would still be smaller than a grain of sand.

Royal Society fellows couldn't believe it. Even with his most powerful instruments，the celebrated English microscopist Robert Hooke had never observed anything like the little creatures.

In fact，the Dutchman had developed far superior lenses to Hooke's，and had discovered bacteria and protozoans (原生动物).By producing even smaller and more curved lenses—using a technique that he kept secret—van Leeuwenhoek was able to magnify objects up to 500 times. As well as discovering micro¬organisms，he was the first to see red blood cells.

In 1677，van Leeuwenhoek sent the Society further animalcule ( 微生物)observations. Hooke eventually improved his own microscopes to the point where he，too，could see the tiny creatures. Three years later van Leeuwenhoek was made a fellow.

It was not until 1890，more than 160 years after van Leeuwenhoek's death，that bacteria were linked with diseases. “Reading van Leeuwenhoek's letters，you very much get the impression of somebody dazzled by what he was finding，”says Lesley Robertson，leader of the archives at Delft University's school of microbiology.“ He thought he'd found a whole new world—but he certainly never pic ked up on the connection with illness.”

61.What did Antoni van Leeuwenhoek see with his own microscope?

A.A letter.                 B.Bacteria and protozoans

C.Small animals in the water  D.The element of water