Unit 3 Amazing people (35分钟).阅读理解(2017山西平遥第三次质检)When Steve Jobs was born on February 24,1955,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 man 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 of his friends room.At 20,he and a friend(Steve Wozniak) started a company in a garage on April 1,1976.Jobs named their companyApple in memory of a happy summer he had spent at an orchard (果园) in Oregon.After 10 years of hard time and failures,starting from two kids working in a garage,Apple Computers eventually grew into a big company with over 4,000 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 the rival (对手) Microsoft and in 1996 posted billions of dollars in losses.Apple needed Steve Jobs and he was appointed as Apples CEO in 1997.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.Dont lose faith.Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.Youve got to find what you love.If you havent found it yet,keep looking.”1.What does the author agree with according to Paragraph 1?A.Jobs unmarried mother wanted a girl.B.Paul Jobs was a college teacher.C.Jobs has finished his education.D.Jobs unmarried mother adopted him.2.Why did Steve Jobs fail to finish his college education?A.He wanted to start a company.B.He had financial problems.C.He took no interest in his major.D.He hated to share a room with his friend.3.What can be inferred about Apple?A.It was founded in Oregon.B.It developed from a garage.C.It had a difficult beginning.D.It had a successful beginning.4.What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?A.Interest is the key to success.B.Hope helps us succeed.C.Attitude is everything.D.Courage goes with confidence.导学号23500018.完形填空(2017湖北八校第一次联考)Two years ago,Dubuque,Iowa,started its first annual “Back to School Bash” programme.It offered needy families an opportunity to learn about free 1 in the community.Holmes decided to 2 by providing help to kids.He was 3 two jobs at the time,one of which was working as a barber.Saturday was his 4 day,but he chose to 5 his time and gave free haircuts to lower-class kids on condition that the kids should 6 their free haircut by having to read a book to him.The idea was so 7 that he continued it for the next two years.Many kids would 8 a favourite book,settle into the barber chair,and read aloud 9 Holmes was doing their hair.After the haircut,theyd review the book,from the 10 and vocabulary to the themesjust like in school,only more fun.Holmes,who is married 11 two sons,recognizes that not every parent has time to 12 with their kids.So he hopes to offer some 13 in this way.And he admits he,14,benefits from doing that.There was a seven-year-old kid who 15 stuttered(结巴) over words while reading.He had the boy take the book home and 16.When the child came back a few days later,he read it with no problems.That 17 Holmes to do more.Holmes and his family have recently moved to a Chicago suburb.When they get 18,he plans to restart his 19 as the Storybook Barber.“Todays world is full of guns and violence,” he says.“The barbershop is a 20 place for the kids to come and read books.”1.A.materialsB.resourcesC.methodsD.connections2.A.participateB.performC.developD.withdraw3.A.faced withB.caught inC.presented withD.engaged in4.A.happiestB.worstC.busiestD.best5.A.spendB.wasteC.saveD.donate6.A.receiveB.earnC.demandD.request7.A.popularB.ordinaryC.complexD.strict8.A.put awayB.take overC.pick upD.give out9.A.beforeB.afterC.whileD.until10.A.kidsB.heroinesC.barbersD.characters11.A.withB.toC.forD.about12.A.stayB.readC.talkD.learn13.A.guidanceB.judgementC.assistanceD.insurance14.A.againB.stillC.thenD.too15.A.usuallyB.hardlyC.merelyD.necessarily16.A.writeB.practiseC.remarkD.reflect17.A.surprisedB.excitedC.inspiredD.impressed18.A.settledB.relaxedC.pleasedD.refreshed19.A.ownershipB.hobbyC.promiseD.role20.A.secretB.safeC.roughD.crowded导学号23500019.语法填空(2017湖南邵阳联考)My English teacher was very tall.The moment she 1. (enter) the class,we would all sit 2. (quiet) and open the books.She would encourage me by giving me important assignments and also morning news to read during the assembly.She would come down and listen to my