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When Steve Jobs was born on February 24,1955, his unmarried mother decided to put him for adoption(收养) 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？” So his mother gave him to his future parents. After Steve Jobs graduated from high school, he went to college but decided to drop out because it was so expensive .
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 at an orchard (果园) in Oregon.
After 10 years of hard time, Apple computer eventually grew into a big company with over 4000 employees.
At 30, Jobs, however, was fired from the company he cofounded. But after that, 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 and introduced new products such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
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.
1.Why did Jobs’s mother decide to give him to other people?
A. Because her family was very poor.
B. Because Jobs’s father didn’t want to keep him.
C. Because she didn’t want a boy.
D. Because his future parents wanted Jobs eagerly.
2. Steve Jobs didn't finish his college education because he ________.
A.wanted to start a company. B.felt it was so expensive.
C.took no interest in his major. D.hated to share rooms with his friends.
3.What happened to Jobs when he was 42?
A. He was fired from the company he co-founded.
B. He started a business himself.
C. He decided to leave the company where he stayed at that time.
D. He became Apple’s CEO.
4. What can we learn from what Steve Jobs said?
A.Interest is key to success. B.Hope helps us succeed.
C.Attitude is everything. D.Courage goes with confidence.
