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Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56. Mr Jobs had announced he was suffering from cancer in 2004. Apple said he had been "the source of countless innovations(创新)that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably(无法衡量的)better".
Tributes(赞美之辞) have been made by technology company bosses and world leaders, with US President Barack Obama saying the world had "lost a visionary(有远见卓识的人)". "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators —— brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," said Mr Obama.
A statement from Mr Jobs's family said they were with him when he died peacefully on Wednesday. "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he loved his family deeply," they said, requesting privacy and thanking those who had "shared their wishes and prayers" during his final year.
Apple said the company had "lost a visionary and creative genius(天才) and the world have lost an amazing human being". Tim Cook, who was made Apple's CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple". Flags are being flown at half mast outside the Apple headquarters(总部) in Cupertino, California, while fans of the company have left tributes outside Apple shops around the world.
The heads of other leading technology companies have also paid tribute, including Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been a great honour. I will miss Steve very much."
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thanks Mr Jobs for "showing that what you build can change the world" while Sony Corp president and CEO Howard Stringer said: "The digital age has lost its leading light." South Korea's Samsung, which is involved in a case with Apple over patents(专利), admired Mr Jobs for his "Completely new and different changes to the IT industry".
【小题1】Hearing of Steve Jobs’ death, the heads of other leading technology companies have paid tribute and __________.
A.shared the treasure with his family | B.suffered from the sad news |
C.been involved in a case with Apple | D.spoken highly of him |
A.Tim Cook | B.Howard Stringer | C.Mark Zuckerberg | D.Barack Obama |
During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doc-tor, taught P.E. and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the .students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The" birth of basketball "is said to be on Decem- ber 21,1891,when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and foot- balls were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed t0 5 players on each side, using special " basketballs" through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936,just three years before his death, basketball became an Olym- pic sport. at the games in Berlin.
On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to 1 and the underground system almost came to a stop.
Unluckily this happened during the 2 rush hour. Many people who were going to work were 3 to go home. Some tried their best to 4 a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others 5 the storm bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most 6 had stopped. After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found an underground line that was 7 . Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to 8 the underground that I could not even get down the stairs to the 9 . So I took the train going in the 10 direction, and then turned back to the downtown(市中心)train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 11 my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was 12 through, tired and discouraged.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm,I was ready to go home. I was going to 13 off my computer when I received an e-mail from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the 14 and finally came to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰的), at times like these, when workers so clearly show their attention and devotion to their 15 Thank you.
1 A. break B. flood C. fall D. crash
2 A. afternoon B. evening C. morning D. night
3 A. made B. asked C. invited D. gathered
4 A. order B. pay C. call D. search
5 A. showed B. fought C. broke D. faced
6 A. practice B. order C. process D. service
7 A. working B. acting C. turning D. rushing
8 A. check B. get on C. jump into D. find
9 A. street B. ground C. floor D. road
10 A. different B. opposite C. changed D. right
11 A. stopped B. crossed C. reached D. parked
12 A. wet B. hungry C. angry D. cold
13 A. pay B. get C. turn D. put
14 A. rule B. effort C. promise D. model
15 A. computers B. lives C. actions D. jobs
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