67．The underlined word“nabbed”in Para 2 probably means“　　　 ”．

A．pulled up　　 B．brought in　　 C．went through　 D．handed over

66．We can infer from the passage that　　　　 ．

　　 A．although Jobs does a good job at Apple，he isn't equal to handle his business at Pixar

　　 B．iMac is Apple's hit product for its convenience and fair price

　　 C．being a CEO at Apple，Jobs needs a considerable income to make sure that his family can get medical treatment

D．Jobs makes a big difference at Apple as a designer as well as a marketing planner

65．According to the passage，the following adjectives can be used to describe Jobs EXCEPT　　　　 ．

A．creative　　 B．demanding　　 C．easy-going　 D．distinguished

64．What is the writing style of this passage?

　　 A．A news report．　　　　　　　 B．An argumentative writing．

C．An expository writing．　　　 D．A practical writing．

C

Personal Background

Steve Jobs

Apple Computer

3-year return：26%

AGE：42

CEO since：1997

Here's a guy with enough knowledge，ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two CEO jobs at once-and do a pretty amazing job at both．We've listed him for his post at Apple, but of course Steve Jobs also runs Pixar，the animation company．Coming in after a $ 1 billion loss in fiscal 1997，Jobs turned a $106 million profit-38 percent above Wall Street's consensus target．A lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: Make computers in different colors. Jobs was the only one who thought to make it happen．The colorful mid-priced iMac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility(兼容性)problem．Apple positioned it as the machine for the Internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal．Behind the scenes，Jobs also streamlined the product line，reduced the head count，consolidated distribution，and slimmed inventory. Meanwhile，over at Pixar，A Bug's Life nabbed a total $159 million in domestic box office，the highest domestic animated take since Toy Story and third highest ever，after Toy Story and the leader，The Lion King．

Business philosophy：“The technology isn't the hard part．The hard part is，Who's going to buy it? How are they going to buy it? How do you tell them about it?”

How he got the job：The Apple board begged him to return．

Management Style：At Apple，Jobs is a micromanager-some say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly．Virtually every decision goes by him. “At any time，10，000 employees are wondering，‘What would Steve say?’not‘What is the right thing to do?’”said a former Apple exec．At Pixar， realizing that he isn't a film visionary，he leaves the experts to their knitting．

Financial reward：His Apple rewards are minimal-a salary of one dollar a year so that his family is eligible for the health plan．But his 69 percent share of Pixar is worth about $ 1.3 billion.

63．Which of the following diagrams shows the correct position of the islands?

62．Which of the following is WRONG?

　　 A．Bouvet Island，Heard Island and Gough Island are all in the southern hemisphere．

　　 B．Winds in the researched area blow anti-clockwise．

　　 C．The scientists shouldn't base this research on how winds affect where ferns grow．

D．Without the discovery of QuikSCAT，the research wouldn't have made sense．

61．The underlined word”data”in the fourth paragraph means“　　　 ”．

A．signal　　 B．pattern　　 C．information　 D．research

60．This story is about 　　　　．

　　 A．the discovery of wind highways　 　B．how wind travels

C．how wind affects different plants　 　D．one function of the wind

59．What is the purpose of the writing?

　　 A．To describe the writer's experience and understanding of fishing．

　　 B．To explain the reason why so many Americans like fishing．

　　 C．To make others understand the industry of fishing．

D．To express his opinions about fishing in different time of the year．

B

A strong wind can be a dangerous thing-sometimes it is powerful enough to knock you off your feet．But to plants，the wind is a source of new life，carrying them or their spores(孢子) thousands of miles．

A NASA satellite called QuikSCAT has discovered highways of wind over the Earth's oceans．Scientists believe these invisible roads may explain why many nonflowering plants，such as mosses(苔)and lichens(地衣)，grow where they do．

The satellite is able to send microwaves(微波)from space to the surface of the ocean．The pattern of signals that come back shows which way the winds are blowing．

Using this data，the scientists studied a group of islands in the southern hemisphere(半球)，near Antarctica．Winds tend to blow anticlockwise(逆时针)in this region，but there are lots of local differences．

When the researchers compared these local patterns to botanical(植物学)data，they found that the wind had an important effect on where species of mosses，lichens，and other nonflowering plants grow．

For example，Bouvet Island and Heard Island，share 30 per cent of their moss species，29 per cent of liverworts(叶苔)，and 32 per cent of lichens-even though they are 4，430 kilometers apart．In contrast，Gough Island and Bouvet Island，separated by just 1,860 kilometers of sea，share only 16 per cent of mosses and 17 per cent of liverworts．They have no lichens in common．

Ferns(蕨类植物)and flowering plants don't travel as well in the wind，so they don't show the same kinds of distribution(分布)patterns．

58．According to the author，　　　　　 ．

　　 A．people can get to know VIPs when fishing

　　 B．people can smooth away all the troubles by fishing

　　 C．fishing is a way of communication

D．fishing is a way of life for most American people