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Have you listened to music on an ipod? Have you enjoyed a computer animated movie, such as Toy
Story or Finding Nemo? Those are just a few of the ways your life was touched by the work and
imagination of Steve Jobs.
Jobs, a cofounder of Apple Computer, died on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. He was 56 and had
been battling cancer since 2004.
Jobs and his childhood friend, Steve Wozniak, designed and built the first Apple computer in Jobs's
parents' garage in the 1970s. The Apple II, built the first Apple computer to be widely sold to the public.
Jobs was just 21 years old then.
He didn't stop there. Jobs's imagination kept active. He went on to invent more devices (设备) that
allowed people to bring their own creativity and preferences to computing: the Macintosh, the ipod, the
iphone, the ipad.
Jobs also changed the music and the film industries. He started Pixar, an animated film production
company. Toy Story (1995) was the world's first computer-animated feature film. He also persuaded
music companies to start selling music digitally through Apple's Tunes.
"Steve was among the greatest of American innovators (改革者)-brave enough to think differently,
confident enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," said President
Barack Obama in a statement posted on the White House blog. " By making computers personal and
putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution (信息革命) not only accessible,
but fun. The world has lost a visionary (远见者). And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success
than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented."
All around the world, people are talking about the effect that Jobs's creations have had. By creating
products that surprised and delighted people, he changed the way people worked and lived their
everyday lives.
1. The question asked in the first paragraph imply ______ .
A. the effect of Steve Jobs on our lives
B. the ways of enjoying yourself
C. the likes of Steve Jobs in life
D. the imaginary life in the future
2. Which word can be used to describe Jobs's products best?
A. Cheap
B. Heavy
C. Convenient
D. Big.
3. We can infer from what Obama said that _______.
A. Jobs found it fun to change the world.
B. Obama considered Jobs the most talented
C. Jobs started the information revolution
D. most people knew Jobs's death by his products
4. Why did the author write this passage ?
A. To remember Jobs who changed the world
B. To introduce how Jobs fought against cancer
C. To explain why Jobs stated Apple Computer
D. To prove the popularity of Jobs's products
