As a senior, my future is always on my mind. To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford’s graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.
It wasn’t always like that, though. It started when I became a junior, when college came into view. It’s the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.
This doesn’t mean that students shouldn’t attend college, but rather that they shouldn’t worry so much. You’ll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding（蜿蜒的）than you’d like.
Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don’t panic.
One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve Jobs quoted（引用）the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much you’ve learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.
Steve Jobs’s level of success is attainable, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it’s my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, I’ll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.
小題1:The author felt worried when _________.
A．he had to take tests at school
B．he thought about his future
C．he had lots of sleepless nights
D．he searched for words of wisdom
小題2:It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _________.
A．Steve Jobs didn’t attend college
B．Steve Jobs failed because of his decision
C．the author is a college student
D．the author cares much about his future
小題3:What did the author gain from Jobs’s speech?
A．Courage to drop out of school.
B．Confidence in defeating Jobs.
C．Interest in computer industry.
D．Bravery to face uncertainties.
小題4:What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?
A．Have the desire to learn more.
B．Be content with what they know.
C．Stay calm in the face of hardships.
D．Be modest so as to learn more.
小題5:The passage is mainly about _________.
A．the wisdom drawn from a speech
B．the most impressive quote in life
C．a(chǎn) memorable meeting with Jobs
D．a(chǎn)n experience of a speech

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
本文講述了作者一直對(duì)未來(lái)很焦慮。在聽(tīng)了喬布斯的的演講后，他從喬布斯身上學(xué)到了有用于面對(duì)不確定性。
小題1:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test.可知，作者一直在為未來(lái)當(dāng)心，而且已經(jīng)使她度過(guò)了許多無(wú)眠之夜。故答案為B。
小題2:D 推理判斷題。A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，因?yàn)閱滩妓股线^(guò)大學(xué)，但后又退學(xué)了；B項(xiàng)與事實(shí)不符，喬布斯的人生是成功的；作者是一名高中生，從第二段It started when I became a junior, when college came into view(看得見(jiàn)).可知D項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題概括題。根據(jù)Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don’t panic.以及本文整體內(nèi)容可知，作者在聽(tīng)了喬布斯的演講后，學(xué)到了喬布斯用于面對(duì)不確定的那種勇敢的精神。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much you’ve learned or experienced.可知，喬布斯認(rèn)為不管你已經(jīng)學(xué)了多少東西，經(jīng)歷了多少事情，仍然要意識(shí)到自己是個(gè)傻瓜。說(shuō)明不要滿足于已經(jīng)學(xué)到的東西。
小題5:A主旨大意題。本文主要講述了作者從喬布斯的演講中學(xué)到的智慧—敢于面對(duì)未來(lái)的不確定性。
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