In his second story, Steve shared his embarrassing experience of being   41   from Apple ---- the company he started. It seemed like the end of his career, but he followed his passion and   42   vision and started Pixar, the most successful animation studio in the world.

The   43   story in Steve’s speech is now a little haunting. He spoke of death. He   44   every young person in the audience that “death is a destination we all share… Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”

Steve Jobs   45   followed his own advice, for his was a life well lived. May we all take a lesson from his example, and remember, as Steve once said, “the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

IV. Cloze  (15%)

Once upon a time，a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk. When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea   46   upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶) of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other,   47   to give an answer.

Rather disappointed, the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace. Anyone who offers an answer will be handsomely rewarded. Those who fail will be punished .”

The time limit was due(到期的)in the twinkling of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wit’s end. At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer. The king told his  48   ministers to go with the child for the measurement. To their   49   , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy. No  50   to go to the pond.” This made the king laugh  51  , “All right, let us know what it is.” The child blinked and said, “That   52   on the size of the bucket. If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is   53   as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if...” “Stop! That’s it. You’ve got the   54  .” The king was satisfied and the child was rewarded as expected.

Why did the ministers feel it so   55   to settle the problem? Because they fell in a trap, following a   56   way of thinking. People’s thinking often goes a habitual way — the beaten track of straightforwardness. It is a static (静态的) way presupposing every object definite and certain, i.e. the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly   57  . If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone   58  . Why not change your mode of thought — from static to dynamic(动态的, from concrete to   59  ? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer — flexible yet adequate to solve the problem.

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s   60   to a problem.

46.A.fixed          B.focused      C.came       D.looked

47.A.struggling      B.thinking        C.falling     D.failing

48.A.exciting        B.amazing      C. surprising    D.trembling

49.A.doubt         B.surprise        C.envy       D.delight

50.A.good          B.use            C.need       D.wonder

51.A.wonderfully    B.joyfully        C. cheerfully    D.doubtfully

52.A.decides        B.depends        C.calls        D.looks

53.A.half           B.both           C.all         D.twice

54.A.award         B.reward         C.answer      D.number

55.A.easy           B.difficult        C.fast        D.slow

56.A.wrong         B.correct         C.right       D.false

57.A.marked        B.measured       C.signed      D.known

58.A.another        B.other           C.one        D.both

59.A.detailed        B.easy           C.simple      D.abstract

60.A.gate   B. entrance   C. approach  D. course

V. Reading Comprehension (17%)

A

Life on land probably began about 430 million years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange animals coming out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been living if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They supplied the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since they, the plants, are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy.

The first plants to exist out of the water were probably certain kinds of algae(海藻)which were followed by other plants that grew close to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution(进化)took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their roots, and some had got tree -like forms since height was very important in gaining sunlight. About 300 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most ways they were like modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed seeds.

61. The main idea of the first paragraph is ________.

A. life on land probably began 430 years ago

B. the first animal on land came from oceans

C. there wouldn't be animals without plants

D. plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store energy

62. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Algae has existed for more than 430 million years.

B. It is impossible that algae might be the earliest plant on land.

C. Plants get food from animals in the oceans.

D. Evolution began after animals appeared on land.

63. Plants with roots appeared about ________ million years ago.

A. 430　　　　　B. 300　　　　　 C. 330　　　　　 D. 100

64. According to the passage, ________ appeared earlier than ________.

A. apples; oranges　　　　　　　　 B. oranges; apples

C. oranges; roses　　　　　　　　　D. algae; wheat

B

Some people believe that international sport brings about good will between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the terrible incident with the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by those incidents caused mainly by minor national contests.

One country received its second - place medal with great anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were certain that one of their goals should not have been dismissed and that the opposite side’s victory was unfair. Their manager was angry when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished. ”The president of the society said later that such words could result in the pause of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not give away first place to Russia, after a fighting end to their contest. The game had ended in quarrel. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play, A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player beat it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. The judges discussed the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then decided not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played for honors or money rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that sportsmen should compete as individuals , or in non national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages dangerous nationalism.

65. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ________.

A. brought about goodwill between the nations

B. made only false national pride

C. hardly showed any international friendship

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

66. What did the manager mean by saying, “… Hockey and the International Hockey Society are finished”? ________.

A. His team would no longer take part in international games

B. Hockey and the society are both ruined by the unfair decisions

C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the society

D. The society should be dismissed

67. The author gives the two examples in paragraphs 2 and 3 to show________.

A. how false national pride leads to undesirable incidents in international games

B. that sport men have been more troublesome than they used to be

C. that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship

D. that unfair decisions are common in Olympic Games.

68. What conclusion can be drawn from the last paragraph? ________.

A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved