“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 【小题1】 Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share. On Character I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 【小题2】 On good design That’s been one of my mottoes — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex — You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. On his outlook 【小题3】 Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me. On your working life Your work is to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.【小题4】 If you haven’t found it, keep looking. Don’t settle. On the importance of death No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. 【小题5】 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
A．It’s very character-building.
B．This is not a one-man show.
C．The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs
D．And yet death is the destination we all share.
E. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. F. Being the richest man in the cemetery (墓地) doesn’t matter to me G.. It’s really hard to design products by focusing on groups.
答案：【小题1】How to get started with bird-watching. 【小题2】A lightweight one that is a little expensive. 【小题3】Birds will be everywhere 【小题4】A good pair of binoculars. 【小题5】Parks, nature centers, wildlife sanctuaries.
试题分析： 【小题1】根据“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 可知这里是并列关系，介绍第三个苹果 故选C。 【小题2】根据On Character I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 可知这里是论性格的塑造，故选A。 【小题3】根据 Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me.可知前面是对比说无意义的事，故选F。 【小题4】 根据 and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.可知这里想说作者伟大的事情就是热爱自己做的事，故选E。 【小题5】根据No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. 可知这里想说谁也不想死，然而谁也逃不过这样的终点，故选D。 考点：考查议论文类阅读