Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computing time and the founder of Apple. He was also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.
Apple II
Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers Inc. in 1976. A year later, the Apple II was invented. This production was the world’s first mass-market personal computer.

The iMac
Under Job’s leadership, Apple introduced the all-in-line iMac computer in 1998. the iMac became the first machine, which offered only a CD-ROM slot.

The iPad
By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident. The world was ready to have a tablet computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games.
The touch-sensitive iPad is a great success.

iPhone 4s
iPhone 4s came out on October 4, 2011, in America. It looks like iPhone 4. It has a larger and wider screen and a slimmer yet wider case. It has a better camera and faster data transfer speeds.

小題1: The Apple II was invented ________.
A．In 1976.B．In 1977.C．In 1998.D．In 2010.
小題2:From the passage, we can know that the iPad ________.
A．has a better cameraB．is the first personal computer
C．has a CD-ROM slotD．is great for watching movies
小題3: According to the passage, which of the following is True? 
A．IPhone 4s’ screen is the same size as iPhone 4.
B．IPhone 4s has a larger and slimmer case than iPhone 4.
C．IPhone 4s uses less time to transfer data than iPhone 4.
D．IPhone 4s with an improved camera is cheaper than iPhone 4.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：這篇短文主要給我們介紹了Steve Jobs以及他的一些偉大的貢獻。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers Inc. in 1976. A year later,the Apple II was invented. 意為：Jobs and Steve Wozniak在1976年建立了蘋果電腦有限公司。一年后，蘋果II被發(fā)明了，所以應該是1977年，故選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)The iPad這一段，“到2010年，喬布斯非常自信。這個世界已做好準備擁有一臺更適合看電影、玩游戲的平板電腦，觸屏iPad就是一個巨大的成功。”由此可見用iPad看電影是很棒的。故選D。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)iPhone4s 這一段，“iPhone4s是在2011年10月4號發(fā)布的，它看起來很像iPhone4，但是它比iPhone4的屏幕更大，更寬，照相機更好，并且數(shù)據(jù)傳輸速度更快�！蔽覀兛梢耘懦鼳、B、D，故選C。
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