2019-2020年高考英语预测试题(9)预测题

2019-2020年高考英语预测试题（9）预测题

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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer．Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world．

Steve Jobs made technology fun．As tech leaders, they're really happy if they have one hit in their life．Steve Jobs has the Apple II, the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad and Pixar．

Steve Jobs was a college dropout．He was adopted by a machinist and his wife, an accountant．They supported his early interest in electronics．He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple puter—now just called Apple —in 1976．They stayed at the pany until 1985．That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute with the chief executive．

Mr Jobs then formed his own pany, called NeXT puter．He rejoined Apple in 1997 after it bought NeXT．He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable panies in the world today．However, Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health．He died a day after the pany released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement．Steve left behind a pany that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple．

President Obama said in a statement: by building one of the planet's most successful panies from his garage, Steve Jobs exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity（独创性的）．By making puters personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun．The fact that he was able to redesign American merce top to bottom and across is really stunning．He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the greatest of all time．Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American business．Steve Jobs was remembered as a "great visionary and leader" and a "marketing genius．" 1．How did the people around the world probably feel when Steve Jobs died of cancer at the age of 56?

A．Unfair． B．Embarrassed． C．Sorrowful．D．Unfortable．2．According to the second paragraph, the author wants to show that ______．A．Steve Jobs has a lot of inventions in the field of puters

B．Steve Jobs makes great contributions to mankind in the field of puters

C．Tech leaders will be happy when they have one hit in their life

D．Steve Jobs owns many panies in America

3．Which of the following statements about Steve Jobs is NOT TRUE?

A．Steve Jobs didn't finish his college．

B．Steve Jobs and his friend built a pany called Apple puter in 1976．

C．President Obama spoke highly of Steve Jobs for his achievements．