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西城阅读理解 CThe death of Steve Jobs provides a chance to take some lessonsfrom his amazing life. Steve Jobs had a passion (激情) for education.He may be gone, but we still have a chance to learn from his courageand innovation (革新).Making MistakesI think that the main reason why we can’t find proper ways to improve the education system that no longer serves us well is simply fear. Fear of failure. Fear of getting it wrong. Teachers fear that innovation could endanger their jobs. Steve had the attitude we need in education right now. ―Sometimes when you create something, you make mistakes. It is best to admit (承认) them and get on with improving your other innovations.‖ That’s the kind of spirit that we need to have.Motivation (动机) MattersWe’ve concentrated (专注于) so much on results that we don’t always reward good motivations. But these things are very impor tant. In our schools, we’ve cared so much about test results that we’ve lost creativity. We don’t reward students for their hard work, and we punish failure. As a result, we lost imagination and found no motivation to try something that has a chance of ending in failure.What Defines (定义) Failure?The company that Steve Jobs started in 1985 after being forced out of Apple shows us how technology could influence educational innovation. In 1985 he started NeXT. The company was providing computers for educational purposes. Ne XT wasn’t really financially (经济上) successful. But it may have been ahead of its time. Today, we see what the technology brings into the classroom.Changing Our ModelThe company sold around 50,000 computers. But that would be missing the point. It was a NeXTcube workstation that encouraged the first web server. It helped in the development of early Internet technology. Truly, Steve Jobs has taught us that results are not the most important things in life.54. The article tells us making mistakes .A. is always something very badB. will help us become better peopleC. is a part of making something newD. will keep us from reaching our dreams55. We may lose our creativity and imagination if we .A. make a lot of mistakesB. fail to have a right modelC. can’t be financially successfulD. concentrate too much on results56. Steve Jobs might agree that .A. a good motivation can lead to a successful resultB. we shouldn’t be afraid of failure and it can lead to su ccessC. making money is the only way to judge successD. having a passion is the most important thing for success57. According to the article, which word can best describe Steve Jobs’ spirit?A. Passion.B. Motivation.C. Innovation.D. Creativity.八、阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

（共10分，每小题2分）One morning it took me an hour to watch a small ant carry a huge feather across my back porch (走廊). Several times it met objects on its path and after a short time it would go around them.At one point the ant had to deal with a crack (裂缝) about 10mm wide. After a short time of thought, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked it up on the other side then continued on its way.I was attracted by the cleverness of this ant, one of God’s smallest creatures (生物). It was an example of the wonder of creation. Here was an insect, tiny, yet given a brain (大脑) to think, explore, discover and beat difficulties. But this ant, just like people, also shares human weaknesses.After some time the ant finally reached its home — a flower bed at the end of the porch and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally faced the problem. How could that large feather possibly fit down the small hole?Of course it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this trouble and using much creativity, beating difficulties all along the way, just left the feather behind and went home.The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its brave journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a heavy weight.Isn’t our life like that?We worry about how much money we have, we worry about work, about where we live, about all kinds of things. These worries are heavy things, and they make an already difficult life even more difficult. Worrying will do nothing good for us. When we get to where we want to be in life, we will understand that worrying can only bring us down.65. Did the writer show a great interest in the ant at first? ____________________________66. How did the ant cross the crack?____________________________ _________________________________________ 67. Did the ant take the feather into the hole or give it up?____________________________ _________________________________________ 68. What do you think of the ant?____________________________ _________________________________________ 69. What does the writer want to tell us?____________________________ _________________________________________海淀阅读CThe Mayan（玛雅的）Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Mayan achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowledge about tools and farming, for example, made their work easier and more productive.The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult for them to build these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests lived in the cities.The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate buildings in the cities. They lived in small huts with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.The Mayan priests studied the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more exact than the European calendars of the time.Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why this happened. They may have died from some disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya.53. What does the underlined word ―elaborate‖mean?A. easily builtB. carefully madeC. slowly fixedD. quickly designed54. From the passage we can infer that _____.A. most Maya lived in beautiful citiesB. many Mayan cities and temples are still standingC. the Maya were intelligent and culturally rich peopleD. the Mayan calendar was the same as European calendars55. What can be the best title for this article?A. Mayan GodsB. Mayan BuildingsC. Productive MayaD. Mysterious Maya八、阅读短文回答问题。