Steve Jobs made technology fun．The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six He had fought for years against cancer．Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto, California, and Apple stores around the world．

    Tim Bajarin, president of a high-tech research and consulting company, said "If you actually look at a tech leader, 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 Computer—now just called Apple—in nineteen seventy-six．They stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-five．That year, Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute（分歧）with the chief executive．

    Mr．Jobs then formed his own company, called NeXT Computer．He rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought NeXT．He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today．

    Steve Wozniak, speaking on CNN, remembered his longtime friend as a "great visionary and leader'' and a "marketing genius（天才）"．

    President Obama said in a statement: "By building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity．By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun．"

    David Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City．He says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology, he also revolutionized American business．

    "The fact that he was able to redesign American commerce lop to bottom and across is really stunning （令人惊奇的）．He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, so one of the great[s] of all time．" David Carroll said．

    Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health．He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement．Apple's new chief, Tim Cook, will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from Amazon．com．It costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less．

55．Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs?

    A．He was very courageous in the face of cancer．

    B．He became very rich though dropping out college．

    C．He released a new iPhone version before death．

    D．He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable．

56．Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a "marketing genius"?

    A．After Apple, he founded NeXT Computer．

    B．He made Apple very valuable once again in the world．

    C．He developed a series of Apple products．

    D．He was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time．

57．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?[

    A．Jobs was a typical example of American spirit of creation．

    B．Jobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedom．

    C．Jobs eventually realized his American dream．

    D．American people are good at inventing things．

58．Which of the following is true according to the text?

    A．Jobs's parents discouraged him from working on electronics

    B．Jobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years．

    C．Jobs started his career in his family garage．

    D．Run unsuccessfully, Apple was sold to NeXT Computer．

Designed as a gift book or family souvenir, this beautiful hardcover has a traditional connection with Christmas virtues (美德). Each virtue is discussed in a short article and then followed by four to five all-new heart-touching stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Each section ends with a one-page suggestion for how to start your own holiday tradition, from baking cookies to charity ideas, which reflects the spirit of the virtue.

With the amusing description of life and heart-warming tales about cats, each touching story in Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul celebrates the special bond we share with our cats.

The Real Dear Friends explores the classic puzzles which every child aged 9-19 faces: friends -- making them, keeping them, fighting with them, losing them, helping them and competing with them. And there are no lectures here; this is the straight talk from teens that young readers love.

This is a book that covers problems for girls only! Chicken Soup for Girls' Soul is a book by girls, for girls, where readers can find encouragement, support and positive advice when facing the challenges of being a pre-teen girl.

The heart-warming stories and photographs in Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers celebrate and catch the loving moments spent together with family: the joyful surprise of becoming a grandma, the amazing times when young children teach them lessons about life and living.

56. If you are a pet lover, which book might interest you most? ______.

A. Chicken Soup for the Soul                B. Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul

C. The Real Dear Friends                    D. Chicken Soup for Girls' Soul

57. The Real Dear Friends appeals to young readers because it ______.

A. tells the real experience of teenagers

B. has a beautiful hardcover which teens like most

C. covers touching lectures by famous authors

D. gives suggestions on how to defeat their friends

58. The feature of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Grandmothers lies in ______.

A. some useful suggestions on traditional cooking

B. encouragement and support from family members

C. some experiences of teens in different regions

D. a perfect combination of warm stories and photos

For my grandmother's 70th birthday, my family and I visited South Korea. While there, I was attentive to Korean high schools and students.

I was surprised by how different Korea's public high schools are from America's. Korean high schools can be all-girls, all-boys or co-ed (男女同校的）unlike our standard co-ed high schools. There are three grades: “go 1（10th) ”， “go 2” (1l th) and “go 3” (12th). “Go”is the first syllable of the word “go-deung –hakkyo”, which, simply translated, is “high school”.

In America, unless you want to go to a private school, you don't have to take an entrance exam. In Korea, however, students must take a test to get in because of the many choices of schools.

Another difference I couldn't help but notice was the students' appearance. With very few exceptions, all wear uniforms. A name tag (标牌)with the student's name, grade and homeroom number must also be worn. Girl's skirts can't be above the upper part of the knee, and it is forbidden to dye (染)your hair or wear accessories (装饰品)except small earrings. There are strict regulations for appearance to achieve neatness, and it seems the only freedom students have is with their choices of hair style, socks and shoes.

The final difference was the setup of the classes. There may be 40 students in a classroom, but the number can be less or even more, depending on the population of the town or city. Although there are many students per classroom, they are very close, which I think is a result of not changing classrooms for different subjects. There are no levels in the subjects and the teachers are the ones who switch classrooms. They just have ten-minute breaks between subjects. In each class, students are ranked by their grades. This causes strict competition, and Korean students do a lot of studying. To help them, all schools have extra study classes after school. One other fact that helped me appreciate living in America is that Koreans have school on Saturdays. Although it's only a half day, I think I speak for most Americans when I say we could never imagine ourselves in school on a Saturday.

Korea's public high schools are clearly different from America's. I had imagined them to be just like our schools, but now I have a clear picture of how different they are.

59. How many main differences are mentioned between Korea's public high school and America’s?

A. 3.                   B. 4.               C. 5.               D. 6.

60. It seems that the writer  _______ .

A. is familiar with the education system of high schools in Korea

B. is fond of Korean students' appearance

C. prefers the high school life of America to the one of Korea

D. feels it common to have lessons on weekends

61. What does the underlined word "setup" in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Arrangement.     B. Size.        C. Number.      D. Outline.

62. According to the rules, the students of Korea can _______  .

A. go to different high schools without exams  B. wear any clothes except uniforms at school

C. attend different classes as they like            D. have different hair styles

    Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee．And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea．The physical sensation（感觉） of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions—those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A．Bargh．

    Psychologists have known that one person’s perception（感知）of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships．Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even beating evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable．Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness．Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle．Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills．

    Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal．Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries．To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students．A research assistant handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form．The drink was then handed back．After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description．Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink．

“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says Bargh．

45．According to Paragraph 1, a person’s emotion may be affected by ______．

    A．the psychology lessons he has            B．his physical feeling of coldness

    C．the visitors to his office              D．the things he has bought online

46．The author mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that ______．

    A．babies need warm physical contact        B．caregivers should be healthy adults

    C．adults should develop social skills     D．monkeys have social relationships

47．In Bargh’s experiment, the students were asked to ______．

    A．write down their guesses                 B．evaluate someone’s personality

    C．fill out a personal information form         D．hold coffee and cold drink alternatively

48．We can infer from the passage that ______．

    A．abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences

    B．feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide

    C．physical temperature affects how we see others

    D．capable persons are often cold to others

49．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A．Drinking for Better Social Relationships．  

B．Physical Sensations and Emotions．

    C．Experiments of Personality Evaluation． 

D．Developing Better Drinking Habits