5 That's the most important lesson from Steve's life.It's great to learn from him now，but the fact is that he should still be here if he had treated his cancer properly.Instead, Steve chose a naturopathic (自然疗法的) solution that wasn't effective.When he finally decided to take his doctor's original advice，it was too late.

A．They must be inspired. B．Be the best in your field. C．Take your health seriously. D．Get on your right path now.

E．Will this lead to a successful career? F．Put yourself in the other person's shoes.

G．What are the key things that we can learn from him?

[语篇解读] 史蒂夫·乔布斯去世了，他的朋友拉里·埃里森对乔布斯一生的经验和教训进行了总结，这势必会给我们带来很多启示。

1．解析：本段的目的是引出本文话题。根据下句(拉里写出了乔布斯一生的经验教训来提醒我们大家)可推知本题答案为G项。

答案：G

2．解析：本段的中心是：要热爱你所做的事情，这与D项相符。 答案：D

3．解析：考查上下文语境。设空处后的“They must...”暗示该空答案为A项。 答案：A

4．解析：本部分介绍了苹果公司在开发新产品时总是以满足用户需要为前提，这与F项Put yourself in the other person's shoes(要设身处地为对方着想)相符。

答案：F

5．解析：小标题中的health与C项中的health相对应，故答案为C项。 答案：C Ⅲ.语法填空

Art improves our lives by directly and indirectly lifting the morals of

individuals and 1. (create) unity and social harmony.Art creates 2. (aware) of social issues.Art may express and reflect the 3. (religion)，political，and economical aspects of cultures.Art 4. (be) and can be

whatever a culture says it is，or whatever people want it to be.5. involves all people，those 6. come up with the idea of the work，perform it and provide necessary equipment and materials，and people who make up the audience

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for the work.Art usually appears in the forms of diverse architecture，body decoration，clothing manufacture，and 7. (memory) sculptures.Art copies the natural world.It gives order to the world and strength to human life.Art is a 8. (mean) of communication.It provides pleasurable experiences along with intellectual wealth.Art also helps us to express our sentimental relations.It can 9. (beauty)，surprise，inspire，stimulate imagination，tell stories and record history.10. someone once said，“Art is life.”

[语篇解读] 本文为一篇说明文。主要介绍了艺术的定义和功能等。 1．解析：此空与lifting并列作介词by的宾语，故此空需用动名词形式。 答案：creating

2．解析：此空需用名词作creates的宾语，awareness为不可数名词。 答案：awareness

3．解析：根据设空处后的political和economical(均为形容词)可知设空处应为形容词，与political和economical一起作aspects的定语。

答案：religious

4．解析：主语art为第三人称单数，故设空处答案为is。 答案：is

5．解析：此处用代词it代替上文中的art。 答案：It

6．解析：“ come up with the idea of the work”为定语从句，先行词为those，关系词在定语从句中作主语，且指“人”，故用who引导。

答案：who

7．memorial 8.means

9．解析：根据设空处前的情态动词及后面的surprise可知设空处应为动词原形，故答案为beautify。

答案：beautify

10．解析：本题考查定语从句。先行词为后面一句话，关系词在定语从句中作宾语；又因为定语从句置于句首，故用关系代词as引导。

答案：As

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