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Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in
10 years Apple had ___36____ from just the two
of us in a ___37____ into a
$2
billion
company with over 4000 employees. We had just ___38___ our finest creation - the
Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can
you get fired from a company you ___39___? Well, as Apple grew we ___40___ someone
who I thought was very talented to ___41___ the company with me, and for the first
year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge (
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)
and
___42___
we
had
a
falling
out.
When
we
did,
our
Board
of
Directors
___43___with
him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. ___44___ had been the focus of my
entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating
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.
I really didn鈥檛 know what
to do for a few months. I met with David Packard and Bob
Noyce and tried to ___45___ for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure,
and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began
to ___46___ on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not
changed that one bit. I had been ___47___, but I was still in love. And so I decided
to start over.
I didn鈥檛 see it then, but it
___48___ that getting fired from Apple was the best
thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was
replaced by the ___49___ of being a ___50____ again, less sure about everything. It
freed me to ___51___ one of the most creative periods of my life.
I鈥檓 pretty sure
_ _52___ of this would have happe
ned if I hadn鈥檛 been fired from
Apple. It was ___53___
tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Don鈥檛
lose
___54___
.
I鈥檓
convinced
that
the
only
thing
that
kept
me
going
was
that
I
loved
what I did. If you haven鈥檛 found it yet, keep looking. Don鈥檛
___55___. As with all
matters
of
the
heart,
you鈥檒l
know
when
you
find
it.
And,
like
any
great
relationship,
it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find
it.
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By Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer
1. A. grown
B. begun
C. removed
D. kept
2. A. bedroom
B. farm
C. garage
D. kitchen
3. A. announced B. declared
C. released
D. coped
4. A. managed
B. started
C. installed
D.
entitled
5. A. provided
B. sorted
C. promoted
D. hired
6. A. run
B. involve
C. open
D. engage
7. A. instantly B. constantly
C. eventually
D.
frequently
8. A. risked
B. supported
C. pleased
D. sided
9. A. Which
B. What
C. Whichever
D. Whatever
10.A. apologize
B. reveal
C. head
D. stand
11. A. imply
B. put
C. impress
D. dawn