SAT Practice - Jobs at Stanford
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乔布斯2005Stanford毕业典礼演讲
1. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the ____ in my life.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. dot
B. difference
C. year
D. Drawback
2. I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you ____ with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. in the head
B. up the head
C. on the head
D. over the head
3. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to ____. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll 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. Don't settle.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. what you believe is great work
B. do what you believe is great work
C. do you believe is great work
D. do that you believe is great work
4. ____ is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. Remembering that I'll be dead soon
B. Remember that I'll be dead soon
C. To remember that I'll be dead soon
D. That remember that I'll be dead soon
5. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions ____ your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. let out
B. put out
C. leak out
D. drown out
答案：
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. D