《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》中考阅读练习及答案
12．阅读下面的文字，完成（1）—（4）题。（25分）
史蒂夫·乔布斯传
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2011年10月3日，星期一，史蒂夫·乔布斯意识到他最后的日子到了。在他抗击癌症的努力中，他不再说“进入人生下一阶段”；取而代之，他的思想转变到——他任何时候改变焦点都是这样突然——自己即将面对的死亡。
他之前没有提到过关于自己葬礼的安排。劳伦曾经以为他希望火葬。这些年来他们也随意讨论过骨灰洒向何处的问题。但周一上午，乔布斯宣布他不希望被火化，他想挨着自己的父母葬在他们所在的公墓。
那个上午，苹果正在发布带有Siri声音识别软件的新iPhone 4s，乔布斯在最后一次参加董事会议时把玩过这款手机。从某种程度上来说，在苹果总部不大的“市政”会议厅里举办的发布会气氛稍显肃穆。史蒂夫最亲密的同事都知道他现在情况十分糟糕。发布会一结束，乔尼·艾夫、埃迪·克尤、蒂姆·库克和其他几位都接到电话，并在周一下午依次与乔布斯道了别。
第二天早上，乔布斯给妹妹莫娜·辛普森打电话，告诉她赶快来帕洛奥图。莫娜在悼词中深情回忆：“他的声音满怀深情，可爱，让人喜欢，但感觉就像一个行李已经放在了车上的即将启程之人，对于离我们而去，他感到很抱歉，真的十分抱歉。”他开始与她告别，但她说她已经坐上了去机场的出租车，很快就到。“亲爱的，我现在告诉你，是因为我担心你可能赶不上了。”乔布斯回答道。他的女儿莉萨从纽约飞回来了，尽管这些年他们之间的关系反复无常，但她一直在试着做一个好女儿，她也确实做到了。乔布斯的另一个妹妹帕蒂也来到他的身边。在人生的最后时光，乔布斯与深爱的家人们在一起。他并不是一位传统意义上的居家好男人，他自己也承认这一点。但对一个人的评价总应该考虑到方方面面。作为一位商业领袖，他可能严苛挑剔、喜怒无常，但他打造了一个狂热而忠诚的团队，这个团队深爱着他。作为一个有家之人，他可能很粗暴，还经常心烦意乱，但在他的婚姻中，他和女强人妻子之间有着完全的伙伴关系，非常浪漫。他还拥有四个孩子，他们在他生命的最后时光都陪伴着他，让他感受到爱。那个周二，他一直盯着孩子们的眼睛看。他一度长久地注视帕蒂和他的孩子们，然后看向劳伦，最后目光越过他们看向远方。“噢哇，”他说，“噢哇，噢哇。”
这是他遁入无意识状态前最后的话语，大约是下午两点钟。他的呼吸变得沉重。“即使是现在，他依然有着坚毅的、英俊的轮廓，一个专制者的轮廓、浪漫者的轮廓。”莫娜回忆道，“他的呼吸表明他就要开始一段艰辛的旅程，一段急剧升降的路程。”莫娜和劳伦整晚都陪在他身边。第二天——2011年10月5日，星期三——史蒂夫·乔布斯走了。他的家人都在他的身边，亲抚着他。
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活动中最用心的设置还是来自乔布斯自己，他的声音就像是盘旋于阳光庭院上方的幽灵一般。库克介绍乔布斯，描述他在1997年重回苹果之时如何帮助设计“非同凡响”的商业广告。乔布斯未被公开的、自己配音的版本——而不是理查德·德莱福斯配音的版本——首次公诸于世了。麦克风里传出他那辨识度很高的声音，在人群上空飘动，让人感觉心酸而又刺耳。“致疯狂的人。他们特立独行。他们桀骜不驯。他们惹是生非。他们格格不入。他们用与众不同的眼光看待事物。”感觉就像乔布斯正和大家一起坐在后面，诚挚而又激动不已地描述自己。“他们不喜欢墨守成规。他们也不愿安于现状。你可以认同他们，反对他们，颂扬或是诋毁他们，但唯独不能漠视他们。”乔布斯的声音在这时稍微加强了语气，带着
会上最令人印象深刻的声音。（1分）主要内容包括：①意识到死亡来临。②葬礼的安排。③同事们的告别。④亲人陆续赶来。⑤最后时刻亲人陪伴。⑥追悼会上独特的声音。（3分，每点0.5分）这篇后记的特点为：忠实记录或叙述，同时又饱含深情，文笔优美，重点突出，既具有真实性，又具有完整性。（2分）（3）①评价一个人应该考虑到他的方方面面；②作为家人，他不是传统意义上的好男人；③作为商业领袖，他有狂热而忠诚的团队；④他不是一个可供众人效仿的模范；⑤他的个性与他的激情创造力相关联。⑥他的故事具有启发性，可借鉴可告诫。
（4）【观点一】同意。（2分）①这里的“疯子”指的是特立独行、桀骜不驯、看待事物眼光不同，不墨守成规，也不安于现状，他们有改变世界的想法、勇气、创造力和能力，所以能改变世界。（3分）②他们思想不受传统的束缚，认为一切皆有可能，并不断追求完美，便真的在创造中改变了世界。（3分）
【观点二】不同意。（2分）①“疯子”既然有很多不同于常人的一面，如作者所说“可以让身边的人狂怒和绝望”，那么他便很难融入社会，他的才能也很难被发现并被大家支持，乃至实现。没有“疯子”生存的土壤，他便很难成为天才。（3分）②光有“疯子”的个性，没有“疯子”的才能，即便自以为能改变世界，最终恐怕也一事无成。毕竟世界只有一个乔布斯，“乔布斯”无法复制或模仿。（3分）
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