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1、高一英语活动单制作人:邹海霞审核人:陈国平流水编号:020高一英语限时阅读训练(四)一完形填空ThisisthetextoftheCommencementaddress(毕业典礼演讲)bySteveJobs,CEOofAppleComputerandofPixarAnimationStudios,36onJune12,2005.Iam37tobewithyoutoday38yourcommencementfromoneofthefinestuniversitiesintheworld.I39graduatedfromcolleg
2、e.Truthbetold,thisistheclosestI’veevergottentoacollegegraduation.TodayIwanttotellyouthreestoriesfrommylife.That’sit.Nobigdeal.Justthreestories.Thefirststoryisaboutconnectingthedots.IdroppedoutofReedCollegeafterthefirst6months,butthenstayedaroundasadrop-inforanother18
3、monthsorsobeforeIreallyquit.So40didIdropout?Itstarted41Iwasborn.Mybiologicalmotherwasayoung,unwed(未婚的)collegegraduatestudent,andshedecidedtoputmeupforadoption.ShefeltverystronglythatIshouldbeadoptedbycollegegraduates,so42wasallsetformetobeadoptedatbirthbyalawyerandhi
4、swife.ExceptthatwhenIpoppedouttheydecidedatthelastminutethattheyreallywantedagirl.Somyparents,whowereonawaitinglist,gota43inthemiddleofthenight44:“Wehavean45babyboy;doyouwanthim?”Theysaid:“Ofcourse.”Mybiologicalmotherlaterfoundoutthatmymotherhadnevergraduatedfromcoll
5、egeandthatmyfatherhadnevergraduatedfromhighschool.She46tosignthefinaladoptionpapers.Sheonlyrelented(变宽容)afewmonthslaterwhenmyparents47thatIwouldsomedaygotocollege.And17yearslaterI48gotocollege.ButInaively(天真地)choseacollegethatwasalmostas49asStanford,andallofmyworking
6、-classparents’savingswerebeingspentonmycollegetuition.Aftersixmonths,Icouldn’tseethevalueinit.Ihadnoidea50Iwantedtodowithmylifeandnoideahowcollegewasgoingtohelpmefigureitout.AndhereIwasspendingallofthemoneymyparentshadsavedtheirentirelife.SoIdecidedtodropoutandtrustt
7、hatitwouldallworkoutOK.Itwasprettyscaryatthetime,51lookingbackitwasoneofthebestdecisionsIevermade.TheminuteIdroppedoutIcouldstoptakingthe52classesthatdidn’t53me,andbegindroppinginontheonesthatlookedinteresting.Itwasn’tallromantic.Ididn’thaveadormroom,soIsleptontheflo
8、orinfriends’rooms.Ireturnedcokebottlesforthefive-centdepositstobuyfoodwith,andIwouldwalkthe7milesacrosstowneverySundaynighttogetone
