WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhenIwas20.Weworkedhardandin10yearsApplehad___36____fromjustthetwoofusina___37____intoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjust___38___ourfinestcreatio
WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhenIwas20.Weworkedhardandin10yearsApplehad___36____fromjustthetwoofusina___37____intoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjust___38___ourfinestcreation-theMacintosh-ayearearlierandIhadjustturned30.AndthenIgotfired.Howcanyougetfiredfromacompanyyou___39___?WellasApplegrewwe___40___someonewhoIthoughtwasverytalentedto___41___thecompanywithmeandforthefirstyearorsothingswentwell.Butthenourvisionsofthefuturebegantodiverge(分歧)and___42___wehadafallingout.WhenwedidourBoardofDirectors___43___withhim.Soat30Iwasout.Andverypubliclyout.___44___hadbeenthefocusofmyentireadultlifewasgoneanditwasdevastating（毁灭性的）.
Ireallydidn’tknowwhattodoforafewmonths.ImetwithDavidPackardandBobNoyceandtriedto___45___forscrewingupsobadly.IwasaverypublicfailureandIeventhoughtaboutrunningawayfromthevalley.Butsomethingslowlybeganto___46___onme-IstilllovedwhatIdid.TheturnofeventsatApplehadnotchangedthatonebit.Ihadbeen___47___butIwasstillinlove.AndsoIdecidedtostartover.
Ididn’tseeitthenbutit___48___thatgettingfiredfromApplewasthebestthingthatcouldhaveeverhappenedtome.Theheavinessofbeingsuccessfulwasreplacedbythe___49___ofbeinga___50____againlesssureabouteverything.Itfreedmeto___51___oneofthemostcreativeperiodsofmylife.
I’mprettysure__52___ofthiswouldhavehappenedifIhadn’tbeenfiredfromApple.Itwas___53___tastingmedicinebutIguessthepatientneededit.Don’tlose___54___.I’mconvincedthattheonlythingthatkeptmegoingwasthatIlovedwhatIdid.Ifyouhaven’tfoundityetkeeplooking.Don’t___55___.Aswithallmattersoftheheartyou’llknowwhenyoufindit.Andlikeanygreatrelationshipitjustgetsbetterandbetterastheyearsrollon.Sokeeplookinguntilyoufindit.
－BySteveJobsCEOofAppleComputer
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