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杭州外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练30倒数第五周星期五asteve jobs, the former chief executive of apple, announced his resignation as head of apple on aug24, 2011the following is the letter from steve jobs to the apple boardto the apple board of directors and the apple community:i have always said if there ever came a day when i could no longer meet my duties and expectations as apples ceo, i would be the first to let you knowunfortunately, that day has comei hereby resign as ceo of applei would like to serve, if the board sees fit, as chairman of the board, director and apple employeeas far as my successor（继任者）goes, i strongly recommend that we execute（执行）our succession plan and name tim cook as ceo of applei believe apples brightest and most innovative（创意改革的）days are ahead of itand i look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new rolei have made some of the best friends of my life at apple, and i thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside youstevetim cook, the newly appointed ceo of apple, sent an email to the troops after steve jobs stepped downbelow is the full text of the emailteam:i am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as ceo of the most innovative company in the worldjoining apple was the best decision ive ever made and its been the privilege of a lifetime to work for apple and steve for over 13 yearsi share steves optimism for apples bright futuresteve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employeeswe are really looking forward to steves ongoing guidance and inspiration as our chairmani want you to be confident that apple is not going to changei cherish and celebrate apples unique principles and valuessteve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that it is in our dnawe are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they doi love apple and i am looking forward to diving into my new roleall of the incredible support from the board, the executive team and many of you has been inspiringi am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make apple the magical place that it istimcook, 50, once served in ibm and compaq before he joined apple in 1998he was promoted to the chief operating officer in 2007 and has been the real ceo responsible for most of apples day-to-day operations during jobs medical leavesits believed that the replacement will not affect apples business at least in short term, but it is unclear whether apples innovation and operational efficiencies will continue unabated41which of the following is conveyed in steve jobs letter to the apple board?ahe announced his resignation and the apples succession planbhe recalled his best years of working alongside his best friends at appleche expressed his expectation of apples new successor tim cookdhe showed his regret for being unable to meet his duties as ceo42what message does cook mainly intend to communicate in his email to the team?ajoining apple is a best decisionbunique guidance makes apple a successcapple isnt going to changedoptimism brings apple a bright future43it can be inferred from the passage that acook has been in charge of apples daily operations since 2007bcook is proud of his promotion and regards it as a lifetime honorcsteve jobs refused to provide ongoing guidance because of his health problemdsteve jobs and tim cook share the same belief in apples future44according to tim cook, what makes apple the magical place that it is?aapples unique culture, principles and valuesbapples best quality products in the worldcapples successful sales promotion strategiesdapples great efforts to satisfy its employees45the public seem to take a（n） attitude towards apples future in the long runasupportive buncertain cpessimistic doptimisticb46all the flights in europe were cancelled earlier in the year 2010 because athe worldwide earthquakes forced the airports to stop their servicesbthe ash from the eruption of icelandic volcano made flying too dangerouscthe airports had to do something to guarantee the security of the passengersda crash in poland made all the flights grounded for safety reasons47of the following four prominent figures that passed away in 2010, who was the youngest?acorey haim bdennis hopper cnorman wisdom dtony curtis48the underlined phrase “kick off” in the film section most probably means abecome more concerned about bstart ones new careercarouse peoples enthusiasm in something dtake a giant leap forward49when mary bale says “its just a cat, at the end of the day”, she is really apuzzled bannoyed cguilty dworried50we can infer from the passage that aits the first time for the spanish to celebrate their winning the football world cupbthe year 2010 witnessed the first appearance of 3d films in human historycarnold schwarzenegger has a different accent from the standard american englishddubai is proud to have the worlds safest and tallest structurecworking outside the international space station （iss）, an astronaut is suddenly hit by a piece of space debris（碎片）that damages his spacesuitalarmed, he realizes hes just seconds from disastermoving fast, his prepared robot partner slaps（拍打）an auto-patch over the tear in his spacesuithuge sighs of relief fill the issinside, the astronaut responsible for saving the spacewalkers life controls everything the robot avatar has done including rescuing its human partner while it works outside the space stationr2:the real deala robot companion can come in handy to space travelers, whether theyre as far away as mars or as close as a space station or moon basespace-travelling avatars, controlled remotely by humans are still a conceptbut earlier in the year 2011, nasa sent a humanoid robot into space for the first timeits called r2, short for robonaut 2the robot was delivered by the space shuttle discovery and will remain on the iss to be testednasa expects robots like r2 to be a huge help to astronauts“our goal is for robots to work side by side with humans,” says nasas matt ondlerr2 is controlled by humans using laptops its programmed to perform a number of small tasks, such as “find an object” in most situations, humans are still far better with their hands than robotsbut thats not necessarily true in space, where astronauts must wear bulky spacesuits and heavy glovesand since they dont need to eat, breathe, or go to the bathroom, robonauts have the advantage for lengthy jobs r2 isnt ready for spacewalks yet, but nasa hopes that future improvements will make this possible“robonauts will help our astronauts with the three ds: jobs that are dirty, dull, and dangerous,” says ondlerto the moonsomeday the space agency hopes to send r2 to the moonsending a robot to the moon will befar less expensive than sending a humana robot is stronger, can survive in tighter spaces, and doesnt need aireven better, robots dont care how long it takes for nasa to return them to earth once on the moon, the robonaut could perform experiments, send live video back to earth, talk to classrooms full of kids, and explore the lunar surfacer2 will be able to move using legs, or by attaching its torso（躯干）to a four-wheeled rover（探测器） and becoming part of vehicleand when r2s battery is low, it can plug into a solar-powered recharging station and get some much-needed juiceall in all, a pretty sweet life for a humble robot!the future r2 would be designed to operate by itselfbut for difficult tasks, a human operator would control it like an avatar in a video gamenasa will need people skilled at operating robonauts to ensure the success of future missionsso the next time your mom complains that youre spending too much time on video games, just tell her youre training for a job with nasa51in paragraph1, the writer gives a detailed description of a space accident to astress the danger of an astronauts walk in spacebtell readers the unforgettable experience of an astronautcshow his concern for the present situation of space walkdintroduce what robots are likely to do for astronauts52why does the writer say robonaut 2 is “the real deal”?ait may have the advantage for complex and small tasks at low costsbit has been programmed to help astronauts with three dscit is flexible and can be easily controlled by humans beingsdit proves to be a good companion for space travelers53by saying“all in all, a pretty sweet life for a humble robot!”, the writer means that aan ordinary robot will be able to move freely in comfortable surroundingsban ordinary robot will enjoy a comfortable life in space like humans on earthca future robot will explore the moon easily by using a four-wheeled roverda future robot is stronger and will handle any difficulty in space easily54it can be learned from the passage that athe future r2 will perform experiments without human controlbhumans are much smarter with their hands than robots in spacecsomeday humans might control an avatar on the moondsending a human to the moon will cost far less than sending a robotdthe end of my sophomore year was approachingmom called me at the dorm one evening during the last week of maymy summer break would be spent with grandma and grandpa, helping out around their farmthe arrangement made good sense to all the familyi wasnt fully convinced of that myself but guessed it was just one summernext year would be my little brothers turni arrived late that afternoongrandma had fixed more food than the three of us could possibly eatshe loved me entirely too muchthe next morning, grandpa fixed breakfast for the two of us he told me grandma had tired herself out yesterday and was going to rest in bed a little longeri made a mental note to myself to not ask her to do things for me while i was therei was there to help, not be a burdenweeks passedi gradually settled into a routine of daily work with grandpain the evenings i usually read or talked with grandmashe never grew tired of hearing about college or anything i was involved inshe told me stories about her childhood, family and the early years after she and grandpa had marriedthe last saturday in june, grandpa suggested going fishingwe hadnt expected what we saw when we got to the pond that morning: one of the swans was deadgrandpa had given the pair of swans to grandma on their 50th anniversary“why dont we see about buying another one,” i suggested, hoping the situation could somehow be rightedgrandpa thought for a few moments before answeringhe finally said, “noits not that easy, bruceyou see, swans mate for life” he raised his finger to point, holding the fishing pole in his other hand“theres nothing we can do for the one thats lefthe has to work it out for himself”a few days later, we drove by the pond while doing our morning check on the cowswe found the other swan lying near the same spot we had found the first oneit, too, was deadthe month of july started with me and grandpa putting up a new stretch of fencethen july 12 camethat was the day grandma passed awaygrandma had died suddenly that morning of a strokeby the afternoon, my parents were therethe old house was soon crowded with relatives and grandpas friendsthe funeral was held the next daygrandpa had insisted on having it as soon as possibleon the second day after the funeral, grandpa announced at the breakfast table, “this is a working farm we have a lot of things to dothe rest of you should get back to your own lives” most of the family had already left, but this was grandpas way of telling the rest it was time for them to go homemy parents were the last to leave after lunchgrandpa was not a man who could outwardly express his grief around others, and we all worried about himthe rest of the summer flowed bywe stayed busy workingi thought there was something different about grandpa but couldnt quite put my finger on itseptember was nearing, and part of me did not want to leavei thought of skipping the fall semester and staying around a few more monthswhen i mentioned it, grandpa quickly told me that my place was back at collegethe day finally came for me to pack my car and leave. i shock his hand and chanced a hug. as idrove down the driveway, i saw him in the rearview mirrorhe waved to me and then walked to the pasture gate to start the morning livestock checkmom called me at school on a stormy october day to tell me grandpa had dieda neighbor had stopped by that morning for coffee and found him in the kitchenhe died of a stroke, the same as grandmaat that moment, i understood what hed clumsily tried to explain to me about