Steve Jobs was born on February 24，1955．When he was a boy，Jobs and his father always worked on electronics．Jobs had always been a clever thinker，but his school life was not successful．And he only spent six months in university before he gave up．
In 1975 Jobs joined a computer club．A member，Stephen Wozniak，was trying to build a small computer．Jobs became interested in such a computer．In 1976，he and Wozniak set up their own company in Jobs' house．They called it the Apple Computer Company．They raised﹩1300 to start the company by selling Job's little bus and Wozniak's calculator．
Jobs and Wozniak tried to make computers smaller and cheaper．The two designed a series of user friendly personal computers，and each computer sold for ﹩666.66．Their first model，the Apple I，earned them ﹩774，000．Three years after their second model，the Apple Ⅱ，sales increased to 139 million dollars．Apple became successful，and Jobs became its CEO．
However，the next several products from Apple were not very good．Consumers were disappointed with them．In 1985，Jobs resigned（辭職）as Apple's CEO to begin a new company called NeXT Inc．
In 1996，Apple bought NeXT for over 400 million dollars．Jobs returned to work as Apple's CEO again．He put Apple back on track．His wonderful products caught the attention of customers once again．In the following years，Apple introduced such wonderful products as the Macbook Air，iPod，iPhone and iPad．Almost immediately after Apple released（發(fā)布）a new product，consumers rushed to its stores to buy the product．
On August 24，2011，Jobs retired as CEO of Apple．He had health problems for the last few years．In October 5，2011，he died．His death marked the end of an era（時代）．
（1）What did Jobs do with his father when he was a boy？
They always worked on electronics．They always worked on electronics．
（2）Was Jobs' school life successful？
No，he wasn't．No，he wasn't．
（3）How did Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak raise money to start their Apple Computer Company in 1976？
By selling Job's little bus and Wozniak's calculator．By selling Job's little bus and Wozniak's calculator．
（4）Please list three products of Apple's which are mentioned in the passage．
The Macbook Air，iPhone and iPad．The Macbook Air，iPhone and iPad．
（5）Why did Jobs retire as CEO of Apple in 2011？
He had health problems．He had health problems．
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【答案】They always worked on electronics．；No，he wasn't．；By selling Job's little bus and Wozniak's calculator．；The Macbook Air，iPhone and iPad．；He had health problems．
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