Two people sit down to play Go（圍棋）．One of the players is an old man．He is now 89 years old．He has spent all of his life playing this game．The other person is a young woman．She has been playing Go for only three years．Before this，the woman was an expert at playing computer games．Now she plays Go the same way she played computer games-by becoming a machine herself．

They will play many games，until they know who the winner is．The woman shows no feelings but thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone．The old man，on the other hand，looks at the movements of her hands and of her face．This has always helped him to win．He wins the first three games．She wins the next game，and the man is surprised．He has never lost to a woman．The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game．He can't read her face; he does not understand her way of playing．

"The way I think about the game" says the woman，"is that it is steps for getting what I want．" Again，the old man is surprised．For him，the game is a way of life itself，and not a model of life．

"There is no more beauty any longer．Everything is science and rules．Everything is about winning．Nothing is about playing" he says．They cannot agree with each other; hut it is not necessary．

"Change is a necessary part of life" thinks the man．

"Playing is as important as winning" thinks the woman．

They start to play their final game．

1．According to the passage，the Go games are played by______

A．two Go beginners                        B．two Go lowers

C．father and daughter                      D．husband and wife

2．Before the woman plays Go，she was_______

A．a(chǎn) computer game player                  B．a(chǎn) computer science teacher

C．a(chǎn) computer engineer                    D．a(chǎn) computer store owner

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The old man loses the third game to the woman

B．The old man wins all the games against the woman．

C．The woman has her own way of playing Go．

D．The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go．

4．From the passage we can know_______

A．the old man doesn't care who the winner is

B．the woman pays no attention to the steps

C．the old man learns something from the woman

D．the woman loses the last game to the old man

5．What is the best title of the passage?

A．An Old Go Player                        B．A Strange Woman

C．A Boring Game                          D．Winning or Playing?

    Two people sit down to play Go(圍棋). One of the players is an old man. He is now 89 years old. He has spent all of his life playing this game. The other person is a young woman. She has been playing Go for only three years. Before this, the woman was an expert at playing computer games. Now she plays Go the same way she played computer games－by becoming a machine herself.

They will play many games, until they know who the winner is. The woman shows no feelings but thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone. The old man, on the other hand, looks at the movements of her hands and of her face. This has always helped him to win.

He wins the first three games. She wins the next game, and the man is surprised. He has never lost to a woman. The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game. He can't read her face; he does not understand her way of playing.

"The way I think about the game" says the woman, "is that it is steps for getting what I want." Again, the old man is surprised. For him, the game is a way of life itself, and not a model of life.

"There is no more beauty any longer. Everything is science and rules. Everything is about winning. Nothing is about playing" he says.

They cannot agree with each other; but it is not necessary.

"Change is a necessary part of life" thinks the man.

"Playing is as important as winning" thinks the woman.

    They start to play their final game.

1.    According to the passage, the Go games are played by       ______.

   A. two Go beginners                     B. two Go lovers

C. father and daughter            D. husband and wife

2.    Before the woman plays go, she was ______.

   A. a computer game player      B. a computer science teacher

   C. a computer engineer        D. a computer store owner

3.    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. The old man loses the third game to the woman.

   B. The old man wins all the games against the woman.

   C. The woman has her own way of playing Go.

   D. The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go.

4.    From the passage we can know     ________.

   A. the old man doesn't care who the winner is

   B. the woman pays no attention to the steps

   C. the old man learns something from the woman

   D. the woman loses the last game to the old man

5.    What is the best title of the passage?

A. An Old Go Player              B. A Strange Woman

C. A Boring Game          D. Winning or Playing?

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退學(xué)）. But he was full of new ideas.
　　After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
　　Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
　　In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said, “I live in order to change the world, there aren’t any other reasons. The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career. If you can’t find your  favorite career ,go on looking for it and never give up.”
This is Steven Jobs, though he is dead, his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
【小題1】Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he ________.