【推荐1】Steven Jobs was born in California in 1955 and     1     (adopt) by Paul and Clara Jobs. He became interested in computers in high school, going to after-school lectures at the computer company Hewlett-Packard. He enrolled at Reed College in Oregon.     2     he went to a variety of classes, he never graduated. Instead, he moved     3     to California and began working at Atari. He also started working on     4     (he) own computer projects with Steve Wozniak.

Jobs and Wozniak, along with Ronald Wayne, founded Apple in 1976,     5     (name) after Job’s favorite fruit. Apple changed the way people thought about computers; the company made them small, easy to use, and     6     (access) to normal people. The Macintosh computer was started in 1984, but sales slowed in     7     following year, and Jobs was pushed out of his own company.

After leaving Apple, Jobs founded NeXT, Inc. The company decided     8     (develop) both computer hardware and software. In 1996, Apple bought NeXT, and Jobs returned     9     his original company. He cut programs and jobs, but he also helped make Apple goods more beloved than ever. Apple has been on a roll ever since, creating elegant, fast, user-friendly     10     (product) that reflect the vision of Steve Jobs.

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, resigned     1    Teachers’ Day from leading the e-commerce giant he     2    (set) up 20 years ago. The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by     3    (dress) up like a rock star at his farewell party.

In fact, his rags-to-riches story is     4    example of doing something different.     5    (visit) the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a     6     (share) apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. Although     7     (face) with great challenges, the company     8     (gradual) brought e-commerce to China. His success has inspired a number of Chinese tech     9     (businessman). Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. “It’s the dreams     10    keep us never afraid of setbacks.” Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9.