問1. 次の(1)〜(3)の問いに対してそれぞれ正しい答えを一つ選び、その記号を記せ。
(1) When did Steve start Apple?
ア When he was thirty.
イ When he was twenty.
ウ Just before he turned thirty.
エ A year before he was fired from Apple.
(2) He was fired from Apple because...
ア his colleagues didn't like how he ran the company.
イ he was publicly out because of his arrogance.
ウ his perspective of the company came to be different from that of his colleagues.
エ a conflict of interests arose between he and his colleagues.
(3) According to the speaker, which of the following is true?
ア He ran away from the Silicon Valley when he was fired.
イ He started again to revenge the company which fired him.
ウ After ten yeas he was fired, he stared company named NeXT.
エ He returned to Apple when Apple bought NeXT.
問２. 以下の文章が英文と一致するように空所(1)~(3)を埋めよ。
I'm pretty sure none of ( 1 ) if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful-tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing ( 2 ) was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love, and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill ( 3 ), and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking, and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it, and like any great relationship it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking. Don't settle.
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先述した通り、ジョブズは一度Appleを解雇されますが、その後にNeXTとPixarの2社を新たに立ち上げます。Appleを立ち上げた時はいつなのか、そしてどうして彼はそのAppleから解雇されたのかが問題で問われていますが、両方ともスピーチの前半部で述べられています。前半部に注意して聞いてみましょう。
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