TEXTUALPASSAGE –1
Read the following passage and complete the given activities. (10 Marks )
A1. Arrange the following incidents in the life of Steve Jobs in proper sequence based on the
passage. (2)
1. Jobs married Laurene
2. Jobs returned to Apple Inc.
3. Jobs started Next.
4. Jobs got fired.
Ans:
My second story is about love and loss. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz (Steve
Wozniak) and I started Apple when I was 20. In 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us
in a garage into a $2 billion company. And then I got fired. It was devastating. But something
slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did. And so I decided to start over. The
heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me
to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five years, I started a
company Next, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who
would become my wife. Pixar is now the world’s most successful animation studio, Apple bought
next. I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at Next is at the heart of Apple’s current
renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together. Sometimes life hits you in the
head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you
haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
A2. What setbacks did Jobs suffer when he was thirty?
(2)
Ans: ___________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
A5. What does the second story of Jobs convey to you? (2)
Ans: ___________________________________________________________________________
Answers
TEXTUALPASSAGE –1
Read the following passage and complete the given activities. (10 Marks )
A1. Arrange the following incidents in the life of Steve Jobs in proper sequence based on the
passage. (2)
1. Jobs married Laurene
2. Jobs returned to Apple Inc.
3. Jobs started Next.
4. Jobs got fired.
Ans:
My second story is about love and loss. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz (Steve
Wozniak) and I started Apple when I was 20. In 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us
in a garage into a $2 billion company. And then I got fired. It was devastating. But something
slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did. And so I decided to start over. The
heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me
to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next five years, I started a
company Next, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who
would become my wife. Pixar is now the world’s most successful animation studio, Apple bought
next. I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at Next is at the heart of Apple’s current
renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together. Sometimes life hits you in the
head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you
haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
A2. What setbacks did Jobs suffer when he was thirty?
(2)
Ans: ___________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
A5. What does the second story of Jobs convey to you? (2)
Ans: ___________________________________________________________________________