Removing the sleeve(封套), you will find a book that is entirely white, except for the names of its author and subject in elegant black type on the cover. It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory wails flash in the whitest white.
The cover was the only part of the book Steve Jobs wanted to control, writes Isaacson in his introduction. Though Mr. Jobs pushed the biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin to write in his own way, generously allowing the writer more than 40 interviews, this book offers quite a different view of Mr. Jobs, who won much praise from his fans after his death on October 5th at the age of 56.
As a biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Isaacson knows how to celebrate long-dead genius, but he claimed that Steve Jobs would not be entirely praiseful words. The picture he paints, particularly in the first half of this book, is not nice. Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often cold-blooded character. A child of the 1960s counter-culture (反主流文化), he hated, materialism and lived in simply furnished houses ( in part because he was too particular about furniture). But when Apple went public in 1980, he refused to give any share to Daniel Kottke, a Iongtime supporter and soul mate from college. He has to abandon the people he is close to, observes Andy Hertzfeld, an early Apple engineer.
Mr. Jobs was undoubtedly possessing an extraordinary ability to attract others and inspire a kind of faith that could not be questioned. But also he could be cold and cruel. If he disapproved of an employee's work, he often shamed him. This is who I am, he once said after being challenged,and you can't expect me to be someone I'm notThis disgusting personality wasn't always helpful,but it served a purpose, writes Mr. Isaacson, many would end their chain of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible.
Mr. Isaacson treats Steve Jobs as the biography of record, which means that it is a strange book to read so soon after its subject's death.
【小题1】The biography for Jobs is believed to have the perfect design because A．it follows Jobs' styleB．its cover is entirely whiteC．black and white are his favorite .D．it is designed by a famous biographer【小题2】The picture of Jobs that Isaacson paints in his book is
①cruel ②humorous ③particular ④generousA．①③B．②③C．①④D．③④【小题3】It can be safely concluded that A．Jobs is highly spoken of in the bookB．Isaacson doesn't think Jobs a good manC．Jobs didn't care about the design of the bookD．all descriptions of Jobs are not nice in the book【小题4】This passage can be classified as A．a personal diaryB．a book reviewC．a news reportD．a TV interviewA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文是一篇书评，是对乔布斯自传这本书的评论。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据文章第一段It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory wails flash in the whitest white.说明这部自传和乔布斯自己的风格是一致的，故A正确。
【小题2】A 细节题。根据第三段第4行Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often cold-blooded character. 和第6行because he was too particular about furniture说明乔布斯被描写成了很冷酷也很挑剔的人，故A正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据文章第三段内容可知，在乔布斯的自传里，对于乔布斯的描述是不完美的，这和很多别的自传有很大的差别。故D正确。
【小题4】B 推理题。本文主要是对乔布斯自传这本书的评论，属于书评。故B正确。