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Steve Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of US technology giant App

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问题     Steve Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56. Tributes have been made. Apple said he had been "the source of【C1】______ (count)innovations that enrich and【C2】imp______all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably better". Even US President Barack Obama said the world had "lost a visionary".

    In 2004, Mr. Jobs announced that he was【C3】su______from pancreatic cancer. And he had a liver transplant five years later. In January, 2011 , he took a medical leave, before resigning as CEO in August and handing over his duties to Tim Cook, who was made Apple’s CEO after Mr. Jobs stood down in August, 2011. In his【C4】resi______letter, Mr. Jobs said: "I believe Apple’s brightest and most【C5】______(innovate)days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and【C6】______(contribution)to its success in a new role. " However, Mr. Jobs stayed on as Apple’s chairperson.
    As the face of Apple, Steve Jobs represented its【C7】ded______to high-end technology and fashionable design. Mr. Jobs relied on his own instinct for refining【C8】______(existence)technologies and developing new products and packaging them in a way that people would want to use. So appealing were gadgets such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad【C9】______the public quickly engaged with them. That was due, in no small part,【C10】______Steve Jobs’ ability as a salesman—explaining his products simply in a way that everyone could understand.
    Please remember sentences from Mr. Job’s commencement address in Stanford University delivered on June 12, 2005, "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish". [br] 【C6】
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解析 (look forward to doing sth．期望干某事。故此空应填contributing。)
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