Mr.Wozniak shared the article with Mr. Jobs，and the two set out to seek an abstruse figure identified in the article as Captain Crunch.The man had taken the name from his discovery that a whistle coming in boxes of cereal was tuned to a frequency that made it possible to make free long－distance calls simply by blowing the whistle next to a phone handset.

　　Captain Crunch was John Draper，a former electronic technician.Learning that the two young hobbyists were searching for him，Mr.Draper had come to Mr.Wozniak's dormitory room，where the three of them held a meeting.

　　Based on information they collected from Mr.Draper，Mr.Wozniak and Mr.Jobs later joined together on building and selling blue boxes，devices that were widely used for making free and illegal phone calls.They raised a total of $6,000 from the effort.

　　In 1972，Mr.Jobs went to Reed College，but after one semester he left college because it was consuming all of his parents' savings.Leaving school，however，freed his curiosity to follow his interests.Actrally that turned out to be priceless later on.

　　【解题导语】 文章介绍少年乔布斯对电子兴趣的形成与发展过程。作者重点描写少年乔布斯是如何对电子技术产生浓厚兴趣与强烈的好奇心，以及研发成实用产品的迫切心情。全世界人都学乔布斯，都想像他一样成功。该文章就为当代中学生向乔布斯学习点明了方向。

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