The past week was possibly the most eventful in the history of customer technology markets,or to be precise, the 7-inch (17.8-cm) tablet (平板電腦)market. Never before have three of thebiggest players in the industry scheduled what could be truly historic productlaunches (上市）so close together.
Despite its name, the 7.9-inch iPad Mini is one of the largest among the mini-tablets. It's gotall the aesthetics of its earlier 9.7-inch iPad and is unbelievably thin-just 7.2 mm, 23 percentthinner than the iPad.
Apple's iPad Mini
Release date: Nov 2,2012 (Wi-Fi version)
Operating system: iOS 6
Size: 19.9 x 13.5 x 0.7 cm
Prices: $329 (16GB Wi-Fi), $429 (32GB Wi-Fi), $519 (64GB Wi-Fi), or $459 (16GB Data)
$559 (32GB Data), $659 (64GB Data)
Google may have been forced to cancel its Android event in New York City on Oct 29 due to the threat of hurricane Sandy, but that isn't stopping it from making same big announcements. For starters, Google has confirmed (證實(shí)）that the Nexus 10 will be running Android 4.2 out of the box, so get excited. It will also come equipped with a 10-inch display running at an impressive 2560x1600 resolution. On the inside, it'll have a A15 dual-core (雙核）processor running alongside 2GB of RAM(內(nèi)存)，so expect the Nexus 10 to be a speedy little tablet. Google's Nexus 10 Release date: Nov 13，2012 Operating system: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Size: 26.4 x 17.8x0.9 cm Prices: $399 (16GB), $449 (32GB)
Microsoft's Surface is a bold product with some great touches. It doesn't feature a camera and focuses on Office software, which suggests Microsoft is focusing this product on an executive toy. There's no 3G connection (only Wi-Fi) so owners won't have to worry about an extra contract.
The real delight, however, is Metro, the impressive navigation interface (導(dǎo)航界面).It is beautifully designed with brightly colored squares for navigation. Pre-orders for Surface in the US sold out over the weekend, so it would seem customers are excited.
Microsoft's Surface
Release date: Oct 26,2012
Operating system: Windows 8 RT
Size: 27.5 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm
Prices: $499 (32GB M-Fi)
【小題1】What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
| A．The three biggest companies made a new product together. |
| B．A technology has been introduced to tablet industry. |
| C．The three companies launched their new products nearly at the same time. |
| D．The tablet market, in October was out of control. |
| A．Wi-Fi version | B．Operating system |
| C．Prices | D．Size |
| A．6 | B．5 | C．4 | D．3 |
| A．Microsoft's Surface. | B．Apple's iPad Mini. |
| C．Google's Nexus 10. | D．A15 dual-core processor. |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
解析試題分析：過去一周可能是電子消費(fèi)市場歷史上，或更準(zhǔn)確地說，是7英寸（約17.8厘米）平板電腦市場上的多事之秋。有史以來，該行業(yè)的三大巨頭首次撞車般地相繼發(fā)布了具有歷史意義的產(chǎn)品。誰將稱雄平板電腦市場？下面我們來快速比評一下。
【小題1】推理判斷題。文章第一段的意思：過去一周可能是電子消費(fèi)市場歷史上，或更準(zhǔn)確地說，是7英寸（約17.8厘米）平板電腦市場上的多事之秋。有史以來，該行業(yè)的三大巨頭首次撞車般地相繼發(fā)布了具有歷史意義的產(chǎn)品。分析四個(gè)選項(xiàng)：A 三個(gè)最大的公司在一起制造了一個(gè)新產(chǎn)品，錯(cuò)，應(yīng)該是各自研發(fā)了新產(chǎn)品；B一項(xiàng)技術(shù)被引進(jìn)到平板電腦行業(yè)，不是；C三大公司幾乎同時(shí)發(fā)布了他們的新產(chǎn)品，與文章內(nèi)容相符；D平板電腦市場，在十月份失控了，文章為提交。故選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。文章第二段的意思是：盡管名字叫做“迷你”，但這款7.9寸屏的iPad Mini卻是迷你平板電腦中的巨人之一。它可以同此前的任何一款9.7寸平板電腦相媲美。7.2毫米的超薄機(jī)身，比iPad要輕薄23%。但同其他平板相比，美中不足的是，它只搭配了1024x768的顯示屏，未采用視網(wǎng)膜顯示技術(shù)。iPad Mini型號(hào)眾多，分為16G、32G以及64G，所以集成存儲(chǔ)不成問題。不過，它的最低售價(jià)也高出競爭對手許多。排除C價(jià)格選項(xiàng)；而與巴諾Nook HD 1440x900的分辨率，或是與谷歌Nexus7以及亞馬遜Kindle Fire HD1200x800的分辨率相比，其1024x768的分辨率遜色了不少。由此排除A Wi-Fi版本、B操作系統(tǒng)。所以7.9寸屏的iPad Mini對消費(fèi)者的主要貢獻(xiàn)是它的個(gè)頭大小。故選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文中第三段對Nexus10的介紹：盡管受颶風(fēng)桑迪影響，谷歌公司不得不取消本定于10月29號(hào)在紐約舉行的安卓產(chǎn)品發(fā)布會(huì)，但卻未阻止它發(fā)布一個(gè)同樣重量級的消息。谷歌正式推出了由三星公司打造的Nexus10平板電腦，此前大多數(shù)的傳聞都被證實(shí)為真。首先，谷歌已證實(shí)，1. Nexus10平板電腦將創(chuàng)造性地搭配安卓4.2系統(tǒng)，這無疑是個(gè)令人振奮的好消息。2.它配有10英寸顯示屏，分辨率達(dá)到2560x1600，著實(shí)令人贊嘆。3.內(nèi)置A15 雙核處理器，2GB內(nèi)存。所以，想象一下吧，Nexus10會(huì)是一臺(tái)高速的迷你平板。由此判斷有三項(xiàng)技術(shù)被引入Nexus10。故選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。分析文中32GB Wi-Fi的價(jià)格：A. Price of Microsoft's Surface(32GB M-Fi): $499
B. Price of Apple's iPad Mini(32GB Wi-Fi): $429；C. Price of Google's Nexus 10(32GB): $449；D.A15dual-core processor. （A15雙核處理器）；故選A。
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| B．He is from a scientist family. |
| C．He dislikes working with Paul Butler. |
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| D．The planet is as large as Jupiter. |
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| B．he has discovered an Earth-like planet there. |
| C．he has discovered a rocky planet there. |
| D．he has found signs of life in the system |
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| B．grdually developed measures against the bends |
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| C．technology | D．the use of machines |
| A．He doesn’t find confidence and pleasure in work. |
| B．He makes efforts to investigate potential connections. |
| C．He is interested in problems that are explained. |
| D．He looks for new ways of acting. |
| A．easily believe in unchecked statements |
| B．easily criticize others’ research work |
| C．a(chǎn)lways use his imagination in work |
| D．a(chǎn)lways use evidence from observation |
| A．complete | B．a(chǎn)ccurate | C．objective | D．complicated |
| A．Application of technology |
| B．Progress in modem society. |
| C．Scientists’ ways of thinking and acting |
| D．How to become a successful scientist. |
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| A．She was constantly under pressure of writing more. |
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| A．She wanted to share her stories with readers. |
| B．She had won a prize in the previous contest. |
| C．She was sure of winning with her mother’s help. |
| D．She believed she possessed real talent for writing. |
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| B．she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance |
| C．she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much |
| D．she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing |
| A．Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions. |
| B．Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience. |
| C．Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in. |
| D．A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue. |
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【小題1】If you cut your finger, you may use ________ to cure it.
| A．painkillers in a tablet | B．a(chǎn)ntibiotic cream from a tube |
| C．chicken eggs | D．protein drugs |
| A．Scientists from Scotland have succeeded in packing medicine into chicken eggs. |
| B．The drugs are made of molecules called proteins. |
| C．Scientists chose chickens for their experiments because chicken eggs taste delicious. |
| D．The animals are good candidates for making protein drugs. |
| A．treat lung cancer | B．help reduce headache |
| C．change people’s DNA | D．treat multiple sclerosis |
| A．eating eggs is the best choice for the patients now |
| B．scientists changed the chicken’s DNA and put all the drugs in chicken eggs |
| C．we may eat special eggs as drugs when we are sick in the future |
| D．the drugs produce harmful effects on the chicken’s bodies |
| A．Chicken Eggs to Replace Medicine | B．Chicken Eggs as Drug |
| C．Chicken Eggs and Medicine | D．Chicken Eggs and Animal Milk |
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“We are collecting data because the weather is changing and the plants are blooming,” Ruby explained.
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The idea is that tracking flowers blooming—especially lilacs（丁香）; which everyday people have helped track for decades—is fairly simple. The Website http://www.Windows.ucar.edu/ citizen_science/budburst/index.html gives directions on what to look for in different parts of the country.
University of Maryland professor David Inouye said it’s so easy to figure out what’s blooming that a lack of special knowledge isn’t a problem.
University of Arizona ecology graduate student Lisa Benton coordinated（協(xié)調(diào)）the Tucson high school students as they looked at plants five minutes from their high school. Each student has specific guidelines and she’s been happy so far with the data she is getting. For his part, second-grader Francisco said he had fun helping out.
“I like going out in the desert,” he said. “I want to be an Einstein.”
【小題1】Francisco Lopez and Ruby Nostrant are monitoring global warming by __________.
| A．watching early spring blooms and changes in animals |
| B．studying the biological timing of earth |
| C．collecting data of the local weather |
| D．tracking the early spring blooms of some local plants |
| A．ecology college graduates | B．high school students |
| C．common people | D．experts |
| A．the study carried out by students is convincing |
| B．the students still need special training to study climate change |
| C．it is difficult to study climate change |
| D．to figure out what’s blooming needs special knowledge |
| A．Lisa Benton. | B．David Inouye |
| C．Francisco Lopez. | D．Jake Weltzin. |
| A．changes in animals caused by global warming happen earlier than those in plants |
| B．the biological timing of earth is changing because of climate change |
| C．the effect of climate change in Tucson, Arizona can be hardly noticed |
| D．a(chǎn)ll the plants in Tucson, Arizona are blooming earlier because of climate change |
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