题目内容
LG Electronics, the world’s fourth largest cell phone producer, has added another feature to the mobile phone-reading books for the visually impaired(弱视). The company started marketing the model, the LF1300 on Sep.18.No other people but the blind and visually-impaired with a certificate(证书) can buy the talking phone at sales shops of LG Electronics.
“The LF1300 is the world’s first mobile phone that is capable of reading books for the print-disabled, who otherwise could not enjoy them.This is not about making money but about continuing to put froth efforts to reduce the digital difference for the disabled,” LG Vice President said.
Its users can download about 300 audio books from the Internet site of LG Sangam Library to their phones for free in two ways. One is to access the digital library’s Website on a computer designed for the blind to get the audio books and transfer them to cell phones. The other is to download the digital books directly with cell phones through the wireless net work by touching a hot key on the LF1300 phone.
On top of its unique feature of reading books, the LF1300 is no worse than the pupular top-line phones in both outlooks and frnctionalities(功能性). The phone is armed with an MP3 player and a Bluetooth headset, enabling users to listen to the music or talk without a cord. The user interface(界面) of the LF1300 is also designed for the blind,enabling phone users to control it through a voice guidance system.
However, because the phone’s internal mimory of 17MB is small even for a single audio book file, which takes up 80MB on average, a high-volume external memory is a must for the talking book services.
【小题1】 are allowed to buy the talking phone.
A.Disabled people with a certificate |
B.All the blind and poor-sighted people |
C.The blind and poor-sighted with a certificate |
D.Both healthy and disabled citizens |
A.talking to the microphone | B.touching any key |
C.touching its screen | D.touching the hot key |
A.This is the first time LG company has done something for the disabled. |
B.Phone users don’t have to pay much to download the digital books. |
C.LF1300 has a less attractive outlook than any other top-line phone. |
D.The disadvantage of LF1300 is that it has too small internal memory. |
A.A New Type of Cell Phone is on the Market |
B.Mobile Phones Can Read Books for the Print-Disabled |
C.The Disabled will Benefit from Cell Phone Producers |
D.Advanced Technology Helps the Blind Read Books |
【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
解析试题分析:这篇文章介绍了一种方便有视力问题的人阅读。还有它的功能和缺点。
【小题1】细节题:从第一段的句子:No other people but the blind and visually-impaired with a certificate(证书) can buy the talking phone at sales shops of LG Electronics.
可知C正确。
【小题2】推理题:从倒数第二段的句子:The user interface(界面) of the LF1300 is also designed for the blind,enabling phone users to control it through a voice guidance system.可知用户可以对手机讲话。选A。
【小题3】推理题:从文章最后一段可知LF1300D缺少大容量的存储记忆。选D
【小题4】细节题:从全篇文章和第一段的主题句:LG Electronics, the world’s fourth largest cell phone producer, has added another feature to the mobile phone-reading books for the visually impaired(弱视). 可知这篇文章介绍了一种方便有视力问题的人阅读。选B
考点:考查科普类短文
点评:科普类短文专业术语比较多,学生要多积累这方面的词汇,这题主要考查推理题,细节题,,注重考查学生的推理能力。
“Before you fall in love, you'd better get a job”
As told by Lee Joon-ho, 20, a senior in law at Seoul National University
Korean TV dramas have shown a lot of rebellious(反叛的) youth, but in fact most students still live a traditional life.
Confucianism has a great influence on us. For instance, Confucius said that we should be dutiful to our parents and value the family. Thus we prefer a school that's close to home so we can go back every day.
Also as a result of Confucianism, teachers enjoy a high status in Korea. The other day, my professor was flying to Vienna on a business trip. Instead of waiting for hours in the queue, he was told to check in first and didn't have any problem with overweight luggage.
When it comes to important decision-making, such as choosing a university, a job, and a wife, we listen to our parents' suggestions. Most parents seem liberal in study decisions, but they take a firmer attitude towards their children's love and marriage choices. Often, a man has to have his own business or a solid career before he's allowed to pursue romance.
Male chauvinism is popular among our parents' generation, since they had to support the whole family through hard work. We need to shoulder the same responsibility, but we've also learned to respect women, as they're doing outstanding work in lots of areas. But to be honest, my friends and I still prefer a traditional woman as a girlfriend and future wife. We want her to be elegant and thoughtful in taking care of a family.
Our sense of tradition is also reflected in our buying habits. In my house, you see only Korean appliances. Although European cell phones are available in ROK, we favor LG and Samsung, which are suited more to our tastes and widely promoted in TV dramas and films.
【小题1】The professor was told to check in first because _________.
A.His luggage was overweight. |
B.He had waited for hours. |
C.People respect teachers in Korea. |
D.He was on a business trip. |
A.Generally speaking, men need to support the whole family in Korea. |
B.Korean women have no freedom in choosing husbands. |
C.Male chauvinism is popular among young people now. |
D.Young people are out of control of their parents. |
A.You can not find European cell phones in Korea. |
B.You can see advertisements for LG and Samsung in Korean TV dramas and films. |
C.Korean cell phones are traditional. |
D.The Korean people have a sense of tradition. |
A.Korean youth are rebellious. |
B.Korean youth will not love anyone until they find a job. |
C.Most Korea students live a traditional life. |
D.Confucius has a great influence on the Korean people. |
Over the past few months, PSY’s funny video for “Gangnam Style” has become a YouTube sensation, resulting in over 112,000,000 views since July 15. It’s also been Tweeted more than 780,000 times and received over 260, 000 likes on Facebook, reports Mashable.com.
With the rapper(说唱歌手) making an appearance at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards, here’s what you need to know about the break-out artist.
His real name is Park Jae-Sang. The 35-year-old Korean pop rapper is known for his comedic music videos and performances. The video for “Gangnam Style” is no exception. When his first album PSY—From the Psycho World! was released in 2001, he was nicknamed “PSY” because of his unusual dress, special lyrics(歌词) and funny dance movies.
Gangnam is a wealthy neighborhood in Seoul(首尔). Gangnam may only be 15 square miles, but the district in Seoul, South Korea, is home to the headquarters of some of the country’s most influential companies, including Samsung, Hyundai and LG. The region also makes up 7% of South Korea’s GDP. 41% of students at Seoul University, a very famous college, come from Gangnam. The lyrics of PSY’s song describe the personality of a girl and a guy.
He studied in the U.S. Born in South Korea on December 31, 1977, PSY attended Banpo Elementary School, Banpo Middle School and Eva High Sch ool. But when it came time to achieve a college degree, the rapper attended both Boston University and Berklee College of Music in the U.S.
“Gangnam Style” is giving K-pop international fame. “Gangnam Style” is currently No.1 on the iTunes music video chart. The video has surpassed Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”; Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me”; and Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake”. This is the first time a Korean artist has ranked this high on iTunes.
【小题1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The success of “Gangnam Style”. |
B.The origin of “Gangnam Style”. |
C.The result of the Music Award. |
D.The childhood of PSY. |
A.is already in his forties now |
B.made his first album in 2003 |
C.danced only in his “Gangnam Style” |
D.has developed his special comedic style |
A.It is the capital of South Korea. |
B.It is rich and better developed. |
C.Seoul University lies in it. |
D.It covers about 90 square miles. |
A.“Gangnarn Style” isn’t popular in English-speaking countries. |
B.PSY will be given another big prize for music in the future. |
C.iTunes is the No.1 music company on the internet. |
D.“Gangnam Style” has won the most worldwide popularity. |
The Apple iPhone’s impact was widely evident (明显的) at the Consumer Electronics Show, as new touch-screen devices could be found everywhere.
The consumer electronics industry came unbuttoned in Las Vegas this week. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, companies from around the world unveiled many devices boasting (以拥有…而自豪) touch – sensitive technology, rather than traditional push-button controls.
Motorola, Sony, and LG Electronics all showed off touch-screen phones this week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised and offered a touch-screen computer, the Surface, related to a flat panel TV for a tabletop. Even camera makers, such as Kodak,included touch-screen LCDs in their devices. Touch-screen tech has been in use for years,but the push to develop and weave it into consumer electronics gathered steam with the June introduction of Apple’s iPhone. “The touch-screen industry is really getting hot,” says Jennifer Colegrove, a senior analyst at iSuppli. “Since the iPhone came out, there are a lot of companies that did not have a relationship with touch screens before that decided, ‘OK, I want to make a touch screen, too.’”
The touch-screen tech ecosystem now includes more than 100 companies specializing in everything from smudge-proof (防污的) screens to sensors (传感器) able to detect fingers before they even contact the screen. Sales of leading touch-screen technologies,such as those used in mobile phones and navigation (航行) devices,are expected to rise to $ 4.4 billion in 2012, up from $ 2.4 billion in 2006,according to iSuppli estimates.
1.What did the writer think about the Apple iPhone?
A.The Apple iPhone was beautiful. |
B.The Apple iPhone was popular. |
C.The Apple iPhone was expensive. |
D.The Apple iPhone was attractive. |
2.What is the meaning of the underlined word “unveiled” in the second paragraph?
A.Invented. |
B.Unlocked. |
C.Discovered. |
D.Showed. |
3.The touch-screen tech was used in consumer electronics mainly because of _______.
A.traditional push-button controls |
B.Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates |
C.the introduction of Apple’s iPhone |
D.the touch-screen tech ecosystem |
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.The touch-screen technology will disappear. |
B.The touch-screen technology will be replaced by traditional push-button controls. |
C.The touch-screen technology will be as important as traditional push-button controls. |
D.The touch-screen technology will be more widely used in electronics devices. |
Smart phones that react to your moods and televisions that can tell it’s you who’s watching are in your future as Intel Corporation’s top technology expert sets his sights on context-aware computing.
Chief technology officer Justin Rattner showed how personal devices will one day offer advice. “How can we change the relationship so we think of these devices not as devices but as assistants or even companions?” he asked.
Handheld devices could combine already common geographic location technology with data from microphones, cameras, heart and body monitors and even brain scans to offer their owners advice that today only a friend or relative could give.
“Imagine a device that uses a variety of sensors to determine what you are doing at an instant, from being asleep in your bed to being out for a run with a friend, ” Rattner said, “Future devices will constantly learn about who you are, how you live, work and play.’’
Rattner also demonstrated a television remote control that figures out who is holding it based on how it is held, and then learns the viewer’s entertainment preferences.
As the world leader for decades in microchips for servers and desktop computers, Intel is hurrying to catch up in the profitable market for smart phones like Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s Blackberry.
Telephones with e-mail, global positioning and media players are pointing the way to a future where ever more functions are packed into ever smaller mobile devices.
The smart phone industry, including technology giants like LG and Samsung, is likely to sell 270 million phones this year and grow 25 percent in 2011, according to market research company IDC.
“I think you can expect to see features that support context-aware computing starting to appear in Intel products in the near future,” Rattner said.
But analysts say Intel faces an uphill battle getting its microchips into new phones as Nvidia, Marvell and Qualcomm have already made headway with cheap, lower-power processors based on designs by ARM Holdings.
Rattner recognized that questions about privacy and people’s willingness to be intimate with their computers will have to be settled before the future generation of smart phones he described takes off.
“If you think identity threat is a problem today, imagine when your whole context is readily available on the Net.”, he said.
1.The future smart phones can do all of the following except _______.
A.giving responses to the moods of the owners |
B.giving proposals like assistants or companions |
C.offering advice to their owners’ friends or relatives |
D.telling the phone holders or carriers where they are |
2.Which of the following are smart phones according to the passage?
A.iPhone and Blackberry |
B.LG and Samsung |
C.Marvell and Qualcomm |
D.Nvidia and ARM Holdings |
3.From the passage we can infer that _______.
A.Intel Corporation has become the world leader in the smar tphone market |
B.Intel Corporation has fallen behind in the profitable market for smart phones |
C.more functions packed into mobile phones will make mobile devices larger |
D.the smart phone industry is likely to grow 25 percent in the year of 2011 |
4.The best title for the passage is likely to be _______.
A.Smart phones and Televisions |
B.Context-aware Computing |
C.Personalized Televisions |
D.Personalized Smart phones |