For those who are tired of doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app (application).
Strange though it may seem — "my wife already does that" was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".
Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owner is at work or on the bus.
Samsung says it's not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.
"If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go." said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
The company also says that with electricity rate (电价) varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.
Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do — enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
【小题1】 What can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the CES?

A.The machine will be a big success.
B.their wives like doing the laundry.
C.The machine is unrelated to their life.
D.This kind of technology is familiar to them.
【小题2】We can conclude from Samsung's statements that ________.
A.the app connection makes life easier
B.it is better to dry clothes in the morning
C.smartphone can shorten the drying time
D.we should refresh clothes back at home
【小题3】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.The laundry should be frequently checked
B.Lazy people like using such machines
C.Good technologies also cause problems
D.Television may help do the laundry


For those who are tired doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application).
Strange though it may seem — “my wife already does that” was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install (安装) a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them “smart”.
Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it’s Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus.
Samsung says it’s not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.
“If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go,” said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
The company also says that with electricity rate(电价)varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.
Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do —enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
【小题1】What can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the CES?

A.The machine will be a big success.
B.their wives like doing the laundry.
C.The machine is unrelated to their life.
D.This kind of technology is familiar to them.
【小题2】What can we learn about the new laundry machines?
A.They can tell you when your clothes need washing
B.They can be controlled with a smartphone
C.They are difficult to operate
D.They are sold at a low price
【小题3】We can conclude form Samsung’s statements that ___________.
A.the app connection makes life easier
B.it is better to dry clothes in the morning
C.smartphone can shorten the drying time
D.we should refresh clothes back at home
【小题4】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.The laundry should be frequently checked
B.Lazy people like using such machines
C.Good technologies also cause problems
D.Television may help do the laundry.

Harry, Jack, Mr. Smith, Alan和Steven分别喜欢不同的电影,阅读下面6部电影的简介(A、B、C、D、E、F),从中找出符合5位兴趣爱好的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
【小题1】Harry, a 14-year-old boy, likes to see the kung fu movies played by actors like Jackie Chan.    He enjoys his acting skills and thinks Chinese kung fu is amazing.
【小题2】Young as little Jack is, he is fond of science fiction movies. He especially likes to watch movies that are set in space adventures.
【小题3】Mr. Smith, a college teacher in Guangdong University, enjoys watching those movies which reflect the theme that justice(正义) finally conquer evil(邪恶);Adult as he is, he is interested in cartoons.
【小题4】Alan is studying in Beijing University and has shown a great interest in collecting some information about great and famous historical persons. If there are movies related to these persons, he is sure to find time to watch them with his friends. He thinks he can learn from them.
【小题5】Steven is an American boy, who came to China two years ago with his parents. He likes to see Chinese cartoon movie, especially those about adventures through a time tunnel(隧道). He thinks he can learn Chinese from the movies.

A.The Dream of Jinsha
The Dream of Jinsha is the first China-made cartoon production to be released nationwide. The central character is a middle school student, Xiao Long, who by accident travels back through a time tunnel into the Jinsha Town 3,000 years ago. That’s where his unusual adventure begins.
B.The Karate Kid
This is a kung fu movie. When Dre Parker and his mother move from Detroit to China, Dre is often beaten up by some fellow students in his school. Luckily, Dre meets Mr. Han, a man who is suffering a terrible loss. Mr. Han agrees to teach him Kung fu to defend himself. Mr. Han is played by Jackie Chan and Dre Parker is played by American kid star Jaden Smith.
C.Confucius
This film shows us the whole life of the famous ancient Chinese educator Confucius. In the movie, we see a man who is all at once humble, wise, humorous, intelligent, disciplined, firm and clever. He talks of changing oneself from within.
D.Back to the Future
It’s a sci-fi movie. The year is 1985 and Marty is an ordinary teenager, except for one problem. He is stuck in 1955. After his good friend Doc is shot, Marty ends up sending him back thirty years into the past. Now, he must find Doc and convince him that he is from the future.
E. Space Chimps
Ham III, the grandson of the first chimp astronaut, is sent off into space by an opportunity-seeking senator(参议员). Soon, the fun-loving chimp has to get serious about the mission at hand: rid a far-away planet of their evil leader. Fortunately for Ham III King, two of his peers are along for the ride.
F. The Lion King
A young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making his uncle Scar the second in line to the throne. Scar plots(密谋) to kill King Mufasa and makes himself king. The king is killed and the young lion is led to believe that it was his fault, so he left the kingdom in shame. After several years he is persuaded to return home to overthrow (推翻) Scar.

"Gangnam Style" by singer Psy from Korea, is a popular song, but its extraordinary global success is really the result of its music video, which is a great piece of genius. On September 22nd, Guinness World Records listed "Gangnam Style" as the most-liked video in the history of YouTube. It's been performed at West Point (West-Point Style), and Google's CEO, has done the "Gangnam Style" horse dance at the company's office in Seoul. Even Samsung is trying to make Psy the new model for the latest type of fridge.

     The song's global popularity is such that the vast majority of people who enjoy it don't speak Korean, and have no idea what it is about. That's fine --- part of what makes "Gangnam Style" so fun is, like international pop music, the difficulty in understanding it. When we sing along, "Hey, sexy lady", we don't really know what we're singing about.

     The joy of incomprehensibleness is familiar to anyone who loves pop music from elsewhere. Anthony Lane, in his 2010 review of the Eurovision Song Contest, Only Mr. God Knows Why, used "Eurovision English" as one of its chief pleasures. It's "a complex tongue, spoken nowhere else, which raises the heartfelt poetry (???) but absolute nonsense to a level of what sci-fi writers could only have dreamed. " In similar ways, "Gangnam Style" is just an over-the-top video where a fat man does a funny dance and sings repetitive words that don't make sense to most of us.

     But on the other, the magic of the song also lies in its funny dance, which reflects not just cultural morals specific to Korea, but cultural values easily recognizable to western viewers. This song's words may be in Korean, but its scenes are in clear American. The dance moves are simple enough to copy.

     Nonsense, in other words, forces us to let down our guards. It makes us relax, and asks us to let in all sorts of feelings from which, otherwise, we might distance ourselves. "Gangnam Style" happens to be so interesting because of its incomprehensibleness.

1.Some complex languages are used in pop music because _______.

A. singers regard it as one of the chief pleasures at the concert

B. they make the music hard to understand but poetic and attractive

C. the music can sound more pleasant and beautiful to the audience

D. people like listening to the music which makes special sense to them

2.What is true about the popularity of "Gangnam Style"?

A. It was considered as the most popular video on the Internet.

B. It makes people amused and removes their emotional guards.

C. Its dance only reflects cultural and morals specific to Korea.

D. Psy, its singer, has been the new model for Samsung         .

3.What does the underlined word "incomprehensibleness" mean in Paragraph 3?

A. Being interesting to listen to.       B. Being simple enough to copy.

C. Being complex and repetitive.       D. Being difficult to understand.

4.The text is mainly about ________.

A. how "Gangnam Style" becomes popular among the youths

B. why "Gangnam Style" is popular even if few people understand it

C. how Psy gains worldwide success through his talent and hard work

D. what emotions and cultural morals Psy wants to convey with his song

 

 For those who are tired of doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app (application).

Strange though it may seem — "my wife already does that" was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".

Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.

The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owner is at work or on the bus.

Samsung says it's not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.

"If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go." said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.

The company also says that with electricity rate (电价) varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.

Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do — enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.

1. What can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the CES?

A.The machine will be a big success.

B.their wives like doing the laundry.

C.The machine is unrelated to their life.

D.This kind of technology is familiar to them.

2.We can conclude from Samsung's statements that ________.

A.the app connection makes life easier

B.it is better to dry clothes in the morning

C.smartphone can shorten the drying time

D.we should refresh clothes back at home

3.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.The laundry should be frequently checked

B.Lazy people like using such machines

C.Good technologies also cause problems

D.Television may help do the laundry

 

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