A report by the Consumer
Electronics Association says electronics are among the most popular gifts being
bought this holiday season.
Jim Barry is a
spokesman for the Consumer Electronics Association. He says the CEA study found
that electronics represent three of the top five things on its "holiday
gift wish list" this year.
JIM BARRY: "Notebook
computers are at the top, followed by iPads and then e-readers. IPad is a
touch-screen tablet computer and that's really the big player in that
category."
The computer company Apple began
selling its small, touch-screen computers in April. People use the
touch-screen computers to surf the Web, write e-mails, watch movies and read
books. Since the iPad's release earlier this year, several other companies have
come out with their own tablet computers just in time for Christmas.
A report from the e-Marketer
research group predicts that worldwide, tablet sales will reach more than
eighty-one million in two thousand twelve. Still, Jim Barry says these devices
are facing tough competition this year from another Christmas favorite.
JIM BARRY: "Another hot
category right behind that are the e-readers. So you can read on an iPad or a
touch-screen tablet, but the e-book readers are less expensive. The Kindle is
the market leader there, from Amazon. But you also have the Nook from Barnes
and Noble and the e-reader from Sony. And you have more and more of those
e-readers coming into the market as well."
The Consumer Electronics
Association report found that iPod music players are also in high demand this
holiday season.
But not all of the things on the
holiday gift wish list involved electronics. Clothes, cars and motorcycles also
made the list. So did family togetherness and good health. And the one thing
that people wanted most?
JIM BARRY: "At the top of
the list was peace and happiness."
That is also our wish for you
this holiday season.
1.The best title of the passage is .
A. How to choose a suitable gift
for Christmas
B. iPads, E-Readers, Notebook
Computers top wish lists
C. What we should buy for our
kids this holiday season
D. How modern technology is
changing the way people relate
2.People use the touch-screen computers to do
all the following things except .
A. surf the Web and write e-mails
B. watch movies and read books
C. surf the Web and contact
others on phone
D. surf the internet and use it
as an e-reader
3. Which of the following sentences is TURE?
A. iPads are the most popular
gift among all the electronics.
B. Only the computer company
Apple releases a touch-screen tablet computer.
C. All of the things on the
holiday gift wish list are electronics.
D. There are more and more kinds
of e-readers in the market.
4. You don't have enough money for an iPad,
but you can buy for
a friend who enjoys reading.
A. notebook computers B.
iPod music players
C. touch-screen tablet computer D.
e-book readers
5.We can infer from the last paragraph that .
A. people value peace and
happiness more than anything else
B. clothes, cars and motorcycles
are also popular gifts for Christmas
C. family togetherness and good
health don't make the list
D.
JIM BARRY also sends their wish for us this holiday season