Question

San Francisco(People's Daily Online)-- Apple Inc. Tuesday introduced its mobile payment service Apple Pay alongside the company's iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.

What apple does is to replace consumers' wallet with its cell phone. Apple said it hopes to speed up the checkout process, make credit-card payments more secure and ultimately, to replace physical wallets.

With the near-field communication technology, Apple's gadgets like iPhone and Apple watch can transmit a radio signal between the device and a receiver when the two are in an inch apart. "To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. You don’t even have to look at the screen to know your payment information was successfully sent," Apple says on its official website.

Apple said that each transaction (交易)would be authorized(授权) with a one-time, unique number, creating a security code that it said is more secure than the one on the back of your credit card because cashiers won’t see your name, card number or security code. The service will work with the three major payment networks — American Express, MasterCard and Visa — and Apple said that there are 220,000 merchant locations that accept these contactless payments.

When some applaud this disrupted service that will compete with Paypal and endanger other online payment companies, some others concern about its safety, especially when another retailer Home Depot confirmed a data opening yesterday and iCloud was reported exposing nude (裸体)pictures of celebrities (名人) a week ago.

Leo Zheng, a technology reporter in Silicon Valley said: "When Apple attracts consumers to put all their cards into one iPhone and promised the security, Jennifer Lawrence should say something."

1.Which can be the best title for the passage?

A. Apple announces mobile payment service to replace consumers' wallet.

B. Consumers can pay in cash through mobile phones.

C. Apple Inc. will introduce new models to the market.

D. Mobile payment will be popular soon.

2.After reading the third paragraph, we know .

A. Apple’s new products are popular

B. Apple can be used as an ID

C. Apple's gadgets can receive message easily

D. how Apple's gadgets work

3.The attitude of the writer towards the mobile payment is .

A. indifferent (冷漠的) B. objective

C. skeptical D. positive

4.What could have happened to Jennifer Lawrence?

A. She made great contributions to Apple.

B. She put all her cards into her iPhone.

C. Her nude pictures were spread online.

D. Her iPhone often broke down.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文是新闻报道，提到苹果公司将通过移动付款服务来替换消费者的钱包，代替支付。

1.A 主旨大意。本文是新闻报道，提到苹果公司将通过移动付款服务来替换消费者的钱包，代替支付，故选A项。

2.D 推断题。根据第三段提到To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. You don’t even have to look at the screen to know your payment information was successfully sent," Apple says on its official website.可知讲述如何进行支付，故选D项。

3.B 细节推断题。根据倒数第二段提到When some applaud this disrupted service that will compete with Paypal and endanger other online payment companies, some others concern about its safety, especially when another retailer Home Depot confirmed a data opening yesterday有人支持有人反对，故作者的态度是很客观的，故选B项。

4.C 推断题。根据最后一段提到Jennifer Lawrence should say something.再根据倒数第二段提到iCloud was reported exposing nude (裸体)pictures of celebrities (名人) a week ago可知Jennifer Lawrence是苹果系统服务因为漏洞而导致裸照外露的牺牲者，故选C项。

考点：新闻报道类阅读。