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The National Geographic Channel has unearthed a time capsule (时光宝盒)? buried by late Apple chairman and co-founder Steve Jobs thirty years ago.
???? The time capsule was buried in Aspen .Colorado .in 1983, shortly after Jobs attended the International Design Conference being held in that city. Organizers called the device the Aspen Time Tube and contributed items like Rubik's cubes(魔方) and some iconic music. Jobs added his own items to the capsule ,including the " Lisa"? ( also known as an "Apple" )"mouse he used for his presentation at the conference. '
??? Younger readers may not recognize the name but the Lisa Apple mouse was one of the first commercial mice released to consumers. The mouse was specially designed for the Apple? Lisa computer. It's also the first personal computer to offer users a graphical user interface(图形用户界面)
??? Initially ,the plan was to dig up the time capsule in the year2000,but organizers forgot its exact location. Recently .they brought in researchers working with the National Geographic Channel show Diggers to find the device. Eventually they came across the 13-foot-long.1. 5-foot-diameter tube. inside they found a lot of 1980s artifacts(人工制品）that are still being catalogued.
??? “When the end came off .literally things just poured out .”noted Diggers host Tim Saylor "There must be literally thousands of things in there.”
??? “They had the foresight to put a bunch of stuff in? plastic bags." Saylor said .“I could see at least a dozen plastic bags and other items. But I know for sure there got to be photographs in there. People had hand-written things on the back of the photographs ,so there will be some really interesting things inside.”
??? Among the artifacts researchers expect to discover inside :a Steve Jobs speech in which the Apple visionary outlines his predictions? for future technologies. We should know more about the researchers ,discoveries once the Diggers program airs this fall.
1.Which of the following is true about the Lisa mouse?
A .The mouse was the first? commercial one for consumers
B. The mouse was created only for the Apple Lisa computer
C. The mouse was buried in Aspen ,Colotado for two decades.
D. The mouse was invented after the International Design Conference
2.Why wasn't the time capsule dug up in 2000?
A. Because it was not the time set by Steve Jobs.
B. Because it could not be accurately located.
C. Because organizers forgot its precise shape .
D. Because the local government didn't? approve.
3.From the passage we can infer that_______.
A. there were some special photographs found-inside the time capsule
B. a Steve Jobs speech with future predictions was found inside the cap
C. Steve Jobs? predictions for future technologies have come true
D. more about the capsule will be discovered in the Diggers program
4.The best title for the passage might be _______.
A. The "Lost" Steve Jobs Time Capsule
B. The Mystery of Steve Jobs Speech Solved
C. Steve Jobs' 1983 Time Capsule Recovered
D. Co-founder & Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs
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her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most anticipated (期望的) book in years.
The deal means that Rowling's long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher
that launched (发行) the Harry Potter books, has come to an end, at 1east in terms of new works by the
author.
Rowling is keeping her fans guessing about the characters and plot of her new book. She only said
that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which was sold over 30 million copies in
the UK alone. She thought that with the move from children's to adult fiction, a switch to a new publisher
seemed like a natural and reasonable step.
She said," Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from the
Harry Potter series. The freedom to explore a new field is a gift that Harry's success has brought me."
Ian Rankin, the Edinburgh-based author whose highly-successful detective novels are also set in the city.
suggested Rowling's book will be a crime novel.
"Wouldn't it be funny if JK Rowling's first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set in
Edinburgh?" he said.
Industry insiders guessed that the deal is worth more than ￡5 million and the new book is expected
to come out later this year.
A spokesman said," JK Rowling's audience is vast and her position is uniqLle. Hatry Potter books
were a global success and her fans are very loyal. Children that were eight, nine, or ten when the books
first came out in the 1990s are now in their 20s. Plenty of adults, loved the books regardless of whether
they had children, so the potential market for her is huge."
B. JK Rowling's new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series.
C. JK Rowling has to switch to a new publisher in order to publish her new book.
D. JK Rowling's first book for adults will be published later this year.
B. is poorly thought of by the London-based publisher Bloomsbury
C. has nothing in common with the Harry Potter series
D. is expected to bring her more money than the Harry Potter series
B. show that many readers are curious about Rowling's new book
C. tell us that many readers prefer to read detective or crime novels
D. prove that a crime story set in Edinburgh is sure to be successful
B. the author has no doubt about the success of Rowling's new book
C. JK Rowling will be a crime novelist as good as Ian Rankin
D. it was in Edinburgh that Ian Rankin got to know JK Rowling
B. children won't have any interest in JK Rowling's new book
C. Rowling's vast audience and unique position will guarantee the new book's success
D. only readers of Harry Potter series will be interested in Rowling' s new book