A. Microsoft Office: This computer software package provides you with everything for your business or study needs. Whether you need to write a report, do your business accounts, design a web page or stay in touch through email, Office can do it 'all and much more. Cost $740

B. Motorola L7i mobile phone: Web enabled phone that allows you to surf the net anywhere at anytime, with 2 mega pixel camera built in for photo and video. 1 GB memory to store large music and movie files. Cost $530

C. Lenovo laptop computer X61: This ultra-portable notebook is ideal for mobile users such as travellers and businessmen because it is lightweight (only 1 kilo) and offers extremely long battery life (up to 8 hours before recharging is necessary). Cost $1,200

D.  Supersonic MP4 Player: Multimedia player is just what you need to stay entertained wherever you go. Use the 1.5-inch screen as a video player or to play games. With 15GB of storage you can also store and listen to thousands of your favourite songs with just tile click of a button. Cost $140

E. Nintendo Game Boy: This portable video game system allows you to have fun wherever you are. With thousands of different games available to play on this system you are sure to never get bored. Cost $240

F. Sony Thinline Digital TV: This TV provides the crystal clear picture you expect from Sony and is only 2 cm thick. Has 120GB built in memory allowing you to record and store hundreds of hours of your favourite programmes with just the touch of a button. Cost: $3,500

下面是关于一些商店的简介，请匹配商店与它所销售的产品：

46. One-Stop Computer Centre: We are specialists in Dell and Samsung computers, offering a full range of desktops and notebooks for these two brands. We also stock a huge selection of computer softwares including all Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Adobe applications.

47. Joe's Discount Electronics: Joe guarantees to provide you with the cheapest electronic products anywhere in the city. We may not have famous name brands but if you are looking for a reliable TV, mobile phone, MP4 player at unbeatable prices then Joe's is the place for you.

48. The Digital Warehouse: We're the city's leading electronic games store, offering the latest systems from Microsoft (Xbox), Sony (PlayStation 3) and Nintendo (Wii, Game Boy). We also offer a huge selection of games for each system, and if we don't have we will order it for you.

49. HiFi House: If you're looking for a new music system or the latest in television technology then we are for you. Get honest and reliable advice from our sales team on the right products for you. We only sell quality brands so your satisfaction is guaranteed.

50. The Mobile King: Are you 'always on the move? Do you need to take your work with you wherever you go? Is your back sore from carrying around your old heavy laptop computer? Then come to us to get the lightest and most powerful laptop computers from brand names such as Toshiba, Sony and Lenovo.

The iPad, a new e-tablet gadget will take online activities truly mobile. It will allow you to read the news in bed, play multiplayer game on any surface, check a recipe in a busy kitchen or view a large-scale Google map.

It will declare a new age of online media production, taking newspapers and magazines down the new stage. Online versions can now become truly interactive. The editor of Time magazine Richard Stengel said, “The iPad will transform the way journalism works. It will become a new way of storytelling”.

Perhaps most important to the masses, it is a traditional computer but so convenient to use. There are no cords(电线), and it’s totally mobile. You press a button and it comes on in seconds. To add a program, you just download it from the Internet. There is no file directory, so you won’t be confused with file locations.

Since almost everyone uses a computer in the office or at school, the need for the traditional desktop model at home is disappearing. Slate Magazine’s Farhad Manjoo calls the iPad the perfect alternative to the full home computer system.

However, opinions are summarized as a simple statement: If you are a tech-head you will hate it, if you are everyone else you will love it. It’s “laughably absurd” on one blog and a “magical revolution” on another.

This first version of the iPad lacks many basic features. Tech-heads dislike the device not because of what it offers, but because of what it doesn’t offer. It doesn’t have flash or a camera. It can’t access many of the world’s mobile applications, and it has a very restricted APPLE store. Based on purely technological grounds, the iPad is said to lack more than it gives.

But if you are not part of the technologically well-versed, and you love the iPod and iPhone, “this device is for you,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

But no matter how you feel about the iPad, as a tech-head or an everyman, there’s no arguing with its appeal. Love it or hate it, the iPad sold over 600,000 units on its opening weekend, surpassing(超过) the iPhone’s record sales in 2007.

It’s uncertain how long it will take to hit the tech markets here in China, but when it does, expect the iPad fashion to continue. Apple predicts it will sell over 7.1 million units in the first year. Maybe not magical, and definitely not absurd, but if the iPad follows in the footsteps of the iPhone and iPod, you could be reading this newspaper on it in the near future.

1.Which of the following is NOT the reason why people think the iPad a “magical revolution”?

    A. The iPad will make online activities truly mobile.

    B. The iPad will predict a new age of online media production.

    C. The iPad is sure to take the place of the full home computer system.

    D. The iPad can make many world’s mobile applications accessible.

2.Which of the following statements is false according to the passage?

    A. Unlike those traditional computers, the iPad can save you much trouble.

    B. The iPad set up a new record sale when it first came onto the market.

    C. The iPad will probably hold a big share in the tech market in China.

    D. The iPad depends on cords to download a program from the Internet quickly.

3.What technological problem do experts think the iPad has?

    A. The iPad is lacking in what other computers can offer.

    B. People might misunderstand its magical features.

C. Reporters and journalists don’t have to efficiently with the help of the iPad.

    D. Compared with the iPhone and iPod, iPad might confuse the users more easily

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Why do People Love the iPad              B. The Popularity of the iPad

C. Loving and Hating the iPad                   D. A Magical Revolution

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Drive through any American city or suburb, and you will see large spaces where huge stores are grouped together, sometimes even under one roof. The sight of such large stores would have been unusual for our grandparents, who shopped in small neighborhood stores. These shopping areas reflect some major changes in American society.

　　The construction of new supermarkets and shopping centers has been continuing over the past forty years. Supermarkets continue to appear because they offer the shopper a wide choice of products in one placeanything from food to small appliances. Because of the large amount of goods sold, supermarkets can offer lower prices than small neighborhood stores can. The convenience and value of large stores and shopping areas have made them an important part of the way Americans shop.

　　With the rise of supermarkets and shopping centers, American society has experienced some changes. Most obviously, many small neighborhood stores have disappeared, driven out of business by the larger stores. Now Americans use cars even more in order to get to and carry products from the shopping centers, which are typically located (座落) farther from many homes. Another change is perhaps the least easy to describe. Americans are now more isolated. In the neighborhood store, the owner knew about the customers and their families. People in the neighborhood could gather and talk there. Now Americans shop in huge spaces, where no one knows anyone else. Supermarkets have made shopping more impersonal.

　　It is clear that the number of supermarkets and large shopping areas is still increasing. The pattern of “bigger is better” will probably continue into the future.

1．A major change in American society listed in the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．the place for shopping

B．the relationship between shopowners and customers

C．the development in the suburbs

D．the development in the neighborhood

2．Compared with small neighborhood stores, supermarkets

[　　]

A．are built far away from each other

B．sell various goods at lower prices

C．are located everywhere

D．have limited space for further development

3．Now Americans do shopping ________.

[　　]

A．in faraway supermarkets or shopping centers

B．in typical neighborhood stores

C．in stores within walking distance

D．in stores where they can chat with the owners

4．The underlined sentence (paragraph 3) means ________.

[　　]

A．supermarkets are a good place for shopping

B．supermarkets are controlled by machines

C．shoppers will easily get lost in supermarkets

D．shoppers in supermarkets usually don't know each other

5．The author believes ________.

[　　]

A．supermarkets will probably no longer exist in the future

B．people will try to be friendly while shopping in supermarkets

C．supermarkets and large shopping centers will continue to exist in the future

D．neighborhood stores are equal to supermarkets in convenience

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

    以下是一些电子产品的介绍：

A. Microsoft Office: This computer software package provides you with everything for your business or study needs. Whether you need to write a report, do your business accounts, design a web page or stay in touch through email, Office can do it 'all and much more. Cost $740

B. Motorola L7i mobile phone: Web enabled phone that allows you to surf the net anywhere at anytime, with 2 mega pixel camera built in for photo and video. 1 GB memory to store large music and movie files. Cost $530

C. Lenovo laptop computer X61: This ultra-portable notebook is ideal for mobile users  such  as  travelers  and  businessmen  because  it  is lightweight (only I kilo) and offers extremely long battery life (up to 8 hours before recharging is necessary). Cost $1,200

D.  Supersonic MP4 Player:  Multimedia player is just what you need to stay entertained wherever you go.  Use the 1.5-inch screen as a video player or to play games. With 15GB of storage you can also store and listen to thousands of your favorite songs with just tile click of a button. Cost $140

E. Nintendo Game Boy:  This portable video game system allows you to have fun wherever you are. With thousands of different games available to play on this system you are sure to never get bored. Cost $240

F. Sony Thinline Digital TV:  This TV provides the crystal clear picture you expect from Sony and is only 2 cms thick. Has 120GB built in memory allowing you to record and store hundreds of hours of your avourite programmes with just the touch of a button. Cost: $3,500

下面是关于一些商店的简介，请匹配商店与它所销售的产品：

1．One-Stop Computer Centre:  We are specialists in Dell and Samsung computers, offeringa full range of desktops and notebooks for these two brands. We also stock a huge selection of computer software including all Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Adobe applications.

2．Joe's Discount Electronics: Joe guarantees to provide you with the cheapest electronic products anywhere in the city. We may not have famous name brands but if you are looking for a reliable TV, mobile phone, MP4 player at unbeatable prices then Joe's is the place for you.

3．The Digital Warehouse: We're the city's leading electronic games store, offering the latest systems from Microsoft (Xbox), Sony (PlayStation 3) and Nintendo (Wii, Game Boy). We also offer a huge selection of games for each system, and if we don't have we will order it for you.

4．HiFi House: If you're looking for a new music system or the latest in television technology then we are for you. Get honest and reliable advice from our sales team on the right products for you. We only sell quality brands so your satisfaction is guaranteed.

5．The Mobile King: Are you 'always on the move? Do you need to take your work with you wherever you go? Is your back sore from carrying around your old heavy laptop computer? Then come to us to get the lightest and most powerful laptop computers from brand names such as Toshiba, Sony and Lenovo.