It looks like a mobile phone, but the service is much cheaper. It acts like a mobile phone, but only in your own city. Beyond the city walls, it's useless.

　　If you are enjoying such a service, you are one of a growing number users of “Little Smart” in China.“Little Smart”, also called “Xiaolingtong”, has always been compared to mobile phones. But actually, it is more like one of those cordless phones（无线电话）used around the home. The only difference is that this one reaches much further than from the bathroom to the living room. It can travel across an entire city.

　　Cheap costs are the main reason for the success of Little Smart. It costs 25 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan per minute to use. A mobile phone, on the other hand, can cost four or five times as much. What's more, unlike mobile phone, there is no fee for incoming calls.

　　These low changes have attracted many users. Since it was first established in Zhejiang in 1998, Little Smart had spread to 300 cities with 12 million users in China by the end of last year.

　　But, Little Smart is not really that smart. Users often complain about its bad voice quality. The system uses the fixed phone lines and has a great number of base stations placed close to each other to send the signals. And there are not as many stations to pick up its signals as there are for mobiles. “I couldn't receive a phone call if I was on a bus,” said Li Ping, a user in Hangzhou. “It worked fine when I stood still, but there were breaks in the signal when I was moving. People calling me would get angry because they kept thinking I have hung up on them.”

　　Scientists are trying to make Little Smart more user-friendly. Messaging and Internet access has been added to the service. And the latest Little Smart hand-set even have a color screen

(1) Paragraph 1 mainly tells us ______.

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A．the characteristics（特点）of Little Smart

B．the reason why Little Smart is so popular

C．Little Smart is being used more widely in the city than in the countryside

D．Little Smart has more advantages than mobile phones

(2) Little Smart _____ cordless phones.

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A．has some similarities to

B．is more convenient at home than

C．costs less than

D．is quite different from

(3) Which of the following is the disadvantage of Little Smart?

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A．No fee for incoming calls.

B．Messaging and Internet access.

C．Bad voice quality.

D．About 0.1 yuan per minute to use.

(4) The last but one paragraph tells us _________.

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A．the signals of Little Smart are poor

B．Little Smart can shorten the distance between friends

C．Little Smart will not develop quickly in China

D．why people living in Hangzhou refuse to use Little Smart

(C)
It looks like a mobile phone（手机）, but the service is much cheaper. It acts like a mobile phone, but only in your own city. Beyond the city walls, it’s useless.
“Little Smart”, also called “xiaolingtong”, has always been compared to mobile phones. But actually, it is more like one of those cordless phones(无绳电话) used around the home. The only difference is that this one reaches much further than from the bathroom to the living room. It can travel across an entire city.
Cheap costs are the main reason for the success of Little Smart. It costs 25 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan per minute to use. A mobile phone, on the other hand, can cost four or five times as much. What’s more, unlike mobile phones, there’s no fee(费) for incoming calls. So these low charges have attracted many users.
But, Little Smart is not really that smart. Users often complain about its bad voice quality. And there are not as many stations to pick up its signals（信号）as there are for mobiles. “I couldn’t receive a phone call if I was on a bus,” said Li Ping, a user in Hangzhou. “It worked fine when I stood still, but there were breaks in signal when I was moving.”
Scientists are trying to make Little Smart more user friendly. Messaging and Internet access(接入) have been added to the service. And the latest Little Smart handset even has color screen.
31. Why is Little Smart popular in China? ___________
A. It looks like a mobile phone.        B. The service is much cheaper.
C. There is no fee for incoming calls.   D. All of the above.
32. How is the charge of Little Smart? ______________
A. About 10 fen per minute to use.    
B. It costs four or five times more than a mobile phone.
C. It only costs 25 yuan each month.  
D. There’s no fee for calls.
33. Why are users not satisfied with Little Smart? ___________
A. They can’t hear each other clearly out of the city.
B. There are so few stations for Little Smart to pick up its signals.
C.    When you use it, you must stand up.      
D. The charges are low.
34. The underlined word “handset” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
A. the hand bag      B. telephone      C. service        D. mobile phone
35. What can we infer from the passage? ________________.
A. It’s wrong to say that Little Smart is smart.  
B. Scientist are trying to make Little Smart smaller.
C. Little Smart will be better than today.   
D. People will change Little Smart into a mobile phone.

 (C)

    It looks like a mobile phone（手机）, but the service is much cheaper. It acts like a mobile phone, but only in your own city. Beyond the city walls, it’s useless.

    “Little Smart”, also called “xiaolingtong”, has always been compared to mobile phones. But actually, it is more like one of those cordless phones(无绳电话) used around the home. The only difference is that this one reaches much further than from the bathroom to the living room. It can travel across an entire city.

     Cheap costs are the main reason for the success of Little Smart. It costs 25 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan per minute to use. A mobile phone, on the other hand, can cost four or five times as much. What’s more, unlike mobile phones, there’s no fee(费) for incoming calls. So these low charges have attracted many users.

But, Little Smart is not really that smart. Users often complain about its bad voice quality. And there are not as many stations to pick up its signals（信号）as there are for mobiles. “I couldn’t receive a phone call if I was on a bus,” said Li Ping, a user in Hangzhou. “It worked fine when I stood still, but there were breaks in signal when I was moving.”

    Scientists are trying to make Little Smart more user friendly. Messaging and Internet access(接入) have been added to the service. And the latest Little Smart handset even has color screen.

31. Why is Little Smart popular in China? ___________

A. It looks like a mobile phone.        B. The service is much cheaper.

C. There is no fee for incoming calls.   D. All of the above.

32. How is the charge of Little Smart? ______________

A. About 10 fen per minute to use.    

B. It costs four or five times more than a mobile phone.

C. It only costs 25 yuan each month.  

D. There’s no fee for calls.

33. Why are users not satisfied with Little Smart? ___________

A. They can’t hear each other clearly out of the city.

B. There are so few stations for Little Smart to pick up its signals.

When you use it, you must stand up.      

D. The charges are low.

34. The underlined word “handset” in the last paragraph means “_________”.

A. the hand bag      B. telephone       C. service        D. mobile phone

35. What can we infer from the passage? ________________.

A. It’s wrong to say that Little Smart is smart.  

B. Scientist are trying to make Little Smart smaller.

C. Little Smart will be better than today.   

D. People will change Little Smart into a mobile phone.

    The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is, great talent is not enough.

 I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100, 000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth.”

 There is an old saying that goes, “Job means‘ just over broke (破产)' ”. And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers“ live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn.

 When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald's?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald's makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

7l. The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that      .

A. he is just one of the talented people      B. he is ready to help others

C. he has a sharp sense of hearing                   D. he knows little about car repairing

72. The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by       .

A. spend more than they can afford               B. do in their own way

C. live in their own circle                D. live within what they earn

73. Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

A. They don't work hard enough.           B. They lack financial intelligence.

C. They don't make full use of their talents.   D. They have no specialized skills.

74. The success of McDonald's lies in its       .

A. skills at making hamburgers.           B. good business systems

C. talented workers                            D. excellent service

75.The main purpose of the author is to tell us       .

A. how young people can find a satisfactory job

B. what schools should teach students

C. why so many talented people are poor

D. how McDonald's makes much money