C
Still want a laptop? That was so yesterday. Get ready for the next stage in the personal computer revolution: It's the ultrathin (超薄的), cheap netbook.
According to a New York Times report last week, personal computers are about to go through their biggest change since the rise of the laptop. By the end of the year, consumers are likely to see laptops the size of thin paperback books that can run all day on a single charge and are equipped with touch screens or slide-out keyboards. The netbook is a kind of portable computer with learner functions for online surfing and basic computing activities, for example, word processing. To cut the cost and weight, they usually have a low-powered processor, small screen, narrow keyboard, and no ODD.
Currently, some of the devices look more like a toy than a full-feature computer. That's because most of the netbooks sold today run on an Intel chip called Atom. This is a lower-power version of the company's standard laptop chip, so they have trouble running demanding software like games and photo-editing programs.
This year, a group of companies who make cheap, power-saving chips used in cell phones are applying that expert skill to PCs. That means they will break Atom's netbook dominance (統(tǒng)治地位) and reduce the size while letting it run complicated programs.
The big winner in the rise of netbooks will be the consumer. AT&T announced last week that customers in Atlanta, Georgia, US, could get a netbook for just $50 (342 yuan) if they signed up for an Internet service plan. This trend will soon spread to Asia, according to industry experts.
University campuses are a major target of Shanzhai netbooks—uncopyrighted (無(wú)版權(quán)的) domestic copies of foreign brands. These products are usually sold at less than 2,000 yuan. But industry insiders suggest students not use these nameless products because many of them don't provide good after-safes services.
49.The following are all advantages of netbooks EXCEPT that      .
A.people can easily edit photographs with them
B.they cost less than other personal computers
C.they are very thin and easy to carry
D.they save power
50.Why are students advised not to use Shanzhai netbooks?
A.Because they are of poor quality.
B.Because they are not easy to operate.
C.Because they will soon be out of date.
D.Because they lack good after-sales services.
51.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Laptops are becoming more and more popular.
B.University students seldom buy Shanzhai netbooks.
C.Shanzhai netbooks are sold better than those of famous foreign brands.
D.Atom's netbooks make up the largest part of the sales of portable computers at present.
52.What is the general idea of this passage?
A.Shanzhai netbooks are taking control of laptop market.
B.Netbooks have advantages over laptops in everything.
C.Netbooks are becoming the trend of personal computers.
D.Most of the netbooks sold today run on an Intel chip called Atom.

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  My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car.From the time I wa s a saver.My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week.I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura.In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural.The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get.I earned some of my money picking one crop or another.When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果園)and it wa s harve st time.She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked.I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day.Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker.

  In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away.She left me 100 share s of AT&T.One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me$240 per year in dividend s(利息).That wa s huge for a kid my age.

  By the time I wa s seventeen.I had saved up $ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted.Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up $ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car.I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”.I wa s so excited.

  My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got.Thi s wa s not a bad thing.I learned self-reliance.Self-reliance i s equal to freedom.Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father.

(1)

Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of $1, 300?

[  ]

A.

Weekly allowance.

B.

Her earning s by picking crop s.

C.

Share s left by grandma.

D.

Money earned from selling share s.

(2)

The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________.

[  ]

A.

she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s

B.

enough money had been earned for her car

C.

the work wa s too hard for children like her

D.

she had no time to do that again for some rea son

(3)

We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________.

[  ]

A.

16

B.

17

C.

18

D.

19

(4)

The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________.

[  ]

A.

give the author freedom

B.

be unwilling to buy the author a car

C.

teach the author to learn self-reliance

D.

give the author a big surpri se

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  Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life.“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom.“Plea se speak to me in   1  , ” I interrupted.She paid no attention and   2   speaking in Spani sh.The word s   3   me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be   4   if she learned to speak Engli sh.We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty   5   to store owner s and my teacher s.I wa s determined that she should try.“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I   6  .“Don't you want to be   7   to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered.Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me.“What? ” I wa s not   8   with her, either.She   9   for the Engli sh word s.“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting.” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I   10   her, but now she refu sed to an swer.In   11  , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot.I wa s   12  .I had expected a meeting at someone' s   13  -a garden club or a parent s’ group.Then I   14   a sign on a door.My mother wa s   15   night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

  “I don't under stand.  16   you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked.“You'll learn fa ster if you   17   with me.” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent.She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home   18   you.”

  I   19   under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and   20   of Mexico.I said, “O.K., Mama, e stabien.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

Spani sh

B.

Indian

C.

Engli sh

D.

Ru s sian

(2)

[  ]

A.

remembered

B.

con sidered

C.

avoided

D.

continued

(3)

[  ]

A.

reminded

B.

informed

C.

warned

D.

accu sed

(4)

[  ]

A.

brighter

B.

fre sher

C.

bu sier

D.

ea sier

(5)

[  ]

A.

explaining

B.

ge sturing

C.

agreeing

D.

speaking

(6)

[  ]

A.

repeated

B.

in si sted

C.

stated

D.

reque sted

(7)

[  ]

A.

kind

B.

able

C.

equal

D.

worried

(8)

[  ]

A.

friendly

B.

happy

C.

bothered

D.

annoyed

(9)

[  ]

A.

searched

B.

accounted

C.

called

D.

cared

(10)

[  ]

A.

begged

B.

examined

C.

blamed

D.

que stioned

(11)

[  ]

A.

turn

B.

action

C.

silence

D.

order

(12)

[  ]

A.

shocked

B.

puzzled

C.

frightened

D.

embarra s sed

(13)

[  ]

A.

college

B.

hou se

C.

office

D.

company

(14)

[  ]

A.

spotted

B.

witne s sed

C.

watched

D.

scanned

(15)

[  ]

A.

gra sping

B.

enjoying

C.

taking

D.

preparing

(16)

[  ]

A.

Since

B.

Once

C.

Becau se

D.

Unle s s

(17)

[  ]

A.

train

B.

play

C.

perform

D.

practice

(18)

[  ]

A.

to

B.

with

C.

for

D.

at

(19)

[  ]

A.

suddenly

B.

fortunately

C.

ea sily

D.

partly

(20)

[  ]

A.

situation s

B.

effect

C.

memorie s

D.

language

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