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phones, Jitterbug has plans that make sense. Why should I pay for minutes I’m never going to use? And if I do talk more than I plan, I won’t find myself with no minutes like my friend who has a prepaid phone. Best of all, there is no contract to sign—so I’m not locked in for years at a time. The US-based customer service is second to none. And the phone gets service anywhere in the country.
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51. What made “I” finally think of getting a cell phone? A. Being persuaded by cell phone salespersons. B. Being urged by his grandkids. C. Being stuck by the highway.
D. Being attracted by the friendly return policy.
52. On the monthly basis of 100 minutes, the Jitterbug weekly rate is about . A. $3.75
B. $9.99
C. $14.99
D. $4.99
53. The main purpose of the passage is to . A. tell a customer’s story of Jitterbug B. attract potential customers to Jitterbug C. give a brief introduction of Jitterbug D. provide two ways to order Jitterbug
B
Your glasses may someday replace your smart phone, and: some New Yorkers are ready for
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the switch. Some in the city can’t wait to try them on and use the mans and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.
“I’d use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open,” said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.
The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented (增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one’s surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.
“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn’t something anybody needs.” said Jam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com.” We’re accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,” he added, “and the average consumer isn’t gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that’s hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”
9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting-on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smart phones.
“It’s just like smart phones 10 years ago,” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smart phones, and it’s unnatural,” he said. “There’s gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there.”
54. One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to . A. program the opening hours of a bar B. supply you with a picture of the future C. provide information about your surroundings D. update the maps and GPS in your smart phones
55. The underlined phrase “pop up” in the third paragraph probably means “ ”. A. develop rapidly
B. get round quickly D. go over automatically
C. appear immediately
56. According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone-like glasses are .
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B. expensive for average consumers D. attractive to New Yorkers
C. available to people worldwide
57. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glasses A. may have a potential market
B. are as common as smart phones C. are popular among young adults
D. will be improved by a new technology
C
I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic; motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a 1amppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop: it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
58. After the girl got off the bus that evening she . A. hit a lamppost by accident C. began to run
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59. At the request stop that evening, the girl A. made no attempt to stop the bus C. stopped a big lorry
B. stopped the wrong bus D. was not noticed by other people
60. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? A. Other vehicles also stopped there.
B. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus. C More lorries than buses responded to the girl. D. It was unreliable for making judgments.
61. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping A. find the bus by herself there C. to find people thereto
D Wilderness
“In wilderness (荒野) is the preservation of the world.” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.
As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation (开发) brings to such landscapes (景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans need—the rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr. Sauven, these “ecosystem services” far outweigh the gains from exploitation.
Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the
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argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.
I look forwards to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.
This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking. 62. John Sauven holds that . A. many people value nature too much
B. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong C. wildernesses provide humans with necessities D. exploitation of wildernesses is harmful 63. What is the main idea of Para. 3?
A. The exploitation is necessary for the poor people.
B. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally. C. Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation. D. Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials. 64. What is the author’s attitude towards this debate? A. Objective.
B. Optimistic.
C. Skeptical.
D. Disapproving.
65. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
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