Express delivery: How you can buy your groceries from a virtual supermarket
Aug, 1st, 2011 Daily Mail
A “virtual supermarket” consisting of posters of goods put on platform walls is set to be introduced at London Underground stations. Passengers “shop” by scanning QR—Quick Response—codes of the items they want to buy using their smart phones. These goods are later delivered to their home address. Supermarket giant(巨頭) Tesco successfully trialed the hi-tech store in a South Korean underground station and there are now plans to bring the concept to Britain.
NYPD to Scan Facebook, Twitter for Trouble
Aug, 11th, 2011 Forbes
The New York Police Department announced it will form a new unit to search social media as part of its law enforcement(執(zhí)行) efforts, responding to the criminals’ growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal activities. The NYPD unit created particularly to comb social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry messenger for information on planned crimes and their criminals.
Space Junk(太空垃圾) reaching “tipping point”, report warns
Sep 3rd, 2011 Toronto Sun
The amount of debris(碎片) orbiting the Earth has reached “a tipping point” for crashes, which would produce more debris that may be dangerous to astronauts and satellites, according to a US study. According to the US Space Surveillance Network, the number of orbital debris jumped from 9,949 in December 2006 to 16,094 in July 2011.
小題1:The “virtual supermarket” would be introduced to Britain because of            .
A. the successful experience of a hi-tech store in South Korea
B. the wide use of smart phones for scanning QR codes
C. the large varieties of goods in the supermarket
D the convenient home delivery system around London
小題2:we can learn from the news that            .
A．people with mobile phones can shop at London Underground stations
B．Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry messenger are not popular in the US
C．the amount of space junk has more than doubled in the past few years
D．more and more criminals are using social media sites for crimes
小題3:what does the underlined word “comb” in the second piece of news mean?
A．Create.B．Operate.C．Block.D．Search.
小題4:The third piece of news will be in the           section of the newspaper.
A．sportsB．opinionC．scienceD．business

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：文章是三則選自主流報(bào)紙的新聞：有商業(yè)類，科學(xué)類和日常生活類的新聞。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一部分的句子：Supermarket giant(巨頭) Tesco successfully trialed the hi-tech store in a South Korean underground station and there are now plans to bring the concept to Britain.可知因?yàn)樵陧n國(guó)高科技商店的成功，所以這個(gè)概念將被引進(jìn)到英國(guó)，選A
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二部分的句子：responding to the criminals’ growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal activities.可知越來(lái)越多的罪犯利用社交網(wǎng)站犯罪，選D
小題3:猜詞題：從文章第二部分的句子：The New York Police Department announced it will form a new unit to search social media as part of its law enforcement(執(zhí)行) efforts,可知search和comb是近義詞，選D
小題4:文章出處題：最后一則新聞是關(guān)于太空垃圾的嚴(yán)峻形勢(shì)，所以是出自報(bào)紙的科學(xué)版面，選C
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B．the history of the temple Angkor Wat
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A．there was no one in the temple and it was in a poor state
B．the temple was built on desert and nobody noticed it
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A．To get rid of certain types of plants.
B．To carry the building materials.
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