On Tuesday, Apple’ CEO, Tim Cook, announced the Apple Watch. It is like a normal watch, but it can do all the things a mobile phone does — and more.

At US $349, the Apple Watch is expensive. Some people doubt that they will become as successful as smartphones. However, it seems that it will open another door for the use of computers. The watch taps you whenever a new message comes in. It prepares answers to questions you receive from friends. It checks your health. “It’s the most personal product we’ve ever made,” Cook said.

If the Apple Watch becomes popular, it will change the way the world communicates with computers. “It might not only be a change for Apple, but for the whole industry,” says technology expert, Daniel Ives.

How does it work?

The Apple Watch has a speaker that users can both hear and feel. You can press the side button to communicate with people quickly and easily. The Apple Watch also introduces health and fitness apps(應(yīng)用程序)that can help people lead healthier lives.

You can try it.

According to Matt Vella, a writer for TIME magazine, the watch is “the most thrilling product since the iPad.”

After actually trying the watch, he says: “ There’s a lot we don’t know about the Apple Watch. How long will its battery last? How exactly will it connect with the iPhone? But wearing the watch answers some other questions. It is very comfortable. You can easily forget you are wearing the Apple Watch.”

1.What does the underlined sentence probably mean?

A. The Apple Watch will be successful as the Smartphone.

B. Contrary to popular belief, many people dislike the Apple Watch.

C. Some people don’t think the Apple Watch will be as popular as smartphones.

D. Some people think the Apple Watch will be more popular than smartphones.

2.Who is Tim Cook according to the passage?

A. An officer . B. An editor.

C. A writer. D. A teacher.

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The Apple Watch has a speaker.

B. The Apple Watch can check your health.

C. You can send messages with the Apple Watch.

D. The Apple Watch doesn’t need a battery.

4.What does Matt Vella think about the Apple Watch?

A. Beautiful. B. Exciting.

C. normal D. Expensive.

5.This passage is about ________.

A. how to choose the Apple Watch

B. why people buy the Apple Watch

C. a new product

D. a new method

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1.What can we learn from Paragraph l?

A．Driverless vehicles are now legal in the whole USA．

B．Volvo will be the first to sell driverless cars．

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D．Google's self-driving cars have covered a long distance．

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B. She was helpless and disturbed.

C. She was too busy to brush her hair.

D. She loved the play Hamlet very much.

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A. Not to be affected by thinning hair.

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Historians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but Drew Faust has made history! On February 11, 2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University．She is the first woman to hold the position in the school’s 371-year history．

“I am a historian,” she said．“I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about how it shapes the future．No university in the country, perhaps the world, has as remarkable a past as Harvard’s．”

“And our common enterprise is to make Harvard’s future even more remarkable than its past．That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well．It will also mean recognizing what we don’t do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better．”

It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas that have given Drew success in a world controlled by men．“This is a man’s world, my girl, and the sooner you learn that, the better off you’ll be．” Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young, but she didn’t buy it．

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She asked that he help bring US citizens together in the south, a much divided part of the country at the time．

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A．Because she is a historian．

B．Because she was president of Harvard University．

C．Because she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University．

D．Because Harvard has a remarkable past

2.What do we know about historians?

A．They usually study great things that happened in the past．

B．They are usually presidents of universities．

C．They are usually born in well-off families．

D．They are usually women．

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B．To tell her to do things as a girl should do．

C．To ask her to be well-off．

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B．She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard．

C．Faust’s desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success．

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