Question

Is your mobile phone just to make phone calls? If yes, you are out of date then. The very recent fashion ---Apple iphone has started a new _______ for mobile phones and developed more and more uses. Its touch-to-go function(功能) and shining design make the iphone one of young people’s favorite toys. They take notes, enjoy music, surf the web with it and it can also be used as a picture, video and voice recorder. The iphone is like a mini-computer and can provide all the entertainment that you need.

A U.S university has found a new use for the Apple iphone ---as a musical instrument. Professors from the University of Michigan have worked together in the past five months to create what they call a 21st century orchestra. There are no traditional instruments, only 20 of Apple’s best selling mobile phones. This mobile phone group can play different parts together, such as the piano, the trumpet, the violin and the saxophone(萨克斯). They wrote programs to let users experiment with the iphone’s technologies themselves. With their programs, the iphone users can change their iphones into electronic musicians that can play the wanted music.

It is said that the first CD recorded by the iphone orchestra will soon go to the market. Still waiting? Act now and own your personal orchestra!

1. Which of the following may be the best word to put in _______in the passage?

A. plan B. journey C. chance D. life

2.Which of the following best describes Apple iphone’s functions?

A.A toy most favored by the young people.

B.Its touch-to-go function and shining design.

C.An orchestra that doesn’t need a piano, a violin or a saxophone.

D.A mini entertaining computer and a picture, video and voice recorder.

3.In this passage, the writer tries to encourage(鼓励) people to ________.

A. learn more about fashion

B. write programs for mobile phones.

C. own a personal iphone.

D. enjoy music from the orchestra.

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. IPhone ---Young People’s New Fashion

B. Iphone Has a New Use

C. How to Be an Electronic Musician

D. Buy an Iphone Now

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文告诉我们：随着时代的发展，现在的手机并不只用来打电话，它的用途越来越广泛。

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2. iphone is like a mini-computer and can provide all the entertainment that you need的描述，智能手机就像一个微型电脑一样可以提供你所需要的各种娱乐仪器。根据语意和语境故选C。

3. wrote programs to let users experiment with the iphone’s technologies themselves. With their programs, the iphone users can change their iphones into electronic musicians that can play the wanted music.可知可以用智能手机，播放想要听的音乐。可知答案选D。

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考点：科普类短文阅读。