Question

The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system, known as the "iPhone OS" until mid-2010, shortly after the release of the iPad. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007, the most recent iPhone, the seventh-generation iPhone 5S, on September 20, 2013. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity (2G, 3G, 4G, and LTE).

An iPhone can shoot video (though this was not a standard feature until the iPhone 3GS), take photos, play music, send and receive emails, look through the web, send texts, and receive visual voicemail. Other functions—games, reference, GPS navigation, social networking, etc.— can be enabled by downloading apps; as of 2012[update], the App Store offered more than 775,000 apps by Apple and third parties.

There are six generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the six major releases of iOS. The original 1st generation iPhone was a GSM phone, and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted through all models and a screen size maintained until the launch of the iPhone 5 in 2012. The iPhone 3G added 3G cellular network capabilities and A-GPS location. The iPhone 3GS added a faster processor and a higher-resolution camera that could record video at 480p. The iPhone 4 featured a higher-resolution 960 × 640 "retina display", a VGA front-facing camera for video calling and other apps, and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p video capture. The iPhone 4S upgrades to an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, a dual-core processor, and a natural language voice control system called Siri. IPhone 5 features the new A6 processor, increases the size of the Retina display to 4 inches, and replaces the 30-pin connector with an all-digital Lightning connector.

The resounding sales of the iPhone have been credited with reshaping the smart phone industry and helping make Apple one of the world's most valuable publicly trading companies in 2011–12. However, there has been criticism of the company's outsourcing and move of jobs from the US to China. Apple and its manufacturing contractor Foxconn have received criticism due to poor working conditions at the assembly plant in China.

1.An iphone is from __________.

A. the USA??? ???????????????????????????? B. South Korean

C. the UK?? ?????????????????????????????? D. Australia

2.What is the newest kind of iphone at present?

A. iphone 4??????? ?? B. iphone 4S ????????? C. iphone 5??? ??? D. iphone 5S

3.How many generations of iphone models are there now?

A. Five?? ?????????? B. Six???????????????? C. Seven?? ?????? D. Eight

4.What are the features of iphone 5?

A. The new A6 processor??? ??????????

B. increases the size of the Retina display to 4 inches

C. replaces the 30-pin connector with an all-digital Lightning connector?? ????????? ?????

D. A, B and C

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了蘋果手機的發(fā)展歷史，詳細介紹了每一代手機的特點．

1.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文最后一段move of jobs from the US to China. 描述,可知蘋果手機源自美國.故選A.

2.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段the most recent iPhone, the seventh-generation iPhone 5S, on September 20, 2013.描述,可知最新的蘋果手機是iphone 5s,故選D.

3.推理判斷題,根據(jù)the most recent iPhone, the seventh-generation iPhone 5S, on September 20, 2013.,可知現(xiàn)在蘋果是手機已經(jīng)發(fā)展到了第七代,故選C.

4.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文第三段IPhone 5 features the new A6 processor, increases the size of the Retina display to 4 inches, and replaces the 30-pin connector with an all-digital Lightning connector.描述,可知iphone 5手機的特點是最新的A6處理器,顯示屏擴大到了4寸，用全數(shù)字的快速連接器代替了30針的連接器。故選D。

考點：政治經(jīng)濟文化類閱讀。