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Electronics were among the most requested gifts this holiday season.The Consumer Electronics Association(CEA)has studied holiday gift buying in the USA for the past 18years.Jim Barry is a spokesman for the CEA.He said,"The top five,such as tablet(平板)computers,laptops,e-readers,TVs and video games,is what people are actually buying."Tablet computers were the most popular electronic gift this year.Laptop computers finished second.Apple released(推出)its iPad 2tablet computer last year.The company is expected to release the iPad 3this year.Jim Barry says probably 80percent of the tablets being sold up until now have been Apple iPads,which continue to lead the way in the tablet market.He says there are now more choices and less costly tablets available.They include the new Kindle Fire from Amazon.com.E-readers were No.3on the CEA's holiday gift wish list this year.Jim Barry says,"Some people thought that the popularity and success of the tablet computer would mean sales of e-book readers would go down.However,sales of e-book readers have more than doubled this year.The leaders there continue to be the Kindle from Amazon and the Nook from Barnes & Noble,along with the e-reader from Sony."
Mr.Barry says falling prices are a major reason for electronics sales.That's one of the reasons why electronics-TVs and everything else were very popular as Christmas gifts,even in the type of difficult economy."They're really cool,so if you give one of these things to someone as a gift,they're going to be happy they got it."
62.According to the passage,A were the most popular electronic gift this year.
63.According to Jim Barry,sales of e-book readers this year are soldC than last year.
A.cheaper
B.worse
C.better
64.We learn from the passage that the Kindle and the Nook belong toB.
A.iPads
B.e-readers
C.video games
65.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?A
A.Apple iPads continue to lead the way in the tablet market.
B.Electronics were very popular as Christmas gifts in the UK
C.TVs were No.3on the CEA's holiday gift wish list this year.
66.The last paragraph mainly tells us about theC of electronics sales.
A.price
B.type
C.reason.