英语专四 短文听力 Passage 8-2

 短文

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show opened Thursday in Las Vegas. The event is the world’s biggest technology trade show. (14) More than three hundred companies are presenting more than twenty thousand new products. The goal is to build excitement, make deals—and hopefully get good reviews in the media. (15) The experts predicted that one area of strong sales this year will be mobile phones. That includes fifty-two million smartphones expected to be sold in the United States. Smartphones run applications and access the Internet.

(16) Google is launching the Nexus¹ One—which it calls a “superphone.” The Nexus One will compete with Apple’s popular iPhone. Apple is reportedly about to introduce a new digital tablet. Tablets are easy-to-hold screens that let you read and watch media or search the web. An example is the Amazon Kindle². Like netbooks, tablets cost less than traditional laptop computers. But that can also mean smaller profits for manufacturers and sellers. (16) Companies like Sony and Panasonic are introducing new television sets for watching three-dimensional TV. A three-D TV costs more than three thousand dollars. Americans are expected to buy four million of them this year. (16)Sports broadcaster ESPN and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels.

 

题目

Passage 8

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the passage.

14. How many companies are presenting products in the Consumer Electronics Show?

A. More than twenty thousand.

B. More than three thousand.

C. More than two hundred.

D. More than three hundred.

15. The experts predict that one strong sales area of the show will be .

A. netbook

B. mobile phone

C. three-D TV

D. digital tablet

16. According to the passage，which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A. Google is launching the superphone product to compete with iPhone.

B. Apple is going to introduce the digital tablet product.

C. Sony is introducing new television sets for watching three-D TV.

D. Panasonic and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels.

 

答案解析

Passage 8

14. D本题考查的是短文内容，根据听力材料可知三百多家公司展出了超过两万多件 新产品。因此，选项D为正确答案。

15.  B本题考查的是短文细节.根据听力材料可知专家们预测今年最有竞争力的领域 将会是移动电话领域。因此，选项B为正确答案。

16. D本题考查的是短文的内容，题干提到的是下面选项中不正确的是，因此可用排 除法，根据听力材料可知谷歌推出了一个被称为超级电话的产品Nexus—代，这个 产品将和现在市场上热卖的iPhone争夺市场。根据报道，苹果公司将向消费者们 介绍新型的平板数码电脑，因此，可以排除选项A和选项B。根据“Companies like Sony and Panasonic are introducing new television sets for watching three- dimensional TV”，可知像索尼和松下这样的公司向消费者们展示了可以看3D电视 的新型电视机，因此可以排除选项C。另夕卜，根据“Sports broadcaster ESPN and the Discovery Channel plan to start their own three-D channels”，可知体育广播电视台 ESPN和探索频道计划开始创办他们自己的3D电视频道。因此，选项D为正确 答案。

1 nexus   

n.联系；关系

参考例句：

• Shared ambition is the vital nexus between them.共同的志向是把他们联结在一起的重要纽带。
• Either way,the nexus between the consumer and consumer prices is important.无论那个方面，消费者与消费价格之间的关系是至关重要的。

2 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。