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and email, they double as credit cards, and even bodyfat calculators (计算器). However,
despite years of competition in overseas markets, Japan"s cellphone makers have little
presence beyond the country"s shores. "Japan is years ahead in any innovation. But it hasn"t
been able to get business out of it," said Gerhard Fasol, president of the Tokyobased IT
consulting firm, Eurotechnology Japan.
This year, Mr Natsuno, who developed a popular wireless Internet service called iMode,
invited some of the best minds in the field to debate how Japanese cellphones can go global.
Yet Japan"s lack of global influence is all the more surprising because its cellphones set the
pace in almost every industry innovation: email capabilities in 1999, camera phones in 2000,
thirdgeneration networks in 2001, full music downloads in 2002, electronic payments in 2004
and digital TV in 2005. "The most amazing thing about Japan is that even the average person
out there will have a superadvanced phone," said Mr Natsuno. "So we"re asking, can"t Japan
build on that advantage?"
Japan has 100 million users of advanced thirdgeneration smart phones, twice the number
used in the United States, a much larger market. Many Japanese rely on their phones, not a
PC, for Internet access.
Indeed, Japanese makers thought they had positioned themselves to dominate the age of
digital data. But Japanese cellphone makers were a little too clever. In the 1990s, they set a
standard for the secondgeneration network that was refused everywhere else. Then Japan
quickly adopted a thirdgeneration standard in 2001. However, it made Japanese phones too
advanced for most markets.
At a recent meeting of Mr Natsuno"s group, the discussion turned to the cellphones
themselves. Despite their advanced hardware, they often have ugly interfaces (界面), some
participants said.
"Because each cellphone model is designed with a customized user interface, development
is timeconsuming and expensive," said Tetsuzo Matsumoto, senior executive vice president.
"Japan"s phones are all "handmade" from scratch," he said. "That"s_reaching_the_limit."
B. don"t sell well abroad
C. can meet daily needs
D. will go out of the country
B. Because they didn"t want to improve their products.
C. Because they used secondgeneration network earlier than others.
D. Because their phones couldn"t be connected to PC.
B. They are too expensive.
C. They are always out of order.
D. Their hardware can"t keep up with the development.
B. Japan"s phones can"t continue their history any longer.
C. Japan"s phones have been developed far enough.
D. Japan"s phones have been out of state.
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试题【阅读理解。 TOKYO-At first glance, Japanese cellphones are the young"s dream: read】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A Copenhagen(哥本哈根)bus company has put "love seats" on its vehicles for people looking
for a partner. " Even love at first sight is possible on the bus",said a spokesman to explain the two
seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love seat "sign .
Shoppers at an international fair in Verona,Italy,found a cellphone-equipped golden coffin(棺材)
among the items on display. The phone will help" the dead" contact relatives if they have been buried
alive by mistake.
A man in New York came up with a disarming way to set off his latest bank heist(盗窃),approaching
the clerks window with a large bunch of flowers and handing over a hold-up note saying "give me the
money"!
An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully swam across the
Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole cost is 400 dollars.
A set of artificial teeth made for British war-time prime minister Winston Churchill known as "the
teeth that saved the world "sold for nearly 18,OOO pounds(21,500 euros,24,OOO dollars)at auction.
A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping(丢弃
)a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250
pounds(280 euros,400 dollars) after admitting guilty.
The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter jokingly announced
that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
TWO Australian men who needed surgery after shooting each other in the bottoms during drinking
to see if it would hurt were charged 400 dollars separately.
B. passengers who need help
C. young passengers
D. special couples
B. It has many items.
C. It has a cell phone.
D. It can hold a person alive.
B. The person who bought Winston Churchi1ls artificial teeth.
C. A British Woman who dumped a cat in a rubbish bin.
D. Two Australian men who needed surgery.
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
had been in declining health in recent years but the cause of death has yet to be released.
"It is with enormous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace," CBS president and CEO
Leslie said in a statement. "His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable. His loss
will be felt by all of us at CBS. "
Wallace was a correspondent(记者)on the CBS News program"60 Minutes"from 1968 where
he earned a fame as one of the toughest interviewers in the business. He spent 38 seasons with the
program befor e announcing his retirement in 2006.
"He loved being Mike Wallace,"CBS News chairman Jeff Fager said. "if he showed up for an
interview, it made people nervous. "He knew that he was going to get to the truth. And that"s what
motivated him. "
Over the years, Wallace sat down with seven U.S. presidents as well as other world leaders,
celebrities(名人),sports stars and controversial figures such as Malcom X and Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
Wallace also made his name as a war correspondent in the 1960s, covering Vietnam. He began his
journalism career in the 1940s as a radio broadcaster for Chicago Sun. He joined CBS News in
1951 and later returned to the network in 1963 after leaving in 1955. Wallace also appeared on
one-on-one interview show"Night Beat,"which later aired on ABC. During his remarkable career,
he won more 20 Emmy Awards and several other honors.
News colleagues remembered Wallace fondly for his form and sharp reporting. "Mike"s tough
questioning inspired generations of journalists. "ABC News President Ben Sherwood said in a
statement.
B. ABC news.
C. 60 Minutes.
D. Night Beat.
B. making people he interviewed nervous
C. challenging people to reach the truth
D. loving showing up for an interview
B. 1960s
C. 1950s
D. 1940s
B. He loved to show off the truth got from the interviewees.
C. It was pleasant for people he interviewed to answer his questions.
D. He is best respected by his remarkable contribution in the war.
much higher risk of pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌),an unusual but deadly cancer,researchers reported
on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk,the study of
60,000 people in Singapore found.
Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other poor
health habits,said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota,who led the study.
"The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin (胰岛素) in the body,
which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," Pereira said in a statement.
Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology,Biomarkers & Prevention,Pereira and his colleagues
said they followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chi
nese Health Study for 14 years.Over that time,140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer.Those who drank two or more
sweetened soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic
cancer.
Pereira said he believed the findings would apply elsewhere.
"Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare.Favorite pastimes (消遣) are eating and
shopping,so the findings should apply to other Western countries," he said.
But Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center at Yale University in Connecticut was cautious.
"Although this study found a risk,the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it
remains unclear whether it is a causal (因果的) connection or not," said Mayne,who serves on the board
of the journal,which is published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer,with 230,000 cases globally.In the United
States,37,680 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in a year and 34,290 die
of it.B．Scientists from Singapore.
C．Researchers in Yale.
D．Susan Mayne.
B．2 soft drinks a day are considered harmful to health
C．87 out of 140 volunteers developed pancreatic cancer
D．sugar might not be the only cause of pancreatic cancer
B．Doubtful.
C．Worried.
D．Hopeful.
B．Drink Fruit Juice Instead of Sodas
C．A Study in University of Minnesota
D．Sugary Soft Drinks Lead to Cancer
firm the soil, take in extra water and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. However, it now
turns out that planting trees could add to global warming.
Tree roots do a great job of keeping soil firmly on the ground and out of the wind"s power. The
problem is that some of those dust clouds play an important part in soaking up carbon dioxide.
Huge dust storms blow out over the oceans from dry parts of North Africa and central Asia.
Tons of dust are lifted as a thin film over the oceans surface. The dust fuels oceanic life.
Dust from China is carried east and left in the Pacific Ocean. If a tree-planting program there is
successful and the dust supply reduced, the net result may be that less carbon dioxide gets locked
away in the ocean.
Andy Ridgwell, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, has spent the past
few years studying dust and says his work "shows clearly the complexity of the system and the
importance of not tinkering (粗劣地修补) with it without understanding the results. For this reason
the need is to focus on cutting carbon dioxide giving off rather than monkeying (瞎弄) about with the
land surface."
An American scientist, Robert Jackson, has shown that when native grassland areas are invaded
(侵入) by trees, carbon is lost from the soil. "We are studying why the soil carbon disappears, but
one theory is that trees do a lot more of their growing above ground compared to grasses, so less
carbon goes directly into the soil from trees." says Jackson.
In wet areas of the world, the gain from trees absorbing carbon dioxide above ground seems to
be outweighed by the loss of carbon from the soil below ground. Countries that plan to combat global
warming by planting trees may have to think again.
Solutions to environmental problems are often more complex than they first appear, and
understanding the Earth"s climate is a very great challenge.
B. take in carbon dioxide
C. feed the life in the ocean
D. keep carbon dioxide locked in the ocean
B. trees shouldn"t have been planted in the past
C. carbon dioxide is harmful to everything on the earth
D. environmental problems are far less simple than expected
B. carbon can turn grass into dust
C. trees hold more carbon than grasses
D. less carbon can make trees grow faster
B. live with
C. fight against
D. give up
Tuesday"s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot
quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.
"I didn"t think at all," Duret told the Daily News. "It happened very fast. I reacted very fast."
Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw
something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached
the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water,
she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance
came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his
girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn"t realize his story of
heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.
"I don"t really think I"m a hero," said Duret. "Anyone would do the same thing."
B. To spend his holiday.
C. To work as an engineer.
D. To visit the Andersons.
B. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.
C. He disappeared from the spot quickly.
D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.
B. A passer-by
C. His girlfriend
D. A taxi driver
B. Duret dived into the water before the girl"s father.
C. The rescue happened on the day Duret left for France.
D. Duret didn"t think he was brave enough to be a hero.
B. A Poor Girl
C. Warm-hearted Onlookers
D. Brave Frenchman Found
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