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However, as Computerworld reports,Microsoft may have a tough time convincing some Windows XP users to upgrade because it"s trying to sell them on Windows 8,the newest operating system that has angered many longtime PC users by removing the traditional Start menu and by adding the interface(界面)a special feature.Computerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8 partly because Microsoft hasn’t offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch.
This is particularly tiresome, these users said,because switching from XP to Windows 8 won’t just require a software upgrade but will instead likely force them to buy new machines capable(能够)of running Microsoft’s new operating system.Some users were also annoyed that Microsoft only mentioned Windows 8 and not Windows 7 as upgrade possibilities.
In the end,it looks like when Microsoft ends support for Windows XP next month there will still be a large part of the desktop PC world using the platform.Hackers who have been saving up all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day when Windows XP support ends are about to have a field day.
小题1:What problem does Microsoft have now?
A.Windows XP is out of date and needs improvement. |
B.Windows 8 runs worse than Windows XP. |
C.No people like to upgrade their operating system. |
D.Lots of users refuse to switch from XP to Windows 8. |
A.By sending them notices. |
B.By sending them daily emails. |
C.By adding the interface a special feature. |
D.By removing the traditional Start menu. |
A.Microsoft hasn’t offered any discount for it. |
B.They like Window 7 more than Window 8. |
C.Microsoft refuses to offer them a new machine. |
D.It’s impossible for them to use the new operating system. |
A.Show up without warning. |
B.Make rapid progress. |
C.Make full use of the opportunity. |
D.Come to an end completely. |
A.Windows XP will completely be out of use in a month. |
B.Windows XP will still be in use for a period of time. |
C.Windows 8 will have a longer history than Windows XP. |
D.Windows 7 will easily be attacked by Hackers. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
解析
试题分析:本文提到微软提到停止windowXP的服务,引起强烈的反对声浪,XP用户强烈反对,因为微软没有提供任何的优惠给用户,鉴于以上考虑,微软不得不再提到一段时间的服务。
小题1:D 细节理解题。根据第二段提到Computerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8 partly because Microsoft hasn’t offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch.电脑世界写到,许多windows XP用户拒绝去转换到window8,所以选D项。
小题2:A 细节理解题。根据第一段提到ZDNet reports that Microsoft plans to force remaining XP users to start next week by sending them notices reminding them again that it will end XP support within a month.至项网报道说,微软计划强迫windowXP用户转换成window8,通过发送通告的形式再次告诉他们,XP将在一个月内不再提供服务,故选A项。
小题3:A 细节理解题。根据第二段提到Computerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8 partly because Microsoft hasn’t offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch.微软公司没有提供任何的折扣给windowXP用户,故选A项。
小题4:C 根据最后一段所提到Hackers who have been saving up all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day when Windows XP support ends are about to have a field day 一直以来致力于拯救恶意软件的黑客来说,在windowXP停止服务的那天将会充分利用这个漏洞,故选C项。
小题5:B 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到In the end,it looks like when Microsoft ends support for Windows XP next month there will still be a large part of the desktop PC world using the platform.最后微软看起来还要使用这个平台一段时间。故选B项。
核心考点
试题【Microsoft has a problem:It desperately wants the remaining Windows XP users to u】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.
The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing (冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm. The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.
The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course. It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.
"The course isn"t there to make you happy," Ernst Fritz -Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy."
Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.
The course is taught for three periods a week. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.
"In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people." said Fanny, 17.
Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some U. S. universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.
小题1:What"s the writing purpose of this passage?
A.To help students struggle against being sad. |
B.To describe all the traditional courses. |
C.To arouse the readers" interest in happiness. |
D.To introduce the happiness course. |
A.try their best to get opportunities for themselves |
B.practice how to speak in front of people |
C.equip them with required social skills |
D.confidently speak out one"s opinions |
A.to help students discover the ways to happiness |
B.to make all the students happy all the time |
C.required to be taken by the first year students |
D.created by the Willy Hellpach School |
A.the students can certainly become happy after the course |
B.the students just took the course as a laughing matter |
C.the students" self"-respect can also improve happiness |
D.the students waste time learning something without value |
H.G.Wells could only imagine travel to the moon.In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon.People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon.However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still an interesting one.A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
Underground systems are already in place.Many cities have underground car parks.In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas.The “Chunnel”, a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.
But what about underground cities? Japan’s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called “Alice Cities.” The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on.A solar dome(太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.
Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth’s space.The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness.H.G.Wells’ “moon people” would agree.Would you?
小题1:The explorers in H.G.Wells’ story were surprised to find that the “moon people” _____.
A.lived in so many underground cities |
B.knew so much about the earth |
C.understood their language |
D.were ahead of them in space technology |
A.Discovering the moon’s inner space. | B.Traveling to outer space. |
C.Meeting the “moon people” again. | D.Using the earth’s inner space. |
A.Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas. |
B.Offices, shopping areas, power stations. |
C.Gardens, car parks, power stations. |
D.Tunnels, gardens, offices. |
A.Alice Cities—cities of the future. | B.Space travel with H.G.Wells. |
C.Building down, not up. | D.Enjoy living underground. |
Social scientists have long tried to determine why some children grow up to be successful.In a 2001 study, Greg Duncan, a professor of education at the University of California, measured the influence that the people in a child"s life have on how well the child does in school.Duncan and his team found almost no relationship between how students did on the test and whom they sat beside in class, whom they hung out with after school and who lived in their block.The only meaningful link they found was between siblings (兄弟姐妹) and twins in particular.
For a long time, scholars thought that a family"s income heavily affected how well kids did in life.But that might not be the case.When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes weren"t caused by income.She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums.
Lareau, another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting.He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children.He said "Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children"s futures.But they have exaggerated(夸大) the sense of the risks involved if they don"t give their children "the best" of everything."
So at last, we decided to leave things as it were.More time with our kid is the best we can provide.
小题1:The first paragraph is intended to _.
A.introduce the topic of the passage |
B.confirm the result of a research |
C.stress the importance of good education |
D.support a research on child development |
A.spend a lot of time with their children |
B.like to buy a variety of books for their children |
C.think children"s achievement largely depends on schools |
D.believe their income cannot afford children"s education |
A.Lareau. | B.Greg Duncan. | C.Susan Mayer. | D.James. |
A.Parents" time matters to children"s future. |
B.School education determines children"s future. |
C.Family income counts to children"s achievements. |
D.Less education means more risks for children"s success. |
According to a new study by a British university,learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power,Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter.This is the area of the brain which processes information.It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater,the younger people learn a second language.
A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli,from University College London,took a group of Britons who only spoke English.They were compared with a goup of “early bilinguals.’’who had learnt a second language before the age of five,as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language.But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language,the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,”said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. ‘‘Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,”he said.“You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34. Reading,writing,and comprehension were all tested.The results showed,that the younger they started to learn,the better.“Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,’’explained the scientists.
小题1:The main subject talked about in this passage is
A.language can help brain power |
B.man"s ability of learning a second language |
C.science on learning a second language |
D.language learning and maths study |
A.say language is also a kind of physical labor |
B.make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well |
C.show the importance of using the language when you learn the language |
D.prove that one needs more practice when he(she)is learning a language |
A.people who can speak two languages |
B.second language learners |
C.researchers on language learning |
D.active language learners |
A.the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain |
B.there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language |
C.the earlier you start to learn a second language,the higher the grey matter density is |
D.the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time |
A.learning a second language is the same as studying maths |
B.Italian is the best choice for you as a second language |
C.you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language |
D.early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects |
That was before we entered the permissive period in educafion in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school.The schools and the educators made it easy on us.They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators,turned on the television,left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers,faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years,are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake.One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-“so passive”-and-wonders what happened.Nothing was demanded of them,she believes. Television,says Klompus,contributes to children’s passivity.“We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus.“we’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry.They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’,you tell them the answer.It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes,it does.It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work.It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it"s for their own good.It’s time to start telling them no again.
小题1:Why are children becoming more inactive in study?
A.Because they watch TV too often |
B.Because they have done too much homework. |
C.Because they have to fulfill too many duties. |
D.Because teachers are too strict with them. |
A.it is easier to say no than to say yes |
B.neither is easy-to say yes or to say no |
C.it is easier to say yes than to say no |
D.neither is difficult-to say yes or to say no |
A.1earning Latin |
B.natural development |
C.discipline |
D.education at school |
A.when children are allowed to do what they wish to |
B.when everything can be taught at school |
C.when every child can be educated |
D.when ehildren are permitted to receive education |
A.Parents should leave their children alone, |
B.Kids should have more activities at school. |
C.It’s time to be stricter with our kids. |
D.Parents should always set a good example to their kids. |
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