NEW YORK—Microsoft on Monday made another effort to challenge Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the exploding smartphone market—launching a wireless operating system，Windows Phone 7.
Consumers will consider it“always delightful and thoroughly mine，”Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a launch event. Ballmer said last year that Microsoft had“screwed up”with its Windows Mobile operating system.For example，it failed to keep up with touch-screen innovations that make iPhones and Android phones easy to use.
Microsoft fell from third to fourth place in market share this year，behind BlackBerry，iPhone and Android. Only 10.8% of smartphone owners used Microsoft’s system in August，down from 18% last December.
But Windows Phone 7 is“a total departure from anything they’ve done”.Microsoft says it sought to simplify common activities. For example，you can instantly take a picture with a phone’s camera by pushing a button on the device. You don’t have to first awaken it from its sleep mode and launch the camera application. You also can program the phones to automatically upload photos to Facebook or other social network sites in a couple of seconds. Users can easily work with Microsoft Office contact and calendar information as well as documents created in Microsoft’s Word，Excel and PowerPoint.
The phones will not show videos built on Adobe’s Flash platform，widely used by services including YouTube and Hulu.
AT&T will offer the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone，the Samsung Focus，on Nov.8.Soon after，it will have the LG Quantum and HTC Surround. Each will cost S| 199.99 with a two-year service contract. T-Mobile will have two Windows Phone 7 models out for the holiday shopping season：the HTC HD7 and Dell Venue Pro. It did not say how much they’ll cost.
What is the main idea of paragraph 4？
A. Why Microsoft fell behind others.
B. How to use Windows Phone7.
C. Advantages of Windows phone7.
D. Speed of Windows phone7.
What does the underlined phrase“screwed up”in the 2nd paragraph probably mean？
A. To make a bad mistake. B. To make big progress.
C. To achieve main goals. D. To keep up with others.
Which of the following phones will NOT use Windows Phone 7 operating system？
A. Quantum. B. Surround. C. Android. D. Focus.
Why did Microsoft see a drop in market share last year？
A. Because its operating system didn’t catch up with changes.
B. Because its phones can’t show videos from YouTube.
C. Because it was inconvenient to take photos using its phones.
D. Because its system was based only on Microsoft soft wares.
Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？
A. Smartphone Market Welcomes New Giant
B. Microsoft to Fight Back on Smartphone
C. Mobile Phones Getting Smarter and Easier
D. Microsoft Proved a Failure in Smartphone
名校课堂系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：设计必修二英语北师版 北师版 题型：001
听力(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
W：What about those in England?
M：The fifty-pence’s the biggest, and the half-penny is the smallest．
W：Really? In America, the biggest is the fifty-cents, and the smallest is the cent．
1．What are the speakers doing?
A．Comparing goods．
B．Doing shopping．
C．Talking about coins．
M：This meat is like old leather! It’s enough to break every tooth in your head．
W：Perhaps you’d like to change your order, sir．The fish is very tender．
2．How does the man feel?
A．Unsatisfied．
B．Impatient．
C．Pleased．
M：Tomorrow is the Tenth of June．It’s my birthday and I’m going to the George and Dragon．Would you like to come?
W：To celebrate your birthday? Of course I would．What group’s playing?
M：The Red Rose, I think．
3．What is the woman interested in?
A．The man．
B．The party．
C．The band．
W：Why are you so late?
M：My alarm clock failed to work again．
4．Why is the man late?
A．He could not walk fast．
B．He slept late last night．
C．His clock was out of order．
M：Where’s the book about cars I was reading last night? I laid it down on the table, and now it’s gone．
W：I don’t know．I cleaned early this morning and I don’t remember where I put it．
5．What is the man looking for?
A．A book about cards．
B．A book about furniture．
C．A book about cars．
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。
M：Why aren’t you doing your homework?
W：I’ll do it later, Dad．I must get these things right first．Our group’s playing in a concert on Saturday．
M：Oh, is it? You’ll be making records next, will you?
W：We hope so．The man from “Dream Discs” is coming to the concert．So I’d better play well．
M：You’d better get on with your homework! You can practise the guitar all day Saturday．
W：Oh, Dad, you don’t understand at all．This concert could change my life．
M：It certainly could! You’ve got exams next month．Important ones．If you don’t pass them, you won’t get a good job．
W：I don’t want a boring old job in a bank．
M：Oh, don’t you? Whose boring old job paid for this house? And for what?
W：Yours, I know．But I’d rather be happy than rich．
6．What is the girl doing now?
A．Repairing a guitar．
B．Practising the guitar．
C．Preparing for making records．
7．What does the girl expect?
A．To be chosen by a band．
B．To pass the coming exams．
C．To get a job in a bank．
8．What is the man?
A．A school teacher．
B．A guitar player．
C．A bank clerk．
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
W：Hello?1523852．
M：Hello, may I speak to Anna?
W：I’m afraid Anna isn’t in．
M：Is that Tracy speaking?
W：No, this is Jane．
M：Oh, I’m sorry…er…well, could you please leave Anna a passage for me?
W：Sure, what is it?
M：Well, I’ll meet Anna for lunch at my home．Would you ask her to see if she has my French dictionary? And if she does, tell her to bring it along．
W：All right．And where are you calling from?
M：My home．I’m Anna’s friend, Pat．
W：Thank you for calling, Pat．
M：And thank you, Jane．
9．Where is Pat calling from?
A．His home．
B．His school．
C．His office．
10．Who does Pat want to call?
A．Tracy．
B．His friend Anna．
C．Tracy and Anna．
11．Why can’t Pat speak to Anna now?
A．Because Anna is at work．
B．Because Anna is out for lunch．
C．Because Anna is not at home．
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
W：Good evening, sir．I’m Assistant Manager．I’m afraid we’ve had a complaint about the noise from your neighbour who’s trying to get some sleep．
M：Oh, I see．
W：Could you please ask your friends to be a little quieter so that our guests can get a good night’s sleep?
M：Oh, I’m so sorry．I suppose we were talking rather loudly．We won an important prize．We were having a celebration．
W：I’m pleased to hear it．Shall I have some coffee brought to you?
M：No, that won’t be necessary．We were just about to pack up anyway．
12．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At a hotel．
B．In a flat building．
C．In the manager’s office．
13．What is the woman pleased to hear?
A．The man’s apology．
B．The man’s story．
C．The man’s explanation．
14．What were the man and his friends about to do?
A．End their activity．
B．Leave where they were．
C．Apologize to their neighbor．
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
W：So, what do you think? How do you like New York?
M：I’m having a good time．I love it．I’m glad we came．
W：Yeath really like the stores and the shopping centers?．
M：I love the museums, too．
W：But the traffic is pretty bad．
M：Yeah．I hate all the traffic．It’s really noisy．
W：Listen, it’s almost dinner time．There are lots of restaurants around here．What do you want to try? Italian? Greek? Japanese? Chinese?
M：I can’t stand making decisions．You choose．
W：OK, let’s go American．Where is the nearest McDonald’s?
15．What do you know about the speakers from the dialogue?
A．They are native American．
B．They are tourists to New York．
C．They are from Japan．
16．What do they dislike here?
A．The museum．
B．The restaurants．
C．The traffic．
17．Which restaurants are NOT mentioned in their dialogue?
A．Chinese restaurants．
B．Thai restaurants．
C．American restaurants．
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
Scientists are trying to make desert into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．
People are doing bad things to the earth．
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the wind blow away the dirt．When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．
18．Why is land becoming desert little by little according to the passage?
A．Because plants can’t grow there．
B．Because there is not enough rain．
C．Because people do bad things to the earth．
19．Why are green plants very important to dry places?
A．Because they don’t let the wind blow the earth away?．
B．Because they hold water．
C．Both of the above．
20．From this passage, what can we learn?
A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming desert．
B．All places without a lot of rain will become deserts?．
C．It is better to grow crops on dry land than on wet land．
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科目：高中英语 来源：必修二设计英语译林 译林版 题型：001
听力测试(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
第一节
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应的位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
W：What about those in England?
M：The fifty-pence’s the biggest, and the half-penny is the smallest．
W：Really? In America, the biggest is the fifty-cents, and the smallest is the cent．
1．What are the speakers doing?
A．Comparing goods．
B．Doing shopping．
C．Talking about coins．
M：This meat is like old leather! It’s enough to break every tooth in your head．
W：Perhaps you’d like to change your order, sir．The fish is very tender．
2．How does the man feel?
A．Unsatisfied．
B．Impatient．
C．Pleased．
M：Tomorrow is the tenth of June．It’s my birthday and I’m going to the George and Dragon．Would you like to come?
W：To celebrate your birthday? Of course I would．What group’s playing?
M：The Red Rose, I think．
3．What is the woman interested in?
A．The man．
B．The party．
C．The band．
W：Why are you so late?
M：My alarm clock failed to work again．
4．Why is the man late?
A．He could not walk fast．
B．He slept late last night．
C．His clock was out of order．
M：Where’s the book about cars I was reading last night? I laid it down on the table, and now it’s gone．
W：I don’t know．I cleaned early this morning and I don’t remember where I put it．
5．What is the man looking for?
A．A book about cards．
B．A book about furniture．
C．A book about cars．
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。
M：Why aren’t you doing your homework?
W：I’ll do it later, Dad．I must get these things right first．Our group’s playing in a concert on Saturday．
M：Oh, is it? You’ll be making records next, will you?
W：We hope so．The man from “Dream Discs” is coming to the concert．So I’d better play well．
M：You’d better get on with your homework! You can practise the guitar all day Saturday．
W：Oh, Dad, you don’t understand at all．This concert could change my life．
M：It certainly could! You’ve got exams next month．Important ones．If you don’t pass them, you won’t get a good job．
W：I don’t want a boring old job in a bank．
M：Oh, don’t you? Whose boring old job paid for this house? And for what?
W：Yours, I know．But I’d rather be happy than rich．
6．What is the girl doing now?
A．Repairing a guitar．
B．Practising the guitar．
C．Preparing for making records．
7．What does the girl expect?
A．To be chosen by a band．
B．To pass the coming exams．
C．To get a job in a bank．
8．What is the man?
A．A school teacher．
B．A guitar player．
C．A bank clerk．
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
W：Hello?1523852．
M：Hello, may I speak to Anna?
W：I’m afraid Anna isn’t in．
M：Is that Tracy speaking?
W：No, this is Jane．
M：Oh, I’m sorry…er…well, could you please leave Anna a message for me?
W：Sure, what is it?
M：Well, I’ll meet Anna for lunch at my home．Would you ask her to see if she has my French dictionary? And if she does, tell her to bring it along．
W：All right．And where are you calling from?
M：My home．I’m Anna’s friend, Pat．
W：Thank you for calling, Pat．
M：And thank you, Jane．
9．Where is Pat calling from?
A．His home．
B．His school．
C．His office．
10．Who does Pat want to call?
A．Tracy．
B．His friend Anna．
C．Tracy and Anna．
11．Why can’t Pat speak to Anna now?
A．Because Anna is at work．
B．Because Anna is out for lunch．
C．Because Anna is not at home．
听第8段材料，回答第12～14题。
W：Good evening, sir．I’m Assistant Manager．I’m afraid we’ve had a complaint about the noise from your neighbour who’s trying to get some sleep．
M：Oh, I see．
W：Could you please ask your friends to be a little quieter so that our guests can get a good night’s sleep?
M：Oh, I’m so sorry．I suppose we were talking rather loudly．We won an important prize．We were having a celebration．
W：I’m pleased to hear it．Shall I have some coffee brought to you?
M：No, that won’t be necessary．We were just about to pack up anyway．
12．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At a hotel．
B．In a flat building．
C．In the manager’s office．
13．What is the woman pleased to hear?
A．The man’s apology．
B．The man’s story．
C．The man’s explanation．
14．What were the man and his friends about to do?
A．End their activity．
B．Quarrel with the Assistant Manager．
C．Apologize to their neighbor．
听第9段材料，回答第15～17题。
W：So, what do you think? How do you like New York?
M：I’m having a good time．I love it．I’m glad we came．
W：Yeath I really like the stores and the shopping centers．
M：I love the museums, too．
W：But the traffic is pretty bad．
M：Yeah．I hate all the traffic．It’s really noisy．
W：Listen, it’s almost dinner time．There are lots of restaurants around here．What do you want to try? Italian? Greek? Japanese? Chinese?
M：I can’t stand making decisions．You choose．
W：OK, let’s go American．Where is the nearest McDonald’s?
15．What do you know about the speakers from the dialogue?
A．They are native American．
B．They are tourists to New York．
C．They are from Japan．
16．What do they dislike here?
A．The museum．
B．The restaurants．
C．The traffic．
17．Which restaurants are NOT mentioned in their dialogue?
A．Chinese restaurants．
B．Thai restaurants．
C．American restaurants．
听第10段材料，回答第18～20题。
Scientists are trying to make desert into good land again．They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food．They are learning a lot about the deserts．But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time．Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time．
Why is more and more land becoming desert? Scientists think that people make deserts．People are doing bad things to the earth．
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain．But they still don’t become deserts．This is because some green plants are growing there．Green plants and grass are very important to dry places．Plants don’t let the wind blow away the dirt．When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water．Without plants, the land can become desert more easily．
18．Why is land becoming desert little by little according to the passage?
A．Because plants can’t grow there．
B．Because there is not enough rain．
C．Because people do bad things to the earth．
19．Why are green plants very important to dry places?
A．Because they don’t let the wind blow the earth away．
B．Because they hold water．
C．Both of the above．
20．From this passage, what can we learn?
A．Plants can keep dry land from becoming desert．
B．All places without a lot of rain will become deserts．
C．It is better to grow crops on dry land than on wet land．
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
About 1 million adult New Yorkers are obese(肥胖的), but nearly two-thirds of them don’t think they are, according to a study released on Tuesday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene(卫生).
Among the obese, who account for about one in five New Yorkers, only 39% described themselves as “very overweight”, according to the report. 2% said they were very underweight, 1% said they were slightly underweight, 16% said they were just right and 42% said they were slightly over weight.
Some 2 million more New Yorkers are overweight, the report said, and one in five children in kindergarten is obese.
Only 44% of the city’s adults are at a healthy weight, and nearly 75% say they do not participate in(参加) any regular physical activity.
New York City’s adult obesity rate was 20% in 2003 compared with 23% nationwide in 2004.The national average has nearly doubled from 12% in 1993, the report said.
Overweight and obese are defined by body mass index, or BMI (= kg/m) , which is based on a person’s weight , adjusted(调整) for height, the department said.
Being obese means having a BMI of 30 or greater, while being overweight means a BMI of more than 25 but less than 30.
A 5-foot, 10-inch (1.78-meter) man weighing 175 pounds(79kg) would have a BMI of 25.1 and be considered overweight according to the department . If he weighed 210 pounds (95kg), he would have a BMI of 30.1 and be obese.
The report came from results of the department’s 2002 and 2003 yearly telephone surveys of some 10,000 adults.
New York City has a population of about _____ according to the passage.
A.5,000,000 B. 2,000,000 C. 1,000,000 D. 500,000
We can infer from the passage that ____.
A. most adult New Yorkers go in for many regular physical activities
B. New Yorkers think that obesity shows economic development
C. New York City’s adult obesity rate increased from 1993 to 2004
D. most of the New York City’s adults are at a healthy weight
If a 1.75-meter-tall man weighs 99 kilograms, he is ____ according to the passage.
A. overweight B. underweight C. slightly underweight D. obese
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Population explosion in USA.
B. Weight problems in New York.
C. Weight controlling measures
D. Diet habits in USA
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届山东省聊城市某重点高中高三上学期1月份模块检测英语试卷（带解析） 题型：完型填空
One dark stormy night, an elderly couple hurried into a hotel and asked whether they could be 36 for the night, “I’m very sorry,” the clerk on night shift said politely, “we are all 37 tonight. 38 ,you could stay in my room if you don’t mind. I’m 39 ,so I’ll be here.” The young man gave the sincere advice.
The elderly couple accepted his 40 with gratitude. They apologized for the 41 they had caused him. The next day, the rain stopped and it 42 . When the old gentleman went to pay his bill, the same clerk said, “The room you and your wife stayed in is not a proper 43 room in this hotel, so you don’t need to pay.”
The old gentleman nodded in 44 : “You are an employee that every boss in the hotel business would dream of . Perhaps someday I’ll build a hotel for you.” The clerk was 45 but, deciding that the guest must have been 46 , he gave the remark 47 thought.
Two years later, the young man received a letter from the old gentleman, in which he 48 the experience of that dark stormy night. The letter also 49 a formal invitation, asking that young man to pay a visit.
At a street corner in Manhattan, the young man met his 50 guest. The old gentleman, pointing to a magnificent new building 51 over the crossroads, “Look, that is the hotel I 52 to build for you. I hope you will 53 it for me .Remember what I said then? Well, I was 54 about it.”
The young man stammered, “But…will there be any 55 , sir? Why do you choose me? And who are you?”
“My name is William Aster.” This building was none other than the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, a symbol of supreme status and honor in New York.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年山东省高二下学期期末考试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
New York State has passed the USA’s first state law banning motorists talking on hand-held cell phones. The ban will begin November 1, although drivers caught using hand-held cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month.
First-time violators(违法者) will face a ＄100 fine. A second time call for a ＄200 fine and every violation after that will cost＄500.
At least a dozen localities(地方) have established bans, starting in 1999; and 40 states have had bans proposed but not passed. At least 23 countries, including the Great Britain, Italy, Israel and Japan, ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones.
There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York State.
“To think that I’m not going to use cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop, I still can read a paper, I can still change my pants(裤子) while driving 65 mph. I think there’s just something wrong,” an official said.
Other critics noted that other things like eating, drinking coffee and applying make-up while driving posed(造成) at least as much of a concern. They suggested that the ban include a broader range of things.
1.How much fine will a hand-held cell phone user receive if he has been caught using it four times while driving after November?
A. $500. B. $1000. C. $1200. D. $1300.
2.We can see from this passage that _______.
A. the ban has been put into effect in most states in the U. S.
B. many of the developed countries forbid drivers using hand-held cell phones
C. over fifty localities or states ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones
D. more people in the U. S. are against the ban than for it
3.The official mentioned in this passage _______.
A. does not agree with this ban
B. doesn’t believe using hand-held cell phones while driving will cause any danger
C. doesn’t understand why hand-held cell phones alone should be banned among many others
D. believes changing pants while driving will cause greater danger
4.The writer intends to tell us in the last paragraph that _______.
A. it is not fair to have this ban passed
B. the ban will never be passed in the whole country
C. more activities of the same kind should also be banned
D. the ban will meet with more criticism
5.This article is most probably taken from _______.
A. a newspaper article B. an advertisement
C. a personal diary D. a letter
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