科目:高中英语 来源:101网校同步练习 高一英语 外语教学与研究出版社 题型:050
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年湖北省武汉二中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
Why are we addicted to upgrades? According to Donald Norman, American author of the book The Design of Everyday Things, “planned obsolescence”(计划性报废) is the trick behind the upgrading culture of today’s consumer electronics industry.
The New York Times cited Norman last month, saying that electronics manufactures strategically release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.
“This is an old-time trick– they’re not inventing anything new,” he said.
Thomas Wensma, a Dutch designer, despises the “planned obsolescence” of companies, as recently reported by UK-based The Guardian.
Wensma said this is a wasteful system through which companies – many of them producing personal electronics – release shoddy products simply because “they know that, in six months or a year, they’ll put out a new one”.
But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Wensma said to the newspaper: “We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.”
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“It’s to the damage of the consumer and the environment,” as the New York Times quoted Norman. “But perhaps to the betterment of the stockholder.”
In its most recent fiscal(财务的) year, Apple’s profit margin was more than 21 percent, reported the Los Angeles Times. At Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, it was only 7 percent.
“Steven Jobs pushed the principle of ‘planned obsolescence’ to new heights,” the newspaper commented on the company’s profits and marketing strategy. “Apple’s annual upgrades of its products generate sales of millions of units as owners of one year’s MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version, even when the changes are incremental.”
Peer pressure
As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his smart phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When the majority of friends are switching to the latest devices, he worries about feeling left out.
“Some apps and games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you don’t join in, you lose part of the connection to your friends.”
【小题1】Donald Norman believes that electronics makers strategically release new upgrades periodically because __________.
| A.customers need the latest version | B.technology is developing so fast |
| C.they want to invent something new | D.they can make a lot of money |
| A.positive | B.negative | C.indifferent | D.neutral |
| A.Huge profits | B.Apple’s principle |
| C.Environmental damage | D.Marketing strategy |
| A.the new psychology of consumers is also to blame for the wasteful system |
| B.young people are always fond of something new, pretty and shiny |
| C.if you don’t upgrade your smart phone, you will lose contact with your friends |
| D.needs of consumers help to promote the development of electronics industry |
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届湖北省高二下学期期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Why are we addicted to upgrades? According to Donald Norman, American author of the book The Design of Everyday Things, “planned obsolescence”(计划性报废) is the trick behind the upgrading culture of today’s consumer electronics industry.
The New York Times cited Norman last month, saying that electronics manufactures strategically release new upgrades periodically, both for hardware and software, so that customers on every level feel the need to buy the newest version.
“This is an old-time trick– they’re not inventing anything new,” he said.
Thomas Wensma, a Dutch designer, despises the “planned obsolescence” of companies, as recently reported by UK-based The Guardian.
Wensma said this is a wasteful system through which companies – many of them producing personal electronics – release shoddy products simply because “they know that, in six months or a year, they’ll put out a new one”.
But the new psychology of consumers is part of this system, as Wensma said to the newspaper: “We now want something new, something pretty, the next shiny thing.”
____________________
“It’s to the damage of the consumer and the environment,” as the New York Times quoted Norman. “But perhaps to the betterment of the stockholder.”
In its most recent fiscal(财务的) year, Apple’s profit margin was more than 21 percent, reported the Los Angeles Times. At Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, it was only 7 percent.
“Steven Jobs pushed the principle of ‘planned obsolescence’ to new heights,” the newspaper commented on the company’s profits and marketing strategy. “Apple’s annual upgrades of its products generate sales of millions of units as owners of one year’s MacBook or iPhone line up to buy the newest version, even when the changes are incremental.”
Peer pressure
As to Li Jijia, the need for upgrading his smart phone comes mainly from friends and classmates. When the majority of friends are switching to the latest devices, he worries about feeling left out.
“Some apps and games require better hardware to run,” said Li. “If you don’t join in, you lose part of the connection to your friends.”
1.Donald Norman believes that electronics makers strategically release new upgrades periodically because __________.
A.customers need the latest version B.technology is developing so fast
C.they want to invent something new D.they can make a lot of money
2.Thomas Wensma’s attitude to the “planned obsolescence” is __________.
A.positive B.negative C.indifferent D.neutral
3.What subtitle can best fit into the blank in the text?
A.Huge profits B.Apple’s principle
C.Environmental damage D.Marketing strategy
4.The writer takes the example of Li Jijia to show that __________.
A.the new psychology of consumers is also to blame for the wasteful system
B.young people are always fond of something new, pretty and shiny
C.if you don’t upgrade your smart phone, you will lose contact with your friends
D.needs of consumers help to promote the development of electronics industry
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年山东济宁汶上一中高三12月月考英语试题 题型:短文改错
短文改错(满分10分)
下面短文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2、只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分
On Saturday afternoon, Li Hua and Wang Ping, members from “ Green Eyes”, was having an environmental protection activity near the riverside when they catch sight of a bird on the ground
They picked it out and found it wounded.Thinking it might die without timely help, they took it to home.They made a nest for it but fed it with rice and water.Under their treatment and care, the lucky birds got recovered soon.When time came for them fly the bird back to nature, they felt a bit pity but very delighting.
I think it’s worthwhile for him to do such a thing.Here I call on the public to show respect for nature.Only by changing the way we treat the environment can we get along good with it.
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