Express delivery: How you can buy your groceries from a virtual supermarket
Aug, 1st, 2011 Daily Mail
A “virtual supermarket” consisting of posters of goods put on platform walls is set to be introduced at London Underground stations. Passengers “shop” by scanning QR—Quick Response—codes of the items they want to buy using their smart phones. These goods are later delivered to their home address. Supermarket giant(巨头) Tesco successfully trialed the hi-tech store in a South Korean underground station and there are now plans to bring the concept to Britain.
NYPD to Scan Facebook, Twitter for Trouble
Aug, 11th, 2011 Forbes
The New York Police Department announced it will form a new unit to search social media as part of its law enforcement(执行) efforts, responding to the criminals’ growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal activities. The NYPD unit created particularly to b social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry messenger for information on planned crimes and their criminals.
Space Junk(太空垃圾) reaching “tipping point”, report warns
Sep 3rd, 2011 Toronto Sun
The amount of debris(碎片) orbiting the Earth has reached “a tipping point” for crashes, which would produce more debris that may be dangerous to astronauts and satellites, according to a US study. According to the US Space Surveillance Network, the number of orbital debris jumped from 9,949 in December 2006 to 16,094 in July 2011.
【小题1】The “virtual supermarket” would be introduced to Britain because of .
A. the successful experience of a hi-tech store in South Korea
B. the wide use of smart phones for scanning QR codes
C. the large varieties of goods in the supermarket
D the convenient home delivery system around London
【小题2】we can learn from the news that .A．people with mobile phones can shop at London Underground stationsB．Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry messenger are not popular in the USC．the amount of space junk has more than doubled in the past few yearsD．more and more criminals are using social media sites for crimes【小题3】what does the underlined word “b” in the second piece of news mean?A．Create.B．Operate.C．Block.D．Search.【小题4】The third piece of news will be in the section of the newspaper.A．sportsB．opinionC．scienceD．businessA
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(答案→)A
解析：文章是三则选自主流报纸的新闻：有商业类，科学类和日常生活类的新闻。
【小题1】细节题：从文章第一部分的句子：Supermarket giant(巨头) Tesco successfully trialed the hi-tech store in a South Korean underground station and there are now plans to bring the concept to Britain.可知因为在韩国高科技商店的成功，所以这个概念将被引进到英国，选A
【小题2】细节题：从文章第二部分的句子：responding to the criminals’ growing use of these sites to plan and celebrate illegal activities.可知越来越多的罪犯利用社交网站犯罪，选D
【小题3】猜词题：从文章第二部分的句子：The New York Police Department announced it will form a new unit to search social media as part of its law enforcement(执行) efforts,可知search和b是近义词，选D
【小题4】文章出处题：最后一则新闻是关于太空垃圾的严峻形势，所以是出自报纸的科学版面，选C