The past week was possibly the most eventful in the history of customer technology markets,or to be precise, the 7-inch (17.8-cm) tablet (平板电脑)market. Never before have three of thebiggest players in the industry scheduled what could be truly historic productlaunches (上市）so close together.
Despite its name, the 7.9-inch iPad Mini is one of the largest among the mini-tablets. It's gotall the aesthetics of its earlier 9.7-inch iPad and is unbelievably thin-just 7.2 mm, 23 percentthinner than the iPad.
Apple's iPad Mini
Release date: Nov 2,2012 (Wi-Fi version)
Operating system: iOS 6
Size: 19.9 x 13.5 x 0.7 cm
Prices: $329 (16GB Wi-Fi), $429 (32GB Wi-Fi), $519 (64GB Wi-Fi), or $459 (16GB Data)
$559 (32GB Data), $659 (64GB Data)
Google may have been forced to cancel its Android event in New York City on Oct 29 due to the threat of hurricane Sandy, but that isn't stopping it from making same big announcements. For starters, Google has confirmed (证实）that the Nexus 10 will be running Android 4.2 out of the box, so get excited. It will also e equipped with a 10-inch display running at an impressive 2560x1600 resolution. On the inside, it'll have a A15 dual-core (双核）processor running alongside 2GB of RAM(内存)，so expect the Nexus 10 to be a speedy little tablet. Google's Nexus 10 Release date: Nov 13，2012 Operating system: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Size: 26.4 x 17.8x0.9 cm Prices: $399 (16GB), $449 (32GB)
Microsoft's Surface is a bold product with some great touches. It doesn't feature a camera and focuses on Office software, which suggests Microsoft is focusing this product on an executive toy. There's no 3G connection (only Wi-Fi) so owners won't have to worry about an extra contract.
The real delight, however, is Metro, the impressive navigation interface (导航界面).It is beautifully designed with brightly colored squares for navigation. Pre-orders for Surface in the US sold out over the weekend, so it would seem customers are excited.
Microsoft's Surface
Release date: Oct 26,2012
Operating system: Windows 8 RT
Size: 27.5 x 17.2 x 0.9 cm
Prices: $499 (32GB M-Fi)
【小题1】What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A．The three biggest panies made a new product together.B．A technology has been introduced to tablet industry.C．The three panies launched their new products nearly at the same time.D．The tablet market, in October was out of control.【小题2】What is the 7.9-inch iPad Mini's major contribution to the customers?A．Wi-Fi versionB．Operating systemC．Prices D．Size【小题3】How many technologies will be introduced to the Nexus 10 according to Google? A．6B．5C．4D．3【小题4】Which tablet with 32GB Wi-Fi is the most expensive?A．Microsoft's Surface.B．Apple's iPad Mini.C．Google's Nexus 10.D．A15 dual-core processor.C
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(答案→)C
解析：过去一周可能是电子消费市场历史上，或更准确地说，是7英寸（约17.8厘米）平板电脑市场上的多事之秋。有史以来，该行业的三大巨头首次撞车般地相继发布了具有历史意义的产品。谁将称雄平板电脑市场？下面我们来快速比评一下。
【小题1】推理判断题。文章第一段的意思：过去一周可能是电子消费市场历史上，或更准确地说，是7英寸（约17.8厘米）平板电脑市场上的多事之秋。有史以来，该行业的三大巨头首次撞车般地相继发布了具有历史意义的产品。分析四个选项：A 三个最大的公司在一起制造了一个新产品，错，应该是各自研发了新产品；B一项技术被引进到平板电脑行业，不是；C三大公司几乎同时发布了他们的新产品，与文章内容相符；D平板电脑市场，在十月份失控了，文章为提交。故选C。
【小题2】细节判断题。文章第二段的意思是：尽管名字叫做“迷你”，但这款7.9寸屏的iPad Mini却是迷你平板电脑中的巨人之一。它可以同此前的任何一款9.7寸平板电脑相媲美。7.2毫米的超薄机身，比iPad要轻薄23%。但同其他平板相比，美中不足的是，它只搭配了1024x768的显示屏，未采用视网膜显示技术。iPad Mini型号众多，分为16G、32G以及64G，所以集成存储不成问题。不过，它的最低售价也高出竞争对手许多。排除C价格选项；而与巴诺Nook HD 1440x900的分辨率，或是与谷歌Nexus7以及亚马逊Kindle Fire HD1200x800的分辨率相比，其1024x768的分辨率逊色了不少。由此排除A Wi-Fi版本、B操作系统。所以7.9寸屏的iPad Mini对消费者的主要贡献是它的个头大小。故选D。
【小题3】细节判断题。根据文中第三段对Nexus10的介绍：尽管受飓风桑迪影响，谷歌公司不得不取消本定于10月29号在纽约举行的安卓产品发布会，但却未阻止它发布一个同样重量级的消息。谷歌正式推出了由三星公司打造的Nexus10平板电脑，此前大多数的传闻都被证实为真。首先，谷歌已证实，1. Nexus10平板电脑将创造性地搭配安卓4.2系统，这无疑是个令人振奋的好消息。2.它配有10英寸显示屏，分辨率达到2560x1600，着实令人赞叹。3.内置A15 双核处理器，2GB内存。所以，想象一下吧，Nexus10会是一台高速的迷你平板。由此判断有三项技术被引入Nexus10。故选D。
【小题4】细节判断题。分析文中32GB Wi-Fi的价格：A. Price of Microsoft's Surface(32GB M-Fi): $499
B. Price of Apple's iPad Mini(32GB Wi-Fi): $429；C. Price of Google's Nexus 10(32GB): $449；D.A15dual-core processor. （A15双核处理器）；故选A。