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[A] THINGS have not been going well for Sony lately. Last month senior executives at the Japanese electronics giant issued an unprecedented apology after discovering that 9.6m laptop batteries, supplied to other computer-makers, were faulty and would have to be recalled at a cost of $436m. Sony’s Blue-ray high-definition technology, launched this summer, has suffered from delays and component shortages. "They really need some good news," says Paul Jackson of Forrester, a consultancy.
[B] In gaming, Sony faces far stronger competition than it did when it launched the PlayStation 2 in 2000. The PS2 went on to sell over 100m units, giving Sony 70% of the market. But gaming is a cyclical business, and success in one round does not guarantee success in the next. Microsoft has already sold over 6m of its Xbox 360 consoles, launched a year ago, and expects to have sold 10m by the end of 2006. Manufacturing problems delayed the PS3’s launch from May and meant that only 93000 consoles were available for the Japanese launch, Sony hopes to sell 2m by the end of the year, but even if it does so, it will start the race in third place.
[C] Yet it will be some time before it is possible to tell whether the PS3 can rescue Sony. Beneath the short-term troubles, the company is playing a long . Sony is betting that the PS3’s advanced technology will sustain the company for a decade by extending the PlayStation franchise beyond gaming.
[D] Finally, the PS3 is a litmus test for Sir Howard’s turnaround effort, one of the aims of which is to get Sony’s various divisions to co-operate more fully. Sony has improved margins in its electronics business and reduced headcount by 10 000 ahead of schedule. Sir Howard even suggested this week that the battery fiasco had helped by it easier for him to convince doubters within Sony of the need to change.
[E] Sony needs the PS3 to succeed for three reasons: to maintain its lucrative dominance of the s industry; to seed the market for Blue-ray and establish Sony in the emerging market for internet video downloads; and to demonstrate that the turnaround being led by Howard Stringer, who took over as chief executive in 2005, is working and that Sony’s gaming, electronics and content divisions really can work together. Despite the enthusiasm of the PS3’s early buyers, success in each of these areas is far from assured.
[F] American regulators began investigating the company last month as part of an inquiry into allegations of price-fixing in the memory-chip market. And having brag been the world’s most valuable electronics firm by stockmarket value, Sony’s market capitalisation has fallen to less than half that of Samsung, its South Korean rival.
[G] So a lot is riding on the PlayStation 3 (PS3), the latest incarnation of Sony’s industry-leading s console, which was launched with much fanfare in Japan on November 11th. At the Yurakucho flagship store of Bic Camera, one of Japan’s largest electronics retailers, hundreds of garners queued through a cold night. Ken Kutaragi, who runs Sony’s gaming division, was there to welcome them in the morning.
[H] The PS3 is also meant to ensure that Blue-ray triumphs over HD-DVD as the high-definition successor to the DVD video format. The idea is that millions of PS3s bought by garners will seed the market for Blue-ray, providing it with critical mass and ensuring that Hollywood studios, which are reluctant to back two rival standards, plump for Blue-ray over HD-DVD. But instead of riding the PS3 as a Trojan horse, Blue-ray has instead hobbled it by increasing its price and delaying its introduction.
[I] So a few teething problems in the early days are nothing to worry about; besides, the PS2 was also criticised for being expensive, over-engineered and unreliable when it first appeared. But having achieved 70% market share last time around, Sony is certain to lose ground this time. The only question is how much.

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[A] THINGS have not been going well for Sony lately. Last month senior executives at the Japanese electronics giant issued an unprecedented apology after discovering that 9.6m laptop batteries, supplied to other computer-makers, were faulty and would have to be recalled at a cost of $436m. Sony’s Blue-ray high-definition technology, launched this summer, has suffered from delays and component shortages. "They really need some good news," says Paul Jackson of Forrester, a consultancy.
[B] In gaming, Sony faces far stronger competition than it did when it launched the PlayStation 2 in 2000. The PS2 went on to sell over 100m units, giving Sony 70% of the market. But gaming is a cyclical business, and success in one round does not guarantee success in the next. Microsoft has already sold over 6m of its Xbox 360 consoles, launched a year ago, and expects to have sold 10m by the end of 2006. Manufacturing problems delayed the PS3’s launch from May and meant that only 93000 consoles were available for the Japanese launch, Sony hopes to sell 2m by the end of the year, but even if it does so, it will start the race in third place.
[C] Yet it will be some time before it is possible to tell whether the PS3 can rescue Sony. Beneath the short-term troubles, the company is playing a long . Sony is betting that the PS3’s advanced technology will sustain the company for a decade by extending the PlayStation franchise beyond gaming.
[D] Finally, the PS3 is a litmus test for Sir Howard’s turnaround effort, one of the aims of which is to get Sony’s various divisions to co-operate more fully. Sony has improved margins in its electronics business and reduced headcount by 10 000 ahead of schedule. Sir Howard even suggested this week that the battery fiasco had helped by it easier for him to convince doubters within Sony of the need to change.
[E] Sony needs the PS3 to succeed for three reasons: to maintain its lucrative dominance of the s industry; to seed the market for Blue-ray and establish Sony in the emerging market for internet video downloads; and to demonstrate that the turnaround being led by Howard Stringer, who took over as chief executive in 2005, is working and that Sony’s gaming, electronics and content divisions really can work together. Despite the enthusiasm of the PS3’s early buyers, success in each of these areas is far from assured.
[F] American regulators began investigating the company last month as part of an inquiry into allegations of price-fixing in the memory-chip market. And having brag been the world’s most valuable electronics firm by stockmarket value, Sony’s market capitalisation has fallen to less than half that of Samsung, its South Korean rival.
[G] So a lot is riding on the PlayStation 3 (PS3), the latest incarnation of Sony’s industry-leading s console, which was launched with much fanfare in Japan on November 11th. At the Yurakucho flagship store of Bic Camera, one of Japan’s largest electronics retailers, hundreds of garners queued through a cold night. Ken Kutaragi, who runs Sony’s gaming division, was there to welcome them in the morning.
[H] The PS3 is also meant to ensure that Blue-ray triumphs over HD-DVD as the high-definition successor to the DVD video format. The idea is that millions of PS3s bought by garners will seed the market for Blue-ray, providing it with critical mass and ensuring that Hollywood studios, which are reluctant to back two rival standards, plump for Blue-ray over HD-DVD. But instead of riding the PS3 as a Trojan horse, Blue-ray has instead hobbled it by increasing its price and delaying its introduction.
[I] So a few teething problems in the early days are nothing to worry about; besides, the PS2 was also criticised for being expensive, over-engineered and unreliable when it first appeared. But having achieved 70% market share last time around, Sony is certain to lose ground this time. The only question is how much.

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【单选题】Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

A.
Each student must pass a national examination.
B.
Students who do best in the studies have a greater chance.
C.
They can seek to enter a number of medical schools.
D.
There are good chances to gain the entrance.

【单选题】5() A.with B.to C.of D.by

A.
These are tough times for Wal-Mart, America’s biggest retailer. Long accused of (1) small-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come under (2) for its meanness over employees’ health-care benefits. The charge is arguably (3) : the firm’s health coverage, while (4) less extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal terms (5) other retailers’. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, has (6) the Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that should shift the ground in America’s healthcare debate.
B.
One (7) is to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Mart’s critics dismiss the move as a publicity (8) . The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, but short-sighted. Wal-Mart has (9) retailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers and (10) the gains on to consumers. It could (11) the same with drugs. A "Wal-Mart effect" in drugs will not solve America’s health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in turn make (12) only 10% of overall health spending. But it would (13) .
C.
The firm’s other initiative is more (14) . Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employers (15) are controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles.
D.
Early evidence (16) these plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings are (17) . They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little to (18) overall health spending, (19) most of the $2 trillion that America (20) health care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.

【单选题】1() A.wrecked B.wrecks C.wreck D.wrecking

A.
These are tough times for Wal-Mart, America’s biggest retailer. Long accused of (1) small-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come under (2) for its meanness over employees’ health-care benefits. The charge is arguably (3) : the firm’s health coverage, while (4) less extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal terms (5) other retailers’. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, has (6) the Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that should shift the ground in America’s healthcare debate.
B.
One (7) is to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Mart’s critics dismiss the move as a publicity (8) . The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, but short-sighted. Wal-Mart has (9) retailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers and (10) the gains on to consumers. It could (11) the same with drugs. A "Wal-Mart effect" in drugs will not solve America’s health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in turn make (12) only 10% of overall health spending. But it would (13) .
C.
The firm’s other initiative is more (14) . Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employers (15) are controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles.
D.
Early evidence (16) these plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings are (17) . They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little to (18) overall health spending, (19) most of the $2 trillion that America (20) health care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.

【单选题】29(). A.told B.numbered C.talked D.listed

A.
Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another country is especially (21) when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions (22) a comfortable mode of transportation, knowledge of the (23) language, familiarity (24) the custom and habits of the people in the country, and pleasant traveling (25) . All of us have had nice trips (26) this.
B.
Most of us have also had trips that we would (27) to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad (28) experience. For example, if the four conditions (29) above do not exist, we will probably have a bad experience, (30) at best difficult (31) . Students who travel to a (32) country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel (33) . They don’t know the language of the new country (34) . They often arrive in the new country (35) a judge international airport. From the airport, they need to (36) their way to their school. Maybe they need to (37) airplanes, to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do ail this in a country (38) everything is unfamiliar. Later, after the experience is (39) , they can laugh. But at the (40) , they feel terrible.

【单选题】The Lakers’ forward Kobe Bryant has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, second in the NBA only to Wilt Chamberlain’s seven. He also now is tied with Michael Jordan for second with four be...

A.
Kobe is doing less post-up, less penetration, less at-the-basket kind of stuff.
B.
Kobe is shooting more than Michael was.
C.
Kobe’s shooting way is raising up over people and knocking the ball down.
D.
Kobe can shoot in more range than Michael.

【单选题】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage() A.All idiomatic expressions are slang language. B.Colloquial expressions and even slang can’t be found in standard dictionaries. C....

A.
Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as good, formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing.
B.
Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events.
C.
It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the subgroups and the majority population.
D.
Finally, it is worth noticed that the terms "standard" "colloquial" and "slang" exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use all three types of expressions.
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【单选题】Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.
Each student must pass a national examination.
B.
Students who do best in the studies have a greater chance.
C.
They can seek to enter a number of medical schools.
D.
There are good chances to gain the entrance.
【单选题】5() A.with B.to C.of D.by
A.
These are tough times for Wal-Mart, America’s biggest retailer. Long accused of (1) small-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come under (2) for its meanness over employees’ health-care benefits. The charge is arguably (3) : the firm’s health coverage, while (4) less extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal terms (5) other retailers’. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, has (6) the Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that should shift the ground in America’s healthcare debate.
B.
One (7) is to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Mart’s critics dismiss the move as a publicity (8) . The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, but short-sighted. Wal-Mart has (9) retailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers and (10) the gains on to consumers. It could (11) the same with drugs. A "Wal-Mart effect" in drugs will not solve America’s health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in turn make (12) only 10% of overall health spending. But it would (13) .
C.
The firm’s other initiative is more (14) . Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employers (15) are controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles.
D.
Early evidence (16) these plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings are (17) . They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little to (18) overall health spending, (19) most of the $2 trillion that America (20) health care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.
【单选题】1() A.wrecked B.wrecks C.wreck D.wrecking
A.
These are tough times for Wal-Mart, America’s biggest retailer. Long accused of (1) small-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come under (2) for its meanness over employees’ health-care benefits. The charge is arguably (3) : the firm’s health coverage, while (4) less extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal terms (5) other retailers’. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, has (6) the Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that should shift the ground in America’s healthcare debate.
B.
One (7) is to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Mart’s critics dismiss the move as a publicity (8) . The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, but short-sighted. Wal-Mart has (9) retailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers and (10) the gains on to consumers. It could (11) the same with drugs. A "Wal-Mart effect" in drugs will not solve America’s health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in turn make (12) only 10% of overall health spending. But it would (13) .
C.
The firm’s other initiative is more (14) . Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employers (15) are controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles.
D.
Early evidence (16) these plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings are (17) . They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little to (18) overall health spending, (19) most of the $2 trillion that America (20) health care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.
【单选题】29(). A.told B.numbered C.talked D.listed
A.
Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another country is especially (21) when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions (22) a comfortable mode of transportation, knowledge of the (23) language, familiarity (24) the custom and habits of the people in the country, and pleasant traveling (25) . All of us have had nice trips (26) this.
B.
Most of us have also had trips that we would (27) to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad (28) experience. For example, if the four conditions (29) above do not exist, we will probably have a bad experience, (30) at best difficult (31) . Students who travel to a (32) country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel (33) . They don’t know the language of the new country (34) . They often arrive in the new country (35) a judge international airport. From the airport, they need to (36) their way to their school. Maybe they need to (37) airplanes, to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do ail this in a country (38) everything is unfamiliar. Later, after the experience is (39) , they can laugh. But at the (40) , they feel terrible.
【单选题】The Lakers’ forward Kobe Bryant has scored 50 or more points in four straight games, second in the NBA only to Wilt Chamberlain’s seven. He also now is tied with Michael Jordan for second with four be...
A.
Kobe is doing less post-up, less penetration, less at-the-basket kind of stuff.
B.
Kobe is shooting more than Michael was.
C.
Kobe’s shooting way is raising up over people and knocking the ball down.
D.
Kobe can shoot in more range than Michael.
【单选题】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage() A.All idiomatic expressions are slang language. B.Colloquial expressions and even slang can’t be found in standard dictionaries. C....
A.
Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as good, formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing.
B.
Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events.
C.
It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the subgroups and the majority population.
D.
Finally, it is worth noticed that the terms "standard" "colloquial" and "slang" exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use all three types of expressions.
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