On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company’s marketing department gave a nod to the product’s troubled history.
“Finally.” read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple. com.
The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at the iPhone 4’s launch（推出） last June. But design and manufacturing complications delayed the process by 10 months, catching Apple off guard, executives say.
As CNN reported last month, earlier test models of the white iPhone 4 produced unclear photos, especially when the flash（闪光灯） was used. Its whiteness confused the proximity sensor （距离传感器） , which detects when the phone is held next to someone’s head and turns off the touch screen to save battery life.
These problems weren’t present in older iPhones that came in white because they didn’t have flash photography; the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black.
“We thought we were there a year ago, or less than that, when we launched the iPhone 4, and we weren’t,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s chief marketing executive, said in an interview. “It’s not as simple as making something white. There’s a lot more that goes into both the material science of it —how it holds up over time…but also in how it all works with the sensors. “
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White predicts that the white model could help drive sales of Apple’s phones. He says Apple could sell 1 million to 1. 5 million every three months until the next iPhone model is unveiled, which is expected to be this fall.
Forty-five people were lined up at Apple’s flagship New York store Thursday morning to buy white iPhones, according to a CNN Money report.
【小题1】
The reason why white-colored iPhone 4 was delayed by 10 months is that _______.

On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company’s marketing department gave a nod to the product’s troubled history.
“Finally.” read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple. com.
The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at the iPhone 4’s launch（推出） last June. But design and manufacturing complications delayed the process by 10 months, catching Apple off guard, executives say.
As CNN reported last month, earlier test models of the white iPhone 4 produced unclear photos, especially when the flash（闪光灯） was used. Its whiteness confused the proximity sensor （距离传感器） , which detects when the phone is held next to someone’s head and turns off the touch screen to save battery life.
These problems weren’t present in older iPhones that came in white because they didn’t have flash photography; the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black.
“We thought we were there a year ago, or less than that, when we launched the iPhone 4, and we weren’t,” Philip Schiller, Apple’s chief marketing executive, said in an interview. “It’s not as simple as making something white. There’s a lot more that goes into both the material science of it —how it holds up over time…but also in how it all works with the sensors. “
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White predicts that the white model could help drive sales of Apple’s phones. He says Apple could sell 1 million to 1. 5 million every three months until the next iPhone model is unveiled, which is expected to be this fall.
Forty-five people were lined up at Apple’s flagship New York store Thursday morning to buy white iPhones, according to a CNN Money report.

1. 1.

   The reason why white-colored iPhone 4 was delayed by 10 months is that _______.

   1. A.
      it’s always sold out due to its popularity
   2. B.
      it met some problems concerning design and manufacture
   3. C.
      it lacked white manufacturing materials
   4. D.
      its proximity sensor can’t save battery life
2. 2.

   According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

   1. A.
      There are multi-colored models of iPhone 4.
   2. B.
      The same design problems were also found in older white iPhones.
   3. C.
      IPhone4 will be launched this fall.
   4. D.
      Originally designers thought they could solve the problems before iPhone 4 was launched.
3. 3.

   What would be the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      Why the White iPhone 4 Took So Long
   2. B.
      The History of iPhone 4
   3. C.
      The Attraction of White iPhone 4
   4. D.
      The Design and Manufacture of iPhone 4
4. 4.

   What does the underlined word “unveil” in the last paragraph mean?

   1. A.
      to remove one’s mask from his face
   2. B.
      to remove a cloth from something, especially as part of a ceremony
   3. C.
      to show to the public for the first time
   4. D.
      to disappear from the public for the first time

On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company's marketing department gave a nod to the product's troubled history．
"Finally．" read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple．com．
The white model was supposed to ship alongside the black one at the iPhone 4's launch（推出） last June．But design and manufacturing complications delayed the process by 10 months, catching Apple off guard, executives say．
As CNN reported last month, earlier test models of the white iPhone 4 produced unclear photos, especially when the flash（闪光灯） was used．Its whiteness confused the proximity sensor （距离传感器） , which detects when the phone is held next to someone's head and turns off the touch screen to save battery life．
These problems weren't present in older iPhones that came in white because they didn't have flash photography; the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black．
"We thought we were there a year ago, or less than that, when we launched the iPhone 4, and we weren't," Philip Schiller, Apple's chief marketing executive, said in an interview．"It's not as simple as making something white．There's a lot more that goes into both the material science of it —how it holds up over time…but also in how it all works with the sensors．"
Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White predicts that the white model could help drive sales of Apple's phones．He says Apple could sell 1 million to 1．5 million every three months until the next iPhone model is unveiled, which is expected to be this fall．
Forty-five people were lined up at Apple's flagship New York store Thursday morning to buy white iPhones, according to a CNN Money report．
【小题1】The reason why white-colored iPhone 4 was delayed by 10 months is that _______．

A．Why the White iPhone 4 Took So Long

B．The History of iPhone 4

C．The Attraction of White iPhone 4

D．The Design and Manufacture of iPhone 4

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Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a though working-class neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he   1   have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted   2  . Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a   3   actor, but I had a driving need to do something   4   with my life,” he says.

He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his   5  . but he didn’t make   6  . For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter,   7   at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his   8   career.

In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his   9  neighborhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was   10   to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s   11   and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer   12   to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.

His   13   grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was   14   out of work and out of cash   15   he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio

  16   it down. Moresco believed so   17   in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.

The movie, Crash,   18  into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards－Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.

At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an   19   success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the   20  to get it done.”

1．A．must                     B．should                 C．can                     D．need

3．A．simple                   B．strict                   C．firm                    D．good

4．A．different                B．impressive           C．effective              D．special

5．A．occasion               B．treasure               C．fortune                D．possibility

6．A．it                          B．one                     C．this                     D．that

7．A．communicating      B．entertaining          C．practising            D．volunteering

8．A．afforded                B．chosen                C．respected            D．offered

9．A．early                     B．worn                   C．old                      D．passed

10．A．turned                 B．pointed                C．belonged             D．related

11．A．arresting              B．injuring                C．killing                  D．shooting

12．A．advised               B．happened             C．intended              D．planned

13．A．influence             B．ambition              C．success               D．reputation

14．A．again                   B．even                    C．finally                 D．still

15．A．before                 B．when                  C．since                   D．while

16．A．let                       B．looked                 C．took                    D．turned

17．A．strongly              B．hardly                 C．deeply                 D．bravely

18．A．moved                B．slipped                C．fell                      D．put

19．A．effortless             B．enjoyable             C．overnight             D．optimistic

20．A．ways B．lines  C．manners   D．actions

In the late 1500s, a large powerful gun was placed on top of the Signal Hill, in Newfoundland, to prevent attacks from the outside. Flags were also flown there to warn sailors of bad weather. It’s fitting, then, the Italian Gulielmo Marconi should have chosen this site (场所) to receive the world’s first radio signal ― in Morse code ― from England on December 12, 1901.

    Marconi, combining earlier ideas with his own, led us to a new communications age. For the next 50 years, until the appearance of television, radio ruled the air waves.

    Today, it’s the TV that rules. No single person can say to have invented television.

    In 1884, the German Paul Nipkow invented a device (设备) that sent pictures mechanically (机械地), and in 1906, Boris Rosing, a Russian, used a ray and a disc to create the world’s first TV system. Then in the early 1920s, another Russian, Vladimir Zworykin，invented a picture display tube. He took out a patent (专利) for color TV, even though it wouldn’t be developed for another 25 years.

    In 1924, a Scot entered the scene ― John Logie Baird. He first succeeded in sending a moving picture and a year later got the first actual TV picture. In 1926, Baird showed TV in a London laboratory. Two years later in New York, Felix the Cat became the first TV star.

TV excited everyone’s imagination, but hardly anyone had a set, with just two thousand in use worldwide in the mid-1930s.

Since the late 1940s, TV technology has developed very quickly. Computers may finally be combined with all televisions to give people a total all-in-one communications network.

Today, it’s possible to sit and watch TV in the middle of a forest or in the Arctic. It’s surprising when one considers that Marconi was on Signal Hill in the same century.

73．We can learn from the text that Signal Hill was once used as _________.

A．a site of communication                    B．a weather station

C．a factory to produce weapons            D．a battle field to fight enemies from the outside

74．When the writer says that today it is the TV that rules, he means that the TV _________.

    A．has led to a new communications age

    B．is a major means of today’s communication

    C．is a device invented with ideas from Marconi

    D．has replaced the radio in today’s communication

75．What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and 5 ?

    A．London is the place where TV is invented．

    B．John Logie Baird was the chief inventor of television．

    C．A number of people contributed to the invention of television．

    D．Russian scientists played an important role in the invention of television．

76．The writer believes that the day will come when _________.

    A．the future computers will be able to do the work TV is now doing

    B．the future computers will become available to everyone in the world

    C．the future computers will be connected to create one international network

    D．the future computers will take the place of televisions and radios