Question

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  Microsoft has stopped providing service for Windows XP since April 8,2014. Microsoft has provided support for Windows XP for the past 12 years. 【1】The computers that use the XP system are not as safe as before.

   The "demise"(停用) of Windows XP will have the greatest influence on China because it has about 210 million XP users, who make up about 70.percent of the PC market in the world. Microsoft's decision to "kill" Windows XP, a product with hundreds of millions of users, has a certain purpose to show its strong position in the operating system market.

   At the same time, the "death" of XP has created opportunities for China's IT companies to grow and develop. China can break the monopoly(垄断)of international IT giants and protect the internet security(安全) by having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation.

1.把划线部分翻译成汉语：                                            

根据短文内容回答第2—4题：

2.In which year, Windwos XP started to provid support?

3.According to the passage,how many XP users are there in the world?

4.How can China break the monopoly of international IT giants and protect the internet security? 

5.What is the main idea of the passage?   

A. How to protect our XP system?             

B. How to change your computer?

C. Why did Mirosoft stopped providing service for Windows XP

D. The influenc about the “demise” of Windows XP.

Answer

1.用XP系统的电脑没有以前安全了。

2.In 2002.

3.300 million.

4.By having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation.

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了微软公司在2014年的4月8日将停止对微软XP操作系统提供技术服务。这项技术已经应用十二年了，对于这项技术的停用，中国的使用者会受到最大的影响，因为中国的使用者大约占全世界的70%。

1.The computers that use the XP system

are not as safe as before.分析：that use the XP system是定语从句，修饰电脑，表示用XP操作系统的电脑。Not as ……as表示：不如……一样……故填：用XP系统的电脑没有以前安全了。

2.自2014年4月8日,微软为Windows XP停止提供服务。在过去的12年，微软提供了Windows XP支持。分析2014年停止服务，在12年前开始的这个项目，也就是2014减去12得2002，因此，2002年开始提供服务的。故填：In 2002

3.

4. 句意：打破信息垄断和保护信息网络的安全，通过信息技术和政策,鼓励创新。故填：By having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation.

5.

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