Question

April will bring a new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last week, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch will differ from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size, strap and whether it is a sports or regular version.

Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor" on the screen not only detects your finger, but knows the difference between when you are tapping, and when you are pressing harder.

The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can send personal messages to your friend, such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.

Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.

According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications that we had never thought of. Some car factories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even airlines are jumping in--passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.

The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can measure your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same "accelerometer" as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without much activity.

Many stores are planning to stop selling the Nike, Jawbone and FitBit devices(设备) to welcome the Apple Watch. Will Apple Watch really replace these devices and make fitness much more fun?

1.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch ________.

A. is designed by Tim Cook

B. was brought into the market last week

C. sells at different prices for different colours

D. will come into the market this coming April

2. With apple watch, you can ________.

A. develop your own personal app

B. connect your iphone with your ipad

C. receive personal messages from your friends’ iphone

D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches

3.Many stores are planning to stop selling FitBit devices because ________.

A. all of the devices are sold out

B. they cannot make fitness fun

C. they want to welcome the Apple Watch

D. Apple Watch can replace FitBit devices completely

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍的是苹果公司将于四月推出的新产品“苹果手表”，介绍了产品的价格、各种功能等等。

1.D 细节理解题。题意：从文中我们可以知道苹果手表将于四月份上市。 选项A.根据短文，Tim Cook是苹果的CEO，而苹果表是手下的工程师设计的，错；选项B.根据短文，“四月”产品才推出，上周只是Tim Cook开的产品介绍会；错；选项C.根据短文，产品不同的价格由其“大小、带子、是否运动型”几个方面决定，错；只有D项，将于四月份推向市场符合文中大意。故选D。

2.D 细节理解题。题意：用苹果表，你可以做什么？A. develop your own personal app 开发自己的app；B. connect your iphone with your ipad把你的iphone与ipad连接起来；C. receive personal messages from your friends’iphone接收来自你朋友的iphone上的个人信息；D. send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches发送个人信息到你朋友的苹果表。根据短文介绍，苹果表可以与苹果表与iphone相连，故选D。

3.FitBit 设备是因为什么？A. all of the devices are sold out 所有设备卖光了；B. they cannot make fitness fun 他们不能产生健身的乐趣；C. they want to welcome the Apple Watch他们想要迎接苹果表；D. Apple Watch can replace FitBit devices completely苹果表能完全代替FitBit设备。根据短文最后一自然段，是为了迎接苹果表。故选C。

考点：考查科普类短文阅读。