As is tradition, technology companies from around the world have flocked to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. There are thousands of eye-catching items to swoon over, whether you’re a nerd or not. Here are a few of the most interesting, exciting and possibly life-changing products seen at the show, which runs from Tuesday to Friday.
Item 1 You thought your curved TV was cool? The LG Signature OLED TV R is a 65-inch 4K TV that is, unlike your lame and rigid screen, rollable, and can retract(收回) into its base when you’re not enjoying it. While you can control it using either Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa, the TV R also supports Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit. |
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Item 2 Gaming laptops aren’t new, but they usually lack power compared to their beefier desktop counterparts. Nvidia’s latest announcement changes that, and brings the desktop-class power found in its RTX line of graphics cards to laptops. More than 40 laptop models will turn up by the end of the month with RTX graphics cards inside, which can produce more realistic graphics and boost performance for the most gamers. |
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Item 3 If sleeping is harder than it should be, the Dreem band might be able to help you figure out what you’re doing wrong. The Dreem band is a fabric-covered headband that wraps around your head and uses a combination of sensors like the ones in your Apple Watch to detect various biometrics like your heart rate and respiration activity. It also uses bone conduction to communicate audio cues to you privately. |
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Item 4 Samsung’s shown off its Micro LED technology in the past, using it to build The Wall, a 146-inch TV. The company’s now showing off a smaller Micro LED TV. Using Samsung’s Micro LED panels, you can create a variety of display sizes supporting different aspect ratios, going from an ultra-wide 21:9 screen to a perfectly square 1:1 display without losing image quality. |
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1.If one likes doing things by himself, which of the items suits him best?
A. Item 1. B. Item 2.
C. Item 3. D. Item 4.
2.Which of the following technologies appeared for the first time in the show?
A. The TV R User’s controlling the TV by Google Assistant
B. Nvidia’s laptops’ solving the problem of power
C. The Dreem band’s detect your heart rate
D. Samsung’s Micro LED technology making a 146-inch TV possible
For our family vacations when our children were younger, we often went river rafting. Rafting meant we could be together as a family,________with the beauty of nature, and meet other people. Plus, it was ________, and being on the river meant our family never had to ask that ________of questions: “What are we going to do today?” It was always clear — ________the boat and paddle downstream! This was our method for strengthening family bonds with less ________.
We also found that the river is always a great ________. For example, sometimes your boat goes through a particularly difficult rapid and you find yourself thrown out of the boat and into the water. When this happens, sometimes you get caught in a ________, where the water is churning（搅动）back upstream. What do you do? The natural tendency is to crazily attempt to swim ________, but in this situation, the water is circulating backward, ________you are actually swimming against the current. This is very dangerous; it is quite possible to ________yourself and be unable to get out of the hole. Unfortunately, people have ________this way. However, if you give up swimming and ________, the water pulls you in and for an instant takes you upstream. Usually, this is enough for you to be ________“spit out” of the hole.
A ________situation came up in a recent coaching meeting I had with a high-ranking engineer of a Fortune 100 company, who described his week as feeling as though he were “swimming upstream.” The more ________he felt, the harder he worked, and the less time he spent with his managers, and with his family. He was unaware that he had become so ________in fighting the daily battles that he had completely________the larger stream, the more vital ________of his leadership role.
Be aware of ________you place your attention. If you become distracted, keep returning to your point of ________.
1.A. interact B. go C. live D. breathe
2.A. inspiring B. cautious C. adventurous D. conscious
3.A. most curious B. deadliest C. most interesting D. greatest
4.A. get in B. get down to C. get off D. get round
5.A. time B. communication C. cooperation D. effort
6.A. teacher B. mother C. soldier D. leader
7.A. mess B. center C. hurry D. hole
8.A. safely B. downstream C. away D. past
9.A. or B. and C. but D. so
10.A. exhaust B. hurt C. justify D. refresh
11.A. disappeared B. fought C. died D. behaved
12.A. relax B. reflect C. lie D. watch
13.A. calmly B. quickly C. shockingly D. amazingly
14.A. positive B. strange C. similar D. confusing
15.A. anger B. pressure C. motivation D. attraction
16.A. involved B. trapped C. lost D. bathed
17.A. lost track of B. turned blind to C. lost sight of D. looked down upon
18.A. calls B. priorities C. appeals D. promises
19.A. where B. how C. why D. when
20.A. target B. achievement C. condition D. focus
It is unwise to disturb one who is devoted to his work. Just _____.
A. face the music B. fly off the handle
C. eat your words D. bite your tongue
—That's the third time you've done that!
—Yeah, _____?
A. what of it B. what’s on
C. what about D. what for
Keep up your spirits even if you _____ fail hundreds of times.
A. must B. need
C. may D. should
To be an expert, a beginner needs to go through a series of _____ stages.
A. intermediate B. liberal
C. overall D. demanding
