To switch or not to switch, that is the question．Google’s announcement of its Nexus One smartphone（智能手機） happened over a week ago and I’m still receiving lots of e-mails from readers asking the same question: Should they give up their iPhone for the Nexus One?
Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone&Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it．Does the Nexus One offer the functions that Apple has led them to expect?
I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone．From my experience using the Nexus One, and from talking to people who have made the change, it’s not necessarily about the differences between the iPhone and the Nexus One．The phones are extremely similar in design and general feel．Instead, the decision can be made based on the software（軟件） services you use on your desktop．
My friend Chad Dickerson received a pre-launch Nexus One from Google three weeks ago．He said Google’s phone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t．“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said．“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone．”
Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services．
小題1:Why are some iPhone users expecting a new type of phone?
A．Because their old ones are out of date．
B．Because they accept Google’s announcement．
C．Because of the limited service and high cost．
D．Because of the terrible software they can use．．
小題2:What’s the author’s attitude towards the new phones in the third paragraph?
A．NegativeB．NeutralC．IndifferentD．Positive
小題3:In Chad Dickerson’s opinion, the Nexus One is ________ the iPhone．
A．better thanB．worse thanC．a(chǎn)s good asD．a(chǎn)s bad as
小題4:The best title of the passage might be ________．
A．Apple’s New Smartphone
B．Torn Between Two Phones
C．Good Services Matter
D．Google’s New Smartphone

小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:B

小題1:根據(jù)第二段Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone&Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it．描述，可知選C。
小題1:根據(jù)I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone．及下文描述，可知作者持中立態(tài)度，選B。
小題1:根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段He said Google’s phone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t．“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said．“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone．”描述，可知選A。
小題1:這篇短文主要是討論了兩種手機的優(yōu)劣問題，根據(jù)最后一段   Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services．描述，可知作者對兩種手機都不太滿意，故選B，在兩種手機之間左右為難。
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I remember sitting through forty minutes of moral lessons, which told stories about little children who never told lies and were rewarded for their goodness. It had little effect and left no impression on me, though.
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