[单项选择]The iPod revolutionized the way we consume music. The iPhone made us crazy for apps. And now the iPad is getting ready to rock our love lives—or at least help improve our search for someone to communicate with. In late May, Skout.com will become the first dating site to launch an iPad application. The free app will be similar to the version that’s already available to phone users: members can enter search criteria, such as age range, gender and physical preferences, and a HotMap will show in real time the locations of active Skout users who fit those criteria. The idea is to help members meet up and see if magic happens. The cool thing about the iPad adaptation, says CEO Christian Wiklund, is that its screen is large enough to let the user view the map while simultaneously chatting and searching through another member’s photos.
David Evans, editor of onlinedatingpost.com, says we can expect to see more innovative technology in a few months after companies get acquainted with the c
A. could be used to browse the profile pictures more quickly
B. is developed based on a member’s response
C. can enable the users to get accurate matches more easily
D. could support checking profile pictures and texting at once

[单项选择]The iPod revolutionized the way we consume music. The iPhone made us crazy for apps. And now the iPad is getting ready to rock our love lives—or at least help improve our search for someone to communicate with. In late May, Skout.com will become the first dating site to launch an iPad application. The free app will be similar to the version that’s already available to phone users: members can enter search criteria, such as age range, gender and physical preferences, and a HotMap will show in real time the locations of active Skout users who fit those criteria. The idea is to help members meet up and see if magic happens. The cool thing about the iPad adaptation, says CEO Christian Wiklund, is that its screen is large enough to let the user view the map while simultaneously chatting and searching through another member’s photos.
David Evans, editor of onlinedatingpost.com, says we can expect to see more innovative technology in a few months after companies get acquainted with the c
A. its efficiency in searching for ideal friends or lovers
B. its ability to show all the users on a certain dating website simultaneously
C. its large screen contributing to better realizing its functions
D. its ability to change our attitude towards our love lives

[单项选择]The modern technology revolutionized the way we communicate;______, video-conference, internet-phone, and all the other multimedia extend our global communication.
A. moreover
B. consequently
C. for example
D. nevertheless

[单项选择]Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing（　）.
A. waste
B. buy
C. use
D. sell

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We are all conditioned by the way we are brought up. Our values are determined by our parents, and in a larger sense, by the culture in which we live. The Chinese, for example, are not accustomed to ~the drinking of milk, and may actually become sick if they are compelled to drink a glassful of the beverage. Americans, On the other hand, thrive on milk, although they have many taboos (禁忌) of their own.
Some years ago, I gave a dinner party during which I served a delicious hors d’oeuvre (餐前小吃) filled with a meat that tasted somewhat like chicken. My guests wondered what the meat was, but Ii refused to tell them until they had eaten their fill. I then explained that they had just dined on the flesh of freshly killed rattlesnake. The reaction was nausea(哎吐)—and in some cases violent vomiting, tf I had served rattlesnake to a Chinese, he would doubtlessly have requested a second helping, for in China the dish is considered a delicacy. Another interesting case is
A. were delighted
B. requested a second helping
C. oraised his hospitality
D. became ill