2024年1月12日发(作者：空子真)
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百度即将推出自己的手机●江西省赣州市厚德外国语学校 黄连英Xiaodu, the artificial intelligence-powered voice
assistant unit of Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc, said
on May 8 that it will officially launch its first smartphone
later this month in a bid to grab a slice of the world’s
largest smartphone market amid intense domestic handset
is the developer of DuerOS, a voice assistant
system based on AI that supports television, speakers
and other smart home appliances. Baidu said in its latest
financial earnings that Xiaodu smart home systems were
linked with more than 200 million units of devices covering
70 categories of smart household appliances and 1,200 well-known brands last year.物) in China for the first three quarters of 2022, said market
Xiaodu topped the list in smart speaker shipments (货smartphone makers against the backdrop of slow growth
in the country’s highly saturated (饱和的) smartphone
market.”Noting that competition in China’s smartphone market
is heating up, Zhang Mengmeng, a research analyst at
Counterpoint Research, said Baidu lacks experience in
phone manufacturing and will also encounter challenges in
expanding retail channels and brand development. He added
that it takes a long time to nurture a high-end phone brand. （材料来自“ChinaDaily”网站，有删改）1. What’re Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. Xiaodu is the developer of DuerOS.B. Xiaodu’s smart appliances and home systems gained
much popularity.C. Xiaodu has expanded its product combinations.D. Xiaodu topped the list in smart speaker shipments.2. How can Xiaodu convince tech-savvy consumers to
buy its smartphone?A. To combine its smart voice interaction technology
with hardware devices.B. To allow it to have access to Baidu’s large lang-uage
mode.C. To make innovations and breakthroughs in core
technologies.D. To compete with major smartphone makers in
China.3. What can we infer from Guo Tianxiang’s words?A. Xiaodu’s target users of the new smartphone are old
people.B. The smartphone market is slightly saturated in
China.69research firm International Data Corp. The company has
expanded its product combinations including smart screens,
tablets, headsets and Ligang, director-general of the Information
Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association,
said, “Xiaodu hopes to combine its strengths in smart
voice interaction technology with a wide range of hardware
devices,” adding that the new smartphone is likely to
have access to Baidu’s large language model and other
core AI capacities. Xiang said that knowing how to make
innovations and breakthroughs in core technologies is key
to convincing tech-savvy consumers, who have not yet
switched their smartphones, to upgrade to new Tianxiang, a senior analyst from IDC, said
Xiaodu’s new handset might focus on students and integrate
Baidu’s capabilities in AI large language models. “However,
it is very difficult for a newcomer to compete with major
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C. The development of China’s smartphone market is
growing fast.D. Xiaodu’’s newly-launched smartphone is hard to
compete with Huawei smartphone.4. What’s Zhang Mengmeng’s attitude towards
Xiaodu’s first smartphone?A. Negative. B. Positive.
C. Cautious. D. Indifferent.参考答案方面进行创新和突破，是说服尚未更换智能手机的科技精英消费者升级到新机型的关键。故选C。“it is very difficult for a newcomer to compete with major
the country’s highly saturated smartphone market”，我们景下，新手很难与主要智能手机制造商竞争。而华为是国内影响力较大的智能手机制造商，故选D。可知，在中国高度饱和的智能手机市场增长乏力的背3. D。解析：推理判断题。根据材料第五段中的smartphone makers against the backdrop of slow growth in
过举一些例子来论证小度智能家电和家居系统的受欢迎程度。A、C和D选项只是其中的一些信息点。故选B。1. B。解析：推理判断题。材料第二段和第三段通的“Baidu lacks experience in phone manufacturing and
will also encounter challenges in expanding retail channels
and brand development”“ it takes a long time to nurture a
high-end phone brand”，我们可知，张萌萌认为百度缺乏手机制造经验，在扩大零售渠道和品牌发展方面也将面临挑战，而且培育一个高端手机品牌需要很长时间。由此可见，其对此不是十分看好，故选A。4. A。解析：观点态度题。根据材料最后一段中句中的“knowing how to make innovations and breakth-2. C。解析：细节理解题。根据材料第四段最后一roughs in core technologies is key to convincing tech-savvy
consumers, who have not yet switched their smartphones, to
upgrade to new models”，我们可知，如何在核心技术舞狮表演活跃在旧金山●江西省赣州市厚德外国语学校 黄连英The Chinese New Year parade isn’t the only place
to watch a lion dance in the San Francisco Bay Area. At
weddings, grand openings of new businesses and other
celebrations, the traditional Chinese art is performed
year-round, thanks to the efforts of lion dance groups
and young people increasingly embracing the Lu, a senior at Lincoln High School in
San Francisco. She performed as the lion’s “head”
at a high school competition during the weekend in
San Francisco’s Chinatown to celebrate Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month. Lu’s team—11 girls and 2
boys—participated in the competition, along with four
other teams of about 100 contestants. The event also
attracted hundreds of ng big eyes and shaking the body, the yellow
lion played by Lu and her teammate jumped up on a
narrow bench to the beat of drums and gongs and picked
up a hanging flower bouquet. The dancers’ skillful
movements won a big round of applause from the
anied by beating drums and clashing
cymbals, lion dances imitate a lion’s movements, such
as scratching, shaking the body and licking the fur.
Each performance also has a unique meaning. Lu’s
performance tells the story of a lion who tries to cross a
river to get a flower for his friend, but he is afraid of the
river at first. Finally, he conquers the challenge and gets
the flower to his ay’s competition was the second following
last year’s success, according to one of the organizers,
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2024年1月12日发(作者：空子真)
/ 英语时文 /
百度即将推出自己的手机●江西省赣州市厚德外国语学校 黄连英Xiaodu, the artificial intelligence-powered voice
assistant unit of Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc, said
on May 8 that it will officially launch its first smartphone
later this month in a bid to grab a slice of the world’s
largest smartphone market amid intense domestic handset
is the developer of DuerOS, a voice assistant
system based on AI that supports television, speakers
and other smart home appliances. Baidu said in its latest
financial earnings that Xiaodu smart home systems were
linked with more than 200 million units of devices covering
70 categories of smart household appliances and 1,200 well-known brands last year.物) in China for the first three quarters of 2022, said market
Xiaodu topped the list in smart speaker shipments (货smartphone makers against the backdrop of slow growth
in the country’s highly saturated (饱和的) smartphone
market.”Noting that competition in China’s smartphone market
is heating up, Zhang Mengmeng, a research analyst at
Counterpoint Research, said Baidu lacks experience in
phone manufacturing and will also encounter challenges in
expanding retail channels and brand development. He added
that it takes a long time to nurture a high-end phone brand. （材料来自“ChinaDaily”网站，有删改）1. What’re Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. Xiaodu is the developer of DuerOS.B. Xiaodu’s smart appliances and home systems gained
much popularity.C. Xiaodu has expanded its product combinations.D. Xiaodu topped the list in smart speaker shipments.2. How can Xiaodu convince tech-savvy consumers to
buy its smartphone?A. To combine its smart voice interaction technology
with hardware devices.B. To allow it to have access to Baidu’s large lang-uage
mode.C. To make innovations and breakthroughs in core
technologies.D. To compete with major smartphone makers in
China.3. What can we infer from Guo Tianxiang’s words?A. Xiaodu’s target users of the new smartphone are old
people.B. The smartphone market is slightly saturated in
China.69research firm International Data Corp. The company has
expanded its product combinations including smart screens,
tablets, headsets and Ligang, director-general of the Information
Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association,
said, “Xiaodu hopes to combine its strengths in smart
voice interaction technology with a wide range of hardware
devices,” adding that the new smartphone is likely to
have access to Baidu’s large language model and other
core AI capacities. Xiang said that knowing how to make
innovations and breakthroughs in core technologies is key
to convincing tech-savvy consumers, who have not yet
switched their smartphones, to upgrade to new Tianxiang, a senior analyst from IDC, said
Xiaodu’s new handset might focus on students and integrate
Baidu’s capabilities in AI large language models. “However,
it is very difficult for a newcomer to compete with major
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C. The development of China’s smartphone market is
growing fast.D. Xiaodu’’s newly-launched smartphone is hard to
compete with Huawei smartphone.4. What’s Zhang Mengmeng’s attitude towards
Xiaodu’s first smartphone?A. Negative. B. Positive.
C. Cautious. D. Indifferent.参考答案方面进行创新和突破，是说服尚未更换智能手机的科技精英消费者升级到新机型的关键。故选C。“it is very difficult for a newcomer to compete with major
the country’s highly saturated smartphone market”，我们景下，新手很难与主要智能手机制造商竞争。而华为是国内影响力较大的智能手机制造商，故选D。可知，在中国高度饱和的智能手机市场增长乏力的背3. D。解析：推理判断题。根据材料第五段中的smartphone makers against the backdrop of slow growth in
过举一些例子来论证小度智能家电和家居系统的受欢迎程度。A、C和D选项只是其中的一些信息点。故选B。1. B。解析：推理判断题。材料第二段和第三段通的“Baidu lacks experience in phone manufacturing and
will also encounter challenges in expanding retail channels
and brand development”“ it takes a long time to nurture a
high-end phone brand”，我们可知，张萌萌认为百度缺乏手机制造经验，在扩大零售渠道和品牌发展方面也将面临挑战，而且培育一个高端手机品牌需要很长时间。由此可见，其对此不是十分看好，故选A。4. A。解析：观点态度题。根据材料最后一段中句中的“knowing how to make innovations and breakth-2. C。解析：细节理解题。根据材料第四段最后一roughs in core technologies is key to convincing tech-savvy
consumers, who have not yet switched their smartphones, to
upgrade to new models”，我们可知，如何在核心技术舞狮表演活跃在旧金山●江西省赣州市厚德外国语学校 黄连英The Chinese New Year parade isn’t the only place
to watch a lion dance in the San Francisco Bay Area. At
weddings, grand openings of new businesses and other
celebrations, the traditional Chinese art is performed
year-round, thanks to the efforts of lion dance groups
and young people increasingly embracing the Lu, a senior at Lincoln High School in
San Francisco. She performed as the lion’s “head”
at a high school competition during the weekend in
San Francisco’s Chinatown to celebrate Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month. Lu’s team—11 girls and 2
boys—participated in the competition, along with four
other teams of about 100 contestants. The event also
attracted hundreds of ng big eyes and shaking the body, the yellow
lion played by Lu and her teammate jumped up on a
narrow bench to the beat of drums and gongs and picked
up a hanging flower bouquet. The dancers’ skillful
movements won a big round of applause from the
anied by beating drums and clashing
cymbals, lion dances imitate a lion’s movements, such
as scratching, shaking the body and licking the fur.
Each performance also has a unique meaning. Lu’s
performance tells the story of a lion who tries to cross a
river to get a flower for his friend, but he is afraid of the
river at first. Finally, he conquers the challenge and gets
the flower to his ay’s competition was the second following
last year’s success, according to one of the organizers,
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