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We’re going to take a trip to Nanjing next week, but that _______ the weather.A.tries on B.depends on C.looks up 答案：【答案】B【解析】句意：我们下周打算去南京旅行，但是那取决于天气状况。考查动词词组。try on试穿；depend on取决于；look up 查找。分析句意可知，我们能不能去旅游是取决于天气。故答案选B。The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad (一度时髦的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” — and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer — which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet — adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear — popular in the US and the UK — that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of The Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”. In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use. Most “i” products are aimed at young people and considering the major readers of The Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name. But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, former head of the Language Center at King’s College London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBCMagazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says. “However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability (轻便).” Adds Thorne. Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western world is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason. Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBCMagazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade. But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the trend unavoidably disappeared. 1.People use iPlayer to _________. A．listen to music      B．make a call         C．read newspapers    D．watch TV programs online 2.We can infer that The Independent’s “i” is aimed at _________. A．engineers         B．old readers        C．fashionable women  D． young readers 3.Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are _________. A．environmentally friendly                  B．easy to carry       C．advanced  D．recyclable 4.The writer suggests that _________. A．“i” products are often of high quality B．iTeddy is a living bear C．the popularity of “i” products may not last long D．the letter “b” replaces the letter “i” to name the products