1.Georgia Tech:全称是Georgia Institute of Technology,佐治亚理工学院，建于1885 年，位于亚特兰大市中心。佐治亚理工学齒是美国南部最大的公立理工学院,也是全美最顶尖的理工学院之一，排名仅次于麻省理工学院(MIT)和加州理工学院(CalTech)。
2.    pump:不断播放(音乐）。例如:This radio station recently pumps out pop music. (这家广播电台近来连续播放流行音乐。)
3.smartphone-enabled:由智能手机系统支持的
4.is billed as:相当于is advertised as，意为“被标榜为”。
5.docking station: 插接站,扩充基座，扩展插口
6. Android:(科幻小说里的)机器人。本文指用于智能手机和便携式计算机移动设备的一种以Linus为基础的开放源代码操作系统，通过接口和插槽连接多种外部设备。目前Android 尚未有统一中文译名，国内较多人翻译成“安卓”或“安致”。据2012年2月数据, Android 占据全球智能手机操作系统市场52.5%的份额,中国市场占有率为68.4%。

7.dock：对接
8.the sensing and musical generation capabilities:传感和音乐生成能力
9.app:应用程序（=application)
10.if the user taps a beat:如果用户打出某个(音乐）拍子

11.in the works:正在准备阶段;在进行中或准备中
12.intelligent service robots:智能服务型机器人

What does Shimi do if the user taps a beat?

A:It stores the beat in the musical library. B:It transmits the beat to the docking station. C:It positions its speakers for optimal sound. D:It selects a perfectly-matched song and plays it in sync with that beat.

France made soccer history here on Sunday night, when the underdogs beat defending champions Brazil 3-0 to win the last World Cup this century before a delirious crowd of 80000 people.
The host nation fully deserved their ultimate triumph, teaching a static Brazil how to play the disciplined attacking football, which has characterized their campaign at France 98. Players on both sides burst into tears at the final whistle, French President Jacques Chirac raised his arms in triumph and co-organizer Michel Platini broke into a huge grin. Brazil had just played their worst match of the tournament.
French coach Aime Jacquet, who now steps down from the national coaching job, siad: "we are very proud, we worked very hard for this. We didn’t just want to be finalists," the 56-year-old man went on. "We have worked very hard for the last two years and we justified everything on the pitch. We deserved to win. We’ve got huge faith in our players, who have improved as the tournament has gone along. We’ve been through everything in these World Cup finals, with the sending-off of Zidane and Laurent Blanc, and yet we’ve made up for their absences and overcome all the obstacles. And to crown all that, we’ve had the sending-off tonight of Desailly. But this team has extraordinary heart."
France were the better side throughout the tournament. They won all their matches, scored more goals than anyone else and conceded fewer goals than anyone else—only two, to boast the meanest defense of any winning side.
It was the perfect finishing touch for a memorable evening in world sport, rounded off by fireworks, massed singing of "La Marseillaise"(马赛曲) and the image of Deschamps holding the World Cup high above his head.
The word "crown" at the end of paragraph 3 is similiar in meaning with ______.

A:disappoint B:beat C:please D:overcome

Text 3

A:disappoint B:beat C:please D:overcome

In a computer，which of the following is the longest period? （）

A:Beat period B:Machine period C:Instruction period D:CPU period

There are several periods in a computer, the longest period is ( ).

A:instruction period B:machine period C:beat period D:CPU period

There are several periods in a computer, the shortest period is( ).

A:instruction period B:machine period C:beat period D:CPU period

In the days of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, life on a steamboat on the Mississippi River was 41 . One of the most exciting 42 of that period was a rac43 two of the fastest river boats. The Natchez had steamed up the river from New Orleans to St. Louis in three days, twenty-one hours, and fifty-eight minutes. John Cannon, 44 of the Robert E. Lee felt sure that he could 45 this time and challenged the captain of the Natchez. 46 his boat light, Captain Cannon 47 no passengers 48 ; he did not 49 the usual goods. Moreover, he had crews with supplies of coal waiting on floats along the river so that the boat would not have to put it to shore for 50 . The race began on June 30, 1870. Being lighter than the Natchez, the Lee jumped into an early lead. For three days the race continued, 51 the boats travelling at full steam. They were 52 each other the whole time, 53 short spaces when bends in the river hid one or the other from view. Then only a few hours from its goal, the Natchez 54 a rock and ran aground (搁浅) . The Lee steamed proudly into St. Louis in exactly three days, eighteen hours, and thirty minutes after she had left New Orleans. Bell rang, and people called 55 the boat named after the general 56 as an army engineer had prevented the river from changing its course and St. Louis 57 becoming an inland town. The Lee 58 a good record---one that brought honor to all rivermen. However, the great day of the river steamers was drawing to 59 . The 60 won the passenger and goods business from the river boats. There are boats on the river today. But they are not the white birds that attracted young Samuel Clemens.

A:beat B:won C:fall D:hit

In the days of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, life on a steamboat on the Mississippi River was 41 . One of the most exciting 42 of that period was a rac43 two of the fastest river boats. The Natchez had steamed up the river from New Orleans to St. Louis in three days, twenty-one hours, and fifty-eight minutes. John Cannon, 44 of the Robert E. Lee felt sure that he could 45 this time and challenged the captain of the Natchez. 46 his boat light, Captain Cannon 47 no passengers 48 ; he did not 49 the usual goods. Moreover, he had crews with supplies of coal waiting on floats along the river so that the boat would not have to put it to shore for 50 . The race began on June 30, 1870. Being lighter than the Natchez, the Lee jumped into an early lead. For three days the race continued, 51 the boats travelling at full steam. They were 52 each other the whole time, 53 short spaces when bends in the river hid one or the other from view. Then only a few hours from its goal, the Natchez 54 a rock and ran aground (搁浅) . The Lee steamed proudly into St. Louis in exactly three days, eighteen hours, and thirty minutes after she had left New Orleans. Bell rang, and people called 55 the boat named after the general 56 as an army engineer had prevented the river from changing its course and St. Louis 57 becoming an inland town. The Lee 58 a good record---one that brought honor to all rivermen. However, the great day of the river steamers was drawing to 59 . The 60 won the passenger and goods business from the river boats. There are boats on the river today. But they are not the white birds that attracted young Samuel Clemens.

A:beat B:won C:fall D:hit