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　　甘肃省天水市2016-2017学年高一英语下学期第二次月考试题（B卷）
　　本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分1 00分。考试时间为90分钟。
　　第I卷（满分50分）
　　第一部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
　　第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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　　The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fad(一时的风尚). 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 ---used the title in 2008. A lovely bear --- popular in the US and UK --- that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down versi on(简装本) of London’s Independent newspaper was s tarted last week under the name “i”.
　　In general, single-letter prefixes(前缀) have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce(电子商务) first came into use.
　　Most “i” products are targeted at （针对）young people and considering the major readers of 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, head of the Language Center at King’s College, London, “i” worse its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Intern et, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition（定义）,” he says.
　　“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now connected 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 BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade(十年).
　　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 connected with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the fashion disappeared.
　　1. We can infer that the Independent’s “i” is designed for _________.
　　A. old readers B. young readers 
　　C. fashionable women     D. engineers
　　2. The underlined word “ambiguous” means “__________”.
　　A. popular   B. clear C. uncertain D. unique
　　3. Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products wh