What does "incentives have deviated in the tech industry" in Paragraph Nine mean？A．Those w

Googles executive chairman Eric Schmidt claims all of the following EXCEPT that______.

A．the intensity of the Android-Apple platform. fight is unprecedented

B．consumers would eventually benefit from the competition

C．Apple and Google would resolve their competition as early as possible

D．wars over patent and property right may harm the tech industry

martphone market?

A．This combat signals the struggle for Internet advantage is shifting to a new realm.

B．Participants are introducing fundamentally different business types to the combat.

C．Winners in the battle would seize favorable conditions in future tech landscape.

D．Apple and Google have always been at the forefront of tech innovations.

It can be learned from the passage that Internet history has______.

A．been filled with wars, battles and killings

B．witnessed important twists every few years since the 1990s

C．been a long one with rapid development in recent years

D．no defining events and representative figures

Which of the following contributions is NOT made by Frank Lloyd Wright?

A．Showing an acute understanding of nature in architectural works.

B．Publishing some books on art and his life.

C．Helping introduce Japanese block prints to the American public.

D．Bridging the distance between heaven and earth in modern paintings.

All of the following are features of traditional Japanese block prints EXCEPT______.

A．conveying spiritual effect through grasp of forms

B．colored engravings with bird and flower imagery

C．abrupt human intrusion into the natural environment

D．flattened space and naturalistic details

Which of the following words is NOT used metaphorically?

A．Sprawling(Paragraph Three).

B．Blossomed(Paragraph Three).

C．Pokes(Paragraph Seven).

D．Nestled(Paragraph Seven).

According to the passage, the Art Institute of Chicago______.

A．was Frank Lloyd Wright"s major studio in the U. S. A

B．was a major organizer for the 1893 world fair in Chicago

C．was the center for American simplistic art in the early 20th century

D．held some important exhibitions of Frank Lloyd Wright"s works and collections

The function of the first paragraph is to______.

A．serve as a prelude to the key event in the passage

B．bring into focus an artist"s less-known aspect of career

C．introduce the author"s comments on art

D．foreshadow the unexpected ending of the passage

Which of the following best describes the authors development of writing?

A．Relating a current event with an earlier one→raising a suggestion→switching to the past event→restating some reasons for the suggestion.

B．Posing a problem→analyzing the situation→putting forward some solutions.

C．Revealing a problem→switching to similar ones in the past→analyzing the similarities between past and present.

D．Narrating a story→commenting on the story→inviting an open discussion.

Which of the following statements about Halloween is INCORRECT according to the passage?

A．It"s often connected with costumes and candy.

B．Its role of leading people to ghost worship is being reexamined by the society.

C．It"s an autumn festival which has its origin in western religions.

D．It exposes people to life"s darker side by mocking death.