What does the phrase "to keep its feet to the fire" in the last paragraph mean？A．To place

odo"(Para. 4)to make______.

A．a comparison

B．a contrast

C．an abstraction

D．an exemplification

What are the tablet makers strategically doing, facing the brutal competition?.

A．Developing new products and reducing prices.

B．Analyzing the results of the economic laws.

C．Adapting to the furious pace of development.

D．Providing best possible services for their products.

Why is it a great time to he shopping for a new family sedan?

A．Because competition is more interesting and compelling.

B．Because Hyundai and Ford are joining the competition.

C．Because customers have enough quality cars to choose from.

D．Because the Camry and the Accord are competing for supremacy.

will tell you that the family-sedan segment is just brutal, with manufacturers fighting tooth and nail over every sale. In fact, that market has become more competitive in recent years. It used to just be the Camry and the Accord fighting for supremacy, but now you have new(Hyundai)and old(Ford)competitors, among others, joining the fight, with interesting, well-made, compelling products. Its a great time to be shopping for a new family sedan. Compare that with the state of the tablet market today. Hewlett-Packard is in retreat. Research in Motion is in a holding pattern. Motorola has been sold and its tablet is now an afterthought. Samsung fights the good fight, hut it trails Apples market share by 50 percentage points. Apple is not just ahead of the pack, it almost is the pack. Now, some would say that this is also a simple result of economic laws at work: Apple makes a superior product, therefore it gets most of the sales. But what would be really great is that, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and H. P. , locked in an epic battle for tablet supremacy, are each releasing new and better products at a furious pace, and each dropping prices substantially at a steady clip. Apple is driving innovation and creativity with each upgrade of the iPad it releases. But this isnt about whether you prefer Apple or Android for your tablet. This isnt about picking sides. As a consumer, I want there to be robust competition across the board. I want Coke and Pepsi, Target and Wal-Mart, Engadget and Gizmodo. If youre a fan of Apple, you want there to be a worthy rival push it, to keep its feet to the fire. If you dont like Apple, you want someone else in the game so that Apple doesnt suck all the air out of the room. And you want Apple to do the same pushing and foot scorching to its competitor that another company would do to it.

The phrase "fighting tooth and nail"(Para. 1)means that car makers are______.

A．competing fiercely with one another

B．beating one another with their tooth and nail

C．extremely careful about the family-sedan segment

D．paying more attention to their tooth and nail

healthy diet?

A．Try to eat more British foods and vegetables.

B．Eat less fruit and fewer vegetables.

C．Try to eat more African-Caribbean foods.

D．Eat less salt and fat but more fruit and vegetables.

In what way does the typical Western diet do harm to our health?

A．It makes people eat little or no foods and meat.

B．It is high in salt without fried foods and meat.

C．It can block blood vessels with the wrong type of fat.

D．It leads to the connection between foods and heart attack.

l eating patterns. The typical Western diet, high in fat, salt and meat, accounted for about 30% of heart attack risk in any population. A "prudent" diet high in fruit and vegetables lowered heart risk by a third. An Oriental diet, high in torn, soy and other sauces, made no difference to heart attack risk. People who ate a Western diet had a 35% greater risk of having a heart attack than those who ate little or no fried. The typical Western diet has been widely linked to heart disease. High salt in the diet can raise blood pressure and the wrong type of fat can clog(阻塞)blood vessels. Ellen Mason, a cardiac nurse for the British Heart Foundation, said: "This study shows that it doesnt matter whether you live in Bolton or Bombay, or whether you like to eat British, African Caribbean or Asian foods. The vital thing is to reduce your intake of salty, fried, fatty food to a minimum but increase the amount of fruit and vegetables you eat. "

Which of the following was NOT one of the three global eating patterns?

A．A Western diet.

B．A "prudent" diet.

C．An Oriental diet.

D．A popular diet.

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