今天是完形填空闭关修炼第三篇——“上网本”，真的是垃圾吗？一起去看看吧！

【试题】

①Computing: Netbooks are small computers that are cheaper and (1) ____ than full-scale laptops. ②They have their merits — (2) ____ don’t ask too much of them.

③Steve Jobs says Apple does not (3) ____ how to make a $500 computer “that’s not a piece of junk.” ④However this article was written on a small computer that costs less than that — and (4) ____ a quarter of the price of the Apple iMac that sits on the desk beside it. ⑤Small, cheap mini-notebooks like this, or “netbooks” as they have come to be called, are not as fast or as (5) ____ as a big computer like an iMac, and in performance terms they trail (6) ____ most laptops. ⑥But they are certainly not junk, and for some people they may be the best computers money can buy.

1. [A] faster

[B] lighter

[C] stabler

[D] heavier

2. [A] since

[B] unless

[C] while

[D] but

3. [A] forecast

[B] show

[C] express

[D] know

4. [A] barely

[B] hardly

[C] merely

[D] duly

5. [A] thoughtful

[B] fashionable

[C] capable

[D] smart

6. [A] behind

[B] before

[C] beyond

[D] beside

【参考译文】

①Computing: Netbooks are small computers that are cheaper and lighter than full-scale laptops.计算: 上网本是比全尺寸笔记本电脑更便宜、更轻的小型电脑。 ②They have their merits — but don’t ask too much of them. 他们有自己的优点，但不要指望太多。

③Steve Jobs says Apple does not know how to make a $500 computer “that’s not a piece of junk.”史蒂夫·乔布斯说苹果不知道如何制造一台“不是垃圾”的500美元的电脑。 ④However this article was written on a small computer that costs less than that — and barely a quarter of the price of the Apple iMac that sits on the desk beside it. 然而，这篇文章就是在一台价格不到500美元的小电脑上写的 —— 价格仅仅是与其一起摆放的苹果iMac的四分之一。⑤Small, cheap mini-notebooks like this, or “netbooks” as they have come to be called, are not as fast or as capable as a big computer like an iMac, and in performance terms they trail behind most laptops. 这种又小又便宜的迷你笔记本电脑，后来被称为“上网本”，速度和性能都不如iMac这样的大电脑，在性能上也落后于大多数笔记本电脑。⑥But they are certainly not junk, and for some people they may be the best computers money can buy. 但它们肯定不是垃圾，对一些人来说，它们可能是金钱能买到的最好的电脑。

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