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Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Rumors have swirled for years about the mystical phone, which Facebook introduced at its headquarters today. For the financial sake of Facebook, it's imperative that the new phone-- manufactured by HTC, carried by AT&T and sporting an Android operating system--sells well. It's the linchpin(關鍵) in the social-networking company's pursuit of mobile ads, The $ 99 phone goes on sale April l2.
The phone/service features Home (facebook, corn/home), downloadable software that brings the Facebook experience to several Android devices: HTC One X, HTC One X +, Samsnng Galaxy SIII and Samsumg Galaxy Note II.
At first blush, the new phone could find a receptive audience among the nnder-25 crowd, which is comfortable with having their mobile devices within reach at all times. Facebook chafes at suggestions that teens and twenty somethings are leaving the social network, so a phone immersed in news updates and other Facebook features might go over well.
Facebook, the No. 2 mobile-ad publisher in the U. S. behind Google, last year accounted for 9. 5% of the $ 4. 1 billion mobile ad market. It's expected to take I3% of the $ 7. 3 billion market this year, estimates researcher eMarketer.
A phone could "hard wire" the Facebook experience on a mobile device, increasing consumers' time on the service, analysts say. But the experience has to be more than a branded device, they say. Branded phones from Barclays and Mary Kay did not fare well.
"It can't be just about the hardware," says Phillip Redman, mobile analyst at Gartner. "It can do two things for success: Change the business model and give it away to its best users; or design it for low-cost or no-cost calls among Facebook friends. "
Facebook's entry is one in a glut(供過于求) of recent smartphone contestants. New models from Samsung (Galaxy $4), HTC (One) and BlackBerry (the Q10 keyboarD． highlight a bumper spring crop. Apple's rumored iPhone 5S or iPhone 6 lurks in the shadows,
"The handset market is very competitive," says Clark Fredricksen, vice president at eMarketer. "Samsung, Apple and Android all are gaining market share, and boast computing platforms to feed into (the) mobile market. It remains to be seen if Facebook will gain popularity. "
Facebook boasts 1 billion members, 30% of which are mobile-only users, according to market researcher ComScore.
It was also the No. 1 mobile app in the U. S. in February in terms of engagement, accounting for 24% of all time spent on mobile apps--27%, if you include Instagram.
56. Why is the new phone so crucial to Facebook?
A． Because it helps make money.
B． Because it is essential to the company's goal of mobile ads.
C． Because it can help the company get out of the rumors about it.
D． Because it is introduced at the company's headquarters.
57. The under-25 group of people
A． are not the target customers of Facebook
B． know little about social network
C． use mobile phones all the time
D． spend more time on computers than on mobile devices
58. What can be inferred from the figures presented by eMarketer this year?
A． The mobile ads market is shrinking.
B． Facebook will take over Google in the mobile ads market.
C． Facebook will still be the No. 2 mobile-ad publisher.
D． The mobile ads market is expanding.
59. According to Clark Fredricksen, the prospect of the new phone
A． is surely bright
C． is not clear yet
B． is gloomy due to heated competition
D． interests all the phone users
60. What can be inferred from the lass paragraph?
A． Instagram can be seen as part of the Facebook.
B． Mobile apps are very time-consuming.
C． Facebook has the largest number of users compared with other Mobile apps.
D． Instagram is the real No. 1 Mobile app.
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
The most promising effort in years to restore fairness and hope tb the immigration system begins Wednesday, when the Obama administration will start accepting applications from yoking, undocumented immigrants who want to be shielded from deportation(驅逐出境) so they can be free to work and go to school.
The program to halt deportations is limited, hedged by detailed rules and not to be confused with broad immigration reform, which is out of reach at a time when resentment against the undocumented runs high in Washington and in the states.
But any progress away from indiscriminate immigration enforcement, and toward opening pathways to a fuller involvement in society, is worth noting and celebrating.
Under the program, applicants must have been brought to the United States before turning 16, be under 31, have clean records and have lived here for at least the last five years. Those who are accepted will not be legalized, even if they are given permission to work. They will instead be granted two-year deferrals(延期) of deportation, which are renewable.
By one estimate, 1.7 million of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants may qualify.
Announced by President Obama in June, the program is not the legalization or path to citizenship that millions are longing for and deserve. It's simply a decision by the Department of Homeland Security, at President Obama's instruction, to get its enforcement priorities right focusing on removing criminals and others who threaten community safety, not the law-abiding, hard-working young people who pose no threat and cannot be blamed for their unauthorized status.
There are two major worries as the program unfolds. One is whether Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that will run the program, can handle the administrative load. Alejandro Mayorkas, the director, says his agency is investing in staffing and training, helped along by the $ 465 fee charged to each applicant. The agency depends entirely on fees.
The other fear is that applicants will fall prey to fraud. Immigration law is extremely complicated, which dishonest consultants, known as "notarios", take full advantage of. Applicants who are rejected have no right to appeal and will still risk deportation, especially those whose paperwork was falsified(偽造的). The citizenship agency needs to do all it can to educate applicants and prevent frauds.
Then there will be the attacks from those who cannot stomach anything less than the ejection of every last immigrant who lacks legal status. This harshness is exemplified by Senator Jeff Sessions, Republican of Alabama, who denounced the program on Wednesday.
"I cannot overstate the tragedy of this," he said, doing just that. His inability to distinguish "criminal aliens" from the young strivers the United States needs is the reason the country has been forced into administrative half-measures, rather than real legislative reform.
61. According to the passage, the Obama administration will
A． protect undocumented immigrants from deportation
B． offer young immigrants free education and job training
C． undergo broad immigration reform across the states
D． make progress toward fair immigration enforcement
62. Under the new immigration program, applicants that are accepted
A． can be brought to the United States before 16
B． can live in the United States for five years
C． will be allowed to seek jobs in the U. S.
D． will be entitled to U.S. citizenship in two years
63. What does the author say about the new immigration program?
A． It opens up a legal path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
B． It grants authorized status to the hard-working young immigrants.
C． It endows President Obama with the enforcement priorities right.
D． It focuses on driving out the immigrants with criminal records.
64. What is one major concern with the launch of the new immigration program?
A． Citizenship and Immigration Services has no enough funds to run the program.
B． Citizenship and Immigration Services will charge the applicants arbitrarily.
C． Immigration law can be too complicated to be explained to the applicants.
D． The applicants can easily fall into the trap of dishonest consultants.
65. Why doesn't the United States take the real legislative imnu'gration reform?
A． The immigration agency cannot handle the administrative load.
B． The United States regards all the immigrants criminal aliens.
C． Senator Jeff Sessions highlights the losses illegal immigrants may incur.
D． Jeff Sessions bears resentment against all the undocumented immigrants.
