【正文】 cord fighting for supremacy, but now you have new (Hyundai) and old (Ford) petitors, among others, joining the fight with interesting, wellmade, pelling products. ? 39。s market share by 50 percentage points. Para. 3: ? is not just ahead of the pack, it almost is the pack. ? , 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. ? 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. Para. 4: ? is driving innovation and creativity with each upgrade of the iPad it releases. ? this isn39。t about picking sides. ? a consumer, I want there to be robust petition across the board. ? want Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and Gizmodo. Para. 5: ? you39。t like Apple, you want someone else in the game so that Apple doesn39。 ? [解析 ]詞義理解題?！闭f明競爭是殘酷的， fighting tooth and nail== brutal，故 A正確。 ? [解析 ]第一段的第四句話“ It used to just be the Camry and the Accord fighting for supremacy, but now you have new (Hyundai) and old (Ford) petitors, among others, joining the fight with interesting, wellmade, pelling 爭奪霸權，但是現在又有了新現代和老福特這樣的競爭對手，還有其他的一些對手，它們帶著有趣、制作精良、令人信服具有競爭力的產品加入競爭。 ? (31) What are the tablet makers strategically doing, facing the brutal petition? ? 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. ? [答案 ] A?！闭f明只用研發(fā)新產品和降低產品價格才會吸引顧客，才能占據市場，故要調整平板電腦生產銷售策略。 ? [解析 ]第四段的第五句“ As a consumer, I want there to be robust petition across the board. I want Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and ，我希望平板電腦市場競爭強烈?！卑?Coke and Pepsi, Target and WalMart, Engadget and Gizmodo作為范例，說明行業(yè)的競爭越來越激烈。s feet close to the fire. ? B. To pressure Apple into intensifying its petition. 蘋果的競爭壓力加劇。 ? [解析 ]第五段第一句話中的 to keep its feet to the fire愿意為：給某人非肉體的壓力，以迫使他同意做他不太愿意做的事，即給某人施加壓力與 to pressure同義。 ? D. Because the model of the car is far more popular in the market. ? [答案 ] C。把它類比做平板電腦的生產廠家，說明其競爭也很殘酷。s bound to breed resentment. ? 如果他們失去工作，一定會產生怨恨。 (2)excellence: (在質量 /品質方面 ) 不能將就，要精益求精。 ? 2. 我的表演離優(yōu)秀還差得遠呢。 ? 。片段 ? .: pany dominates this segment of the market. ? 這家公司控制著這一部分市場。 ? (5)fighting tooth and nail激烈爭斗 ? .:1. The twins fight tooth and nail over the slightest disagreement. ? 這對雙胞胎為了一點兒小矛盾而吵得不可開交。 ? (6)in retreat在撤退 ? .:1. Yet there is no peace, there39。s no security in retreat. ? 然而，沒有和平，沒有尊重，撤退就沒有的安全保障！ ? spent a few days in retreat. ? 他暫時退隱了幾天。 ? The army was in retreat to the west. ? (7)in Motion在開動中，在運轉中 ? .:39。 ? 。 ? 。 ? polls showed the Tories trailed behind the Government by 17 per cent. ? 民調顯示，保守黨落后于政府 17 個百分點。s novel still packs an emotional punch. ? 威廉 毛姆的小說仍具有強烈的情感沖擊力。 ? 。s law at work? ? 這完全是運氣背呢 ,還是墨菲定律在起作用呢？ ? (12)epic ，壯麗的， ? (13)supremacy n. 至高無上；最高權力；最高地位；霸權 ? (14)drive 由 … 驅動和推動 。由 … 驅使 ? .: submarine is driven by nucl