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学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考南充一中高2017届高三10月最新英语阅读文章A Recall could cost billions South Korean electronics giant Samsung, has suffered one of the biggest and most expensive product scandals in recent history. Its latest smartphone flagship, the Galaxy Note 7, rolled out to much fanfare on Aug 2, but had to be recalled in several markets within mere weeks. Dozens of buyers around the world complained of severe overheating in the phones battery, causing fires and even explosions in some cases. The complaints led Samsung to announce a recall, offering replacement handsets with upgraded batteries in the US, or software patches in its home market of South Korea. In China, Samsung assured consumers that Note 7 units sold in the country had a different battery supplier, and were therefore safe from overheating. Despite some Chinese Note 7 owners reporting overheating, Samsung insisted all units sold in China were safe. However, Chinas General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said on Oct 11 that Samsung is to recall Galaxy Note 7 phones on the Chinese mainland. Users may replace their recalled phones with other Samsung smartphones or get a full refund, the administration said.In the US, where supposedly safe replacements were issued, some exchanged phones continued to suffer from issues, with some units overheating and catching fire. Samsung eventually announced a second recall and permanent discontinuation of the Note 7 model on Oct 11, offering full refunds or exchanges to alternative models. Asides from the huge blow to its reputation globally the effects of which are yet to be seen investment bank Credit Suisse estimates that Samsung could lose as much as $17 billion (114 billion yuan) in revenue following this *fiasco.近日，韩国电子巨头三星遭受了一桩近些年来最大、损失最多的产品丑闻。8月2日，三星最新的主打智能手机，盖乐世(Galaxy) Note 7 大张旗鼓地上市了。但就在几周后，三星却不得不召回部分市场上的这款新机。全球有数十名用户抱怨该款手机电池过热，有的甚至还引发了火灾，乃至爆炸。这些投诉报告令三星决定召回该手机，并为美国顾客更换配有升级版电池的同款手机；而在韩国的本土市场，官方则紧急发布了软件补丁。三星向消费者们保证，在中国出售的Note 7手机电池来源于不同的供应商，因而不存在电池过热的问题。尽管也有一些中国的Note 7用户报告手机电池过热，但三星仍坚称所有在中国销售的产品是安全的。然而，10月11日，中国国家质量监督检验检疫总局却宣布，三星将召回中国大陆地区的盖乐世Note 7手机。总局称，用户可以免费更换其他款的三星智能手机，或是享受全额退款。而在美国，尽管三星已发布了安全的更换版手机，但一些更换版手机依然出现了同样的过热自燃问题。10月11日，三星最终宣布二次召回Note 7 手机并永久停产该机型，并向消费者提供全额退款或免费更换其他机型。除了在全球范围内信誉大大受损，这一事件所带来的影响目前尚未可知，瑞士信贷银行估计，在本次重挫后，三星总计损失可高达170亿美元（约1140亿人民币）。B. Win surely worth it It doesnt seem that US singer Bob Dylan has much in common with literary *mavens like Ernest Hemingway and T.S. Elliot. But, last week, these three figures became forever bonded by the Nobel Prize for Literature.This years prize makes Dylan the first American since Toni Morrison in 1993 to win the title. At the same time, the surprise announcement has also *ignited a firestorm of discussion around the globe.Influential US writer Jodi Picoult joked that she might now deserve a Grammy. And well-known British-Indian novelist Hari Kunzru *lamented on social media by saying: “This feels like the lamest Nobel win since they gave it to Obama for not being Bush.”Dylans new statusa musician awarded the Nobel Prize for literatureto a degree defies convention. However, this is by no means his first prize for his writing talents. Back in 2008, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded Dylan a special citation “for his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power”. In this *strand, it could be argued that what the Nobel Committee is doing is simply *reinforcing Dylans unshakable standing in the world of literature.The words behind Dylans songs address social issues and have been *transmitted from generation to generation. Protest songs like Blowin in the Wind (1962) were the anthems of anti-war and civil rights movements in 1960s US. Densely poetic and image-rich songs such as Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)pushed the folk-rock movement. And even today, many of Dylans songs are still relevant and streamed regularly by people all over the world.In a speech during the MusiCares pre-Grammy honors in 2015, Dylan revealed how he uses lyrics to document American culture and create an American songbook of his own. “I learned lyrics and how to write them from listening to folk songs,” said Dylan. “And I played them, and I met other people that played them, back when nobody was doing it.”There is nothing more honorable to win *acclaim from ones competitors, but Dylan managed it. “From Orpheus to Faiz, song & poetry have been closely linked,” Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist also thought to have been a candidate for the prize, told The New York Times. “Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition,” Rushdie added. “Great choice.” 美国歌手鲍勃迪伦与文学大家欧内斯特海明威、T.S.艾略特似乎并没有什么共同之处。但是，就在上周，诺贝尔文学奖却将这三人永久地联系在一起。 今年的奖项使迪伦成为自1993年托妮莫里森获奖以来首位获奖的美国人。与此同时，这一出人意料的结果也激起全球热议。极具影响力的美国作家茱迪皮考特开玩笑说，她现在应该拿到格莱美奖。而著名英籍印度裔小说家哈里昆兹鲁也在社交媒体上抱怨道：“我感觉这是自评委会把诺贝尔和平奖颁给奥巴马，而不是布什以来，最没说服力的诺贝尔奖。”迪伦的新身份获得诺贝尔文学奖的音乐人在某种程度上打破了常规。然而，这绝不是他靠写作天赋所赢得的首个奖项。早在2008年，普利策奖评委会便授予了迪伦特别荣誉奖，“以示他对流行音乐和美国文化的深远影响，他的歌词创作中具有超凡的诗意力量”。在这一层面上，诺贝尔委员会现在所做的只不过是强化了迪伦在文学界中不可动摇的地位罢了。迪伦的歌词中披露了许多社会问题并被代代传唱。他的抗议歌曲，如在风中飘荡（1962）等，便是赞扬20世纪60年代美国反战和民权运动的颂歌。铃鼓先生(1965)等极富诗意与想象力的歌曲，则推动了摇滚民谣运动的发展。即使到了今天，迪伦的许多歌曲依然和现今社会息息相关，在世界各地广为流传。在2015年格莱美颁奖礼前夕的MusiCares 晚会上，迪伦在一次演讲中透露了他如何用歌词来记录美国文化，并创造了一个属于自己的美国歌集。“听民谣令我学到了不少歌词，并懂得了如何创作，”迪伦说道。“然后我开始演奏民谣，与同好接触，当时并没有多少人这样做。”没什么能比获得对手的称赞更值得令人敬佩的了，但迪伦却做到了。“从俄耳甫斯到法伊兹，歌曲和诗歌都紧密相连，”诺贝尔文学奖候选人之一，印度小说家萨尔曼鲁西迪在接受纽约时报采访时表示。“迪伦是诗歌传统的杰出继承者，”鲁西迪补充道。“这是个无与伦比的选择。”C. Ship meets lab in spaceThe Shenzhou-11 manned spaceship bearing Chinas space dream is flying high. On Oct 17, the spaceship was launched (发射) into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Two days later on Oct 19, the spacecraft successfully docked (对接) with space lab Tiangong-2. China is now one big step closer to its plan of building a space station in 2020.The crew onboard Shenzhou-11 consists of two Chinese astronauts, Jing Haipeng, 50 and Chen Dong, 38. They will undergo (经历) a 33-day mission on Tiangong-2 and will be testing new technology and doing experiments to prepare for future space missions.But a month-long space mission is not an easy task. Therefore, Chinese scientists and engineers have come up with new technologies to allow astronauts to stay safer and more comfortable in space.One of the new technologies that are being tested in this mission is a device called a “space hospital”. The space hospital is two little silver boxes strapped (捆绑住) around the two astronauts legs. Through the “space hospital”, scientists and doctors on Earth can monitor the astronauts heart rate and temperature. When the astronauts feel tired, the “space hospital” can even massage their muscles.D. Robot to take entrance examMany of you are studying hard because you have to compete with many others in the upcoming national college entrance exam. But it may not occur to you that one of your competitors is a robot.An artificial intelligence (AI) robot will take part in the 2017 national college entrance exam, reported China Daily. “The robot will sit three exams: math, Chinese, and a comprehensive (综合的) test of liberal arts (文科), which includes history, politics and geography,” Lin Hui, CEO of an AI company in Chengdu, told China Daily. Like the others who take the exam, the robot will have to finish the tests in the time given. But instead of taking exams together with other students, the robot will take its exams in a closed room without anyone else present, except for proctors (监考人) and a notary (公证人). It is expected to be totally disconnected from the internet and solve the problems with its AI program. Its believed that Chinese and a test of its liberal arts skills, rather than its math skills, will give the robot its biggest challenges. Questions in math are objective (客观的) with specific answers, while in the other test subjects there are some subjective (主观的) questions that test skills such as reading comprehension and essay writing.v The robot aims to be enrolled in one of the first-class Chinese universities in 2017, and then try to get into the more prestigious (有声望的) universities of Tsinghua or Peking University in 2020. The robot is actually a real achievement in AI development. And AI can be a big help for students and teachers. “AI can meet each students needs and lessen the teachers burden now,” Liu Qingfeng, president of tech firm iFLYTEK, told Xinhua. He showed how robots can recognize notes on a piece of homework and give it a score. They can also find a students weakness in his or her answer so that the student can improve. With AI, teachers can save time grading answer sheets and help underachievers (后进生). As the AI robots have such great potential for development, many have fears about the idea of a Terminator-style (终结者式的) attack from machines in the future. But, according to Hu Yu, vice president of iFLYTEK, advances in AI will lead us away fro