单选题
Amazon today unveiled Dash Buttons, an easy way for customers to
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select bulk goods
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an internet-connected button, and yesterday
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Home Services, an on-demand installation and handyman service. Combined, they show that the e-commerce giant has a clear understanding of how the Internet-of-things will
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its business. And it isn"t going to be shy about capitalizing on connectivity to build its bottom line. Dash Buttons are an adaptation of Amazon"s
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-controlled Dash ordering system that lets people speak to order new
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items.
So
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Amazon has is a retrofit strategy for connecting smart appliances to its e-commerce operations and a future-facing strategy for the coming flood of
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devices. And all of this is geared around making buying products from Amazon as easy as possible.
The
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of one-button tasks are appealing,
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it could lead to a
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of packages ending up at people"s doors if Amazon doesn"t try to
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waste on its end, by grouping shipments together when possible. People on Twitter seem mostly
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about pets and small children playing with the Dash Buttons and ordering multiples of their Kraft Macaroni and Cheese boxes, although Amazon notes that
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the button is pressed more than once, the order doesn"t go
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on the second time, and you"ll get a smartpbone notification about it.
Amazon also recently launched Home Services, following up on last year"s opening of a home automation e-store devoted to connected gadgets for the home—many of which require a
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in staller. So now Amazon can sell these devices along with the person who can install them. It also is
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on maintenance, via a network of service providers that it can call
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for its network of suppliers or for its own planned connected home play.
With Dash, it"s
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an offensive play to
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up more sales as devices come online. With Amazon Home Services, it"s making a defensive play as other large companies try to become more vertically integrated.
【答案解析】[考点] 介词辨析
[解析] 此处意为“______这款联网的按钮，消费者可以轻松预订特定的大宗货物”，需要填入一个介词表实现方式，因此只有A. via适合，表示“通过，凭借”之意。via也出现在倒数第二段中，via a network of service providers，仍然是这个用法。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] 本句Amazon today unveiled Dash Buttons...and yesterday ______ Home Services...，and表示顺接，可见这是一个对称结构，此处需要填一个与unveiled意思相近的词。veil意为“面纱”，unveil即“揭开……的面纱，使公之于众”，结合上下文可知此处表“发行，发布”之意。publish多指出版发行文字作品，也指通过报刊或其他媒介发布新闻等；launch专指向公众推出、发布新产品，也指火箭、卫星等发射；announce多指首次宣布大家感兴趣或可满足大家好奇心的事情；release多用于发布信息、数据、新闻等。因此选B. launched。倒数第二段Amazon also recently launched Home Services也有提示。
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析
[解析] 此处______-controlled是一个复合形容词，修饰Dash ordering system. 后跟定语从句that lets people speak to order...可知这个系统是“声控”的，因此此处填入一个表示“声音”的词。voice专指人发出的语音，sound则指自然界的一切声音，因此D. voice正确。numeral“数字”和gesture“手势”均与题意不符。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析
[解析] 此处order new ______ items，试想人们借助Dash Buttons从亚马逊上都能订购什么货物呢?自然是日常杂货什么都可以了，因此选B. grocery“食品杂货”。文中提到的bulk goods(大宗货物)，Kraft Macaroni and Cheese boxes(卡夫通心粉或芝士粉)也验证了这一答案的正确性。食品、数字产品、自动化产品都是其中的一部分，因此排除其他三项。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[考点] 语法结构
[解析] 此句子的主干是______ Amazon has is a retrofit strategy for...and a future-facing strategy for...，可知______ Amazon has为句子的主语，并且连接词在句中有实际的意义，故排除that(that在引导的主语从句中没有实际意义，且后面接完整的句子)。其他两项不能引导主语从句。因此，选C. what。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词辨析+上下文语义
[解析] 此句主干为______ Amazon has is a retrofit strategy for...and a future-facing strategy for...，______ Amazon has即指亚马逊发布新产品这件事情，后面两个strategy也是两个对称结构，第一个a retrofit strategy for connecting...to...其实已经暗示了答案。亚马逊发布新产品就是为了应对未来大量联网设备上市的浪潮，而且文中多次出现connect，如第一段internet-connected button, capitalizing on connectivity等，因此正确答案就是A. connected“连接的”，文中意为“联网的”。personal“个人的”，automatic“自动的”，electronic“电子的”，均与题意不符。
【答案解析】[考点] 逻辑关系
[解析] 前面讲一键下单的快捷性令人着迷，此处又说it could lead to a ______ of packages ending up at people"s doors. if Amazon doesn"t...，可见语气是转折性的。纵观四个选项，只有C. although“虽然，尽管”是转折语气，表示让步，为正确答案。
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词辨析+上下文语义
[解析] 下句the person who can install them提示：这些设备需要专业人士进行安装，因此选择A. professional“专业的，职业的；专门从事的”。special“特殊的；专门的，专用的”，specific“明确的；具体的”，amateur“业余的”，均与题意不符。