单选题
The BDDS Competition
By Richard Cox

This year the Best Digital Design Society reinvented its annual digital competition in a big way. With new categories and divisions, they sought to showcase the very best the industry has to offer, from photography to product designs and way beyond.
Best Digital Design Competition launched this summer when 5 industry leaders spent a week poring over more than 150 entries.
They met in person at Midtown State University in July to discuss the top 10 entries.
The first-prize winner was the design by Elizabeth Burns, a 33-year-old designer, connected with a leading design firm in the city. The contest judges deemed her design for a smart phone monitor the most attractive, functional, and cost-economic among the 150 entries submitted.
The second prize-winning design, by 26-year-old Kevin Davis, a recent college graduate, rated higher in beauty and elegance for laptop computers.
The third prize went to the design by Richard Cox, a 38-year-old independent designer. His battery design was adjudged the most creative, but was deemed too advanced for mobile phone users.
GX Electronics Co., the oldest and most prestigious electronics company in the nation, sponsored this contest.
单选题 Approximately how many submissions were received for the contest?
  • A. 3
  • B. 10
  • C. 33
  • D. 150
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 切记不要与本题中提到的其他数字相混淆，文中明确指出了共150件参赛作品入围。
单选题 In what aspect did the third-prize entry rate higher than other entries?
  • A. Creativity
  • B. Elegance
  • C. Beauty
  • D. Price
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 询问在获奖的作品中获三等奖的作品得到很高评价的理由，因此寻找文中提到三等奖的那部分内容。报道的后半部分提及他的电池设计最具创造性。
单选题 What is indicated about the first-prize entry?
  • A. The design would make a product too costly.
  • B. The design was excessively modern.
  • C. It was considered practical in concept.
  • D. It was designed by a college student.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 提问是否知道能获一等奖，在描述一等奖设计的内容里，有信息表明比起其他作品，该作品款式新颖且实用。
单选题 What is stated about the competition?
  • A. It takes place every other year.
  • B. It was limited to mobile phone designs.
  • C. It has 10 jurors from around the world.
  • D. It was sponsored by an electronics company.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 文中前半部分明示了竞赛是每年一度的，所以A是错误选项。而参赛作品涉及很多领域，从照片到产品设计等，所以B也是错误答案。10名评委并不是从全世界邀请来的而是10名国内领先企业家，所以C也是错误的，结尾部分陈述了本次竞赛收到了电子公司的赞助。