单选题 There is now a new keychain device that lets people turn off most TVs anywhere—from airports to restaurants. And it is selling faster than (41) , "I thought there would just be a few sales, but we can't (42) demand," said inventor Mitch Altman of San Francisco, U.S. "I didn't know there were so many people who wanted to turn TVs off."
Hundreds of orders for Airman's US$14.99 TV-B-Gone device poured in last week. The tiny remote control device had been (43) in Wired magazine and other online-media outlets. (44) , the unexpected attention overloaded the Website of his company, Cornfield Electronics, and caused it to (45) .
The keychain device works like a (46) remote control—but it only turns TVs on or off. With a push of the button, it goes through a (47) of about 200 infrared (红外线的) codes that control the power of about 1,000 television models. Altman said the majority of TVs should (48) within 17 seconds. It takes a little more than a minute for the device to (49) all the trigger codes.
The 47-year-old Altman got the idea for TV-B-Gone a decade ago. He was out with friends at a restaurant and they found themselves all (50) by the TV, but no one was around to turn it off.

单选题 A. expects B. expectation C. expected D. expecting
【正确答案】 A、C、D
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单选题 A. give in to B. hold on to C. make up for D. keep up with
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] keep up with(demand)“维持、跟得上(需求)”；A项give in to“向某人屈服让步”：B项hold on to“不把某物给予他人，保留或保存有某物”；C项mate up for“弥补，补偿”。由上下文知，正确答案是D。
单选题 A. acknowledged B. announced C. admired D. applied
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] A项acknowledge“承认”；B项announce“宣布”；C项admire“崇拜尊敬”；D项apply“申请请求”。由下文magazine判断，答案是B。
单选题 A. At times B. On lime C. Behind time D. At the same time
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由前后两旬关系判断正确答案是D。
单选题 A. clash B. crash C. cruise D. crash
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] A项clash“撞击”；B项cruch“压坏，挤伤”；C项cruise“巡游，巡航”；
D项crash“崩溃，垮台”。文中指“网站崩溃”，故选D。
单选题 A. commonplace B. universal C. mean D. medium
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] A项commonplace“平常的，平凡的”；B项universal“全球的”；C项mean“吝啬的，自私的”；D项medium“中间的，中等的，平均的”。由文中意思可知， 正确答案是A。
单选题 A. string B. flock C. school D. fleet
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] A项a string of“一连串”；B项a flock of“一群(通常形容鸟或指人群)”：C项a school of“(鱼、鲸等的)群”；D项a fleet of“机群，公共车队，计程车队等”。由上下文可知，正确答案是A。
单选题 A. repel B. repeat C. react D. reproach
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] A项repel“赶走，驱除，击退”；B项repeat“重复”；C项react“做出反应”；D项reproach“责备某人”。由上下文可知，正确答案是C。
单选题 A. submit B. permit C. omit D. emit
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] A项submit“屈服，归顺”；B项permit“同意”：C项omit“忽略，删除”；D项emit“发射，放射”。由上下文知应为发射代码。
单选题 A. bothered B. haunted C. interrupted D. hindered
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] A项bother“打扰，烦扰”；B项heant“常到某处”；C项interrupt“暂时中断或停止”；D项hinder“阻碍某人或某事的进展”。由上下文可知，正确答案是A。