阅读理解 Excerpt 1:
A wave of Apple iPhone 5 buyers is bound to boost the stocks of Apple's mobile partners.
Apple stock has risen 6% since Sept. 11 , the day before the company unveiled the sixth generation of the iPhone, which hits stores on Friday. Apple shares reached an all-time high of $702. 10 Wednesday.
Excerpt 2:
Investors are trading on Apple's announcement that it sold more than 2 million phones last weekend in preorders and on analysts' increased sales expectations. But Apple stock—up 73% this year—isn't the only investment play. The rising tide of iPhone 5 sales is positioned to boost the stocks of businesses whose technologies are packed inside the smartphone and of wireless carriers that will sell the phone.
" If iPhone 5 shipments are stronger than anyone expects, you'll certainly see Apple's stock go up and all of the component suppliers go up," says Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Dale Pfau.
Excerpt 3:
According to Bilton, analysts and investors think a reasonable assumption given the current trends is that Apple will crack the $1 trillion plateau on April 9, 2015, at around 11a. m. , which seems strangely specific all things considered. But, Bilton warns, there are other analysts who think Apple could do it within the year. Yes, they think Apple could do it by August 16, 2013. No specific time was given.
Excerpt 4:
Having Apple skyrocket up the stock market charts with a bullet to the tune of another $ 350 billion is unlikely. "It's hard to imagine Apple growing any faster," said Michael E. Driscoll, chief executive a big data and predictive analytics company, who thinks the 2015 guesstimate is right. But with the new iPhone in an hour, well, anything is possible. When the original iPhone came out, it was better looking and performing than anything else out there. The iPhone 5 gave us features offered in other phones with a smaller screen than competitors.
Excerpt 5:
There is a chance Apple never reaches a $1 trillion valuation, though. As Bilton, Microsoft was once worth $616 billion. They never made it. Could Apple be the next tech giant to collapse? "Every kingdom must crumble, right? What could be the downfall of such a mighty tech company? Their maps app. Indeed, the flap over the poor-quality maps on the iPhone 5 has led some people to wonder if Apple has already jumped the shark," Bilton warns.
Excerpt 6:
Some analysts expect Apple to sell up to 10 million iPhone 5 models before the end of September. JP Morgan estimates the phone could provide a $3. 2-billion boost to the U. S. economy in the fourth quarter.
Apple's rival and component supplier, Samsung, moved to spoil the party, saying it plans to add the iPhone 5 to its existing patent lawsuits against Apple.

单选题 10.As a result of the hot sale of iPhone 5, the stocks of the following companies will rise EXCEPT______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 细节题中的NOT TRUE题型或EXCEPT题型。首先，要读懂题目，本题问的是由于iPhone 5的热销，以下哪个公司的股票不会随之上涨。然后，根据各答案选项中的关键词逐一回原文中定位，再结合排除法做题。A选项Apple’s mobile partners(苹果手机的合作伙伴)出现在Excerpt 1的第一句中，根据A wave of Apple iPhone 5 buyers is bound to boost the stocks of Apple’s mobile partners的语义，苹果手机合作伙伴的股票一定会随之上涨，与题目要求不符，应该排除。C、D两个选项集中出现在Excerpt 2中。C选项Apple’s component suppliers(苹果的零件供应商)出现在第二段的第一句里；D选项wireless carriers that will sell the phone(卖手机的无线运营商)出现在第一段的最后一句中。根据原文这两句话可以排除这两个选项。而B选项mighty tech companies like Microsoft(像微软这样强大的科技公司)则出现在Excerpt 5中关于苹果价值能否突破1万亿美元大关的讨论，未涉及此类公司的股票涨跌问题，因此B是正确答案。

单选题 11.What is Michael E. Driscoll's attitude towards the assumption that Apple will crack the $1 trillion plateau by 2013?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 态度推断题。可以套用公式：正确答案=原文话题+表达话题的用词。根据题干关键词Michael E．Driscoll回到原文Excerpt 4中，根据介绍Michael E．Driscoll的定语从句who thinks the 2015 guesstimate is right可以看出，Michael E．Driscoll同意的是关于苹果2015年能突破万亿大关的推断，对于2013年实现这一目标的推断可以从Michael E．Driscoll所说的“It’s hard to imagine Apple growing any faster，”来判断，从这句话看出Michael E．Driscoll是持怀疑态度的。因此可以判断正确答案是D选项，而A选项Critical(批评、批判的)尽管也是负面态度，但与原文表述不符。

单选题 12.Which of the following choices cite analysts' assumptions about Apple's valuation?

单选题 13.Which of the following statements might Bilton agree on?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 推断题。本题做题的关键是根据Bilton回原文中定位，能正确理解Bilton的观点态度，并结合排除法做题。Bilton的观点集中出现在Excerpt 3和Excerpt 5中，根据Excerpt 3中第一段的最后两句，可以看出Bilton对于A选项的态度是否定的，关键词是这句中的warn(警告)。C选项It is natural for analysts and investors to specify the exact time(分析家和投资者能够精确说出苹果实现这一目标的具体时间是很自然的事情)与Excerpt 3中第一句话中的which seems strangely specific all things considered语义不符。而D选项是Excerpt 6中JP Morgan的推断，与Bilton无关，因此这三个选项都可以排除。正确答案是B选项Like Microsoft，Apple might not reach a $1 trillion valuation(像微软一样，苹果有可能达不到1万亿美元)。这一点可以从Excerpt 5中Bilton的警告“Every kingdom must crumble，right?What could be the downfall of such a mighty tech company?Their maps app．Indeed，the flap over the poor-quality maps on the iPhone 5 has led some people to wonder if Apple has already jumped the shark”得到证实和支持。