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(2019·四川绵阳市高三第一次诊断性考试)
Educational App Store
Busuu
Busuu helps you learn English language and the lesson's quality is guaranteed as it is based on CEFR language framework. Lessons range from beginners to advanced learners. Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers.
Duolingo
Duolingo is one of the best English language apps today and highly recommended for English beginners. The system of the app helps you learn English quickly by spending twenty minutes a day. Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lessons.
Memrise
Memrise uses some creative and easy ways to remember English words. The focus of this app is to help the users expand their vocabulary by learning English words in an effective way. Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is designed differently from average language apps on the marketplace today. It's trying to teach us English the way we'd learn it if we were children starting to learn the language. It has exercises designed to help you learn basic words. A variety of lessons are offered that Rosetta Stone has been using for years.
篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四款能够帮助学习英语的应用程序：Busuu、 Duolingo、 Memrise和Rosetta Stone。
1．Which is most helpful for speaking?
A．Busuu. B．Duolingo.
C．Memrise. D．Rosetta Stone.
答案：A 细节理解题。根据Busuu部分最后一句“Busuu is actually a great English app if you want to improve your spoken English by talking with native speakers.”可知，如果你想和以英语为母语的人交谈来提高英语口语的话，Busuu是一个很好的英语应用程序，故选A项。
2．What is unique about Memrise?
A．It works online or offline.
B．It serves English beginners.
C．It promises quick progress.
D．It helps develop vocabulary.
答案：A 细节理解题。根据Memrise部分最后一句“Memrise also offers an offline mode to continue learning without Internet connection.”可知，Memrise的特殊之处在于它不仅可以在线学习也可以提供离线模式，这样不联网也能继续学习，故选A项。
3．What does the Educational App Store intend to do here?
A．Inspire language learners.
B．Show its high technology.
C．Compare ways of learning.
D．Promote its latest products.
答案：D 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了四种能够帮助学习英语的应用程序，强调了它们对于学习英语的好处，因此这个教育方面的应用商店是想推销自己的最新产品，故选D项。
【词汇积累】 ①framework n. 结构，机制 ②structure v. 使形成体系；系统安排；精心组织 ③mode n. 方式；风格；样式 ④marketplace n. 市场竞争；市场
【难句分析】 原文：Duolingo structures your lessons that teach you about seven new words based on a topic and skill points being awarded for completing the lessons. Duolingo会根据一个话题和完成课程所获得的技能点来组织你的课程，教你大约七个新单词。(第二段最后一句)
分析：本句为主从复合句。that引导定语从句，修饰先行词lessons; being awarded for completing the lessons为现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰名词skill points。
