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茂名市2021届五校联盟高三第三次联考
英语试卷
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第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
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For tech-crazy travellers, below are four most advanced tech destinations to visit.
Silicon Valley, America
Home to many of the world' s largest high-tech corporations.
In Apple Park, the Visitor Center is the only part tourists are permitted to visit. There are four main areas : an Apple Store featuring Apple-branded goods not sold at regular Apple stores, a cafe, an exhibition space, and a roof terrace (露台)overlooking the campus.
In the Googleplex, there is no Google campus tour. The only way a member of the public can tour the inside of campus buildings is by an employee -- so if you happen to know one, ask him or her to show you around.
Zhongguancun, China
A technology center in Haidian District.
Known as “Electronics Avenue” from the early 1980s on, due to its information technology markets, in 1999, it became the “Zhongguancun Science & Technology Zone”, with seven parks, where over 12,000 high-tech enterprises were operating according to the 2004 Beijing Statistical Yearbook.
Many world-famous technology companies built their Chinese headquarters and research centers in Zhongguancun Technology Park, such as Google, Intel.
Seoul, South Korea
The world's " most wired city”, ranked first in technology readiness by PwC's Cities of Opportunity report. With the world's highest fibre-optic (光学的)broadband widely accepted and the highest global average Internet speeds of 26. 1 Mbit/s, it is among the world leaders in Internet connectivity. In some apartment buildings, Internet speeds reach up to 52. 5 Gbit/s.
Bangalore, India
The "IT capital of India” plays a role as the nation's leading IT exporter. Around 47% of the 265 biotechnology compani