大学英语综合(三)Unit3补充练习及答案..docVIP

Unit 3 Book 3 I. Reading Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. LOS ANGELES—Fans rushed to see 3-D movies such as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if theyre surrounded by a noodle storm on their couches. Next year, major electronics manufacturers Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. plan to introduce 3-D-capable high-definition televisions for the mass market. Youll still need to wear special glasses, though. Movie studios hope 3-D can help lift the weak home video market the same way it has pushed up box office results. The initial price of such sets is expected to be high—perhaps 20 percent more than normal sets of the same size. But costs should come down in the coming years. Depending on prices, 3-D-ready TVs could be in 28 million to 46 million homes worldwide by 2013, predicts Alfred Poor, an analyst with GigaOM Pro. He estimates that next year, as many as 2.5 million sets worldwide will be sold with 3-D capability. Were raising a whole generation of kids who expect to see this effect for their movies at home, Poor said. I think people want 3-D. I just dont think theyre going to want to pay a whole lot more for it. To avoid the need for special screens, some manufacturers of TV sets are being away from the 3-D technology common in theaters in favor of whats known as active avoidance. That uses an infra-red (红外线的) emitter on the TV to tell battery-powered glasses when to adjust the left and right lenses in conjunction with the images on the screen, which gives the perception of three dimensions. The sets themselves will require relatively minor upgrades from todays models, but the g