Itlookslikeamobilephonebuttheserviceismuchcheaper.Itactslikeamobilephonebutonlyinyourowncity.Beyondthecitywallsit'suseless.

Ifyouareenjoyingsuchaserviceyouareoneofagrowingnumberusersof“LittleSmart”inChina.“LittleSmart”alsocalled“Xiaolingtong”hasalwaysbeencomparedtomobilephones.Butactuallyitismorelikeoneofthosecordlessphones（无线电话）usedaroundthehome.Theonlydifferenceisthatthisonereachesmuchfurtherthanfromthebathroomtothelivingroom.Itcantravelacrossanentirecity.

CheapcostsarethemainreasonforthesuccessofLittleSmart.Itcosts25yuanamonthforthelineandabout0.1yuanperminutetouse.Amobilephoneontheotherhandcancostfourorfivetimesasmuch.What'smoreunlikemobilephonethereisnofeeforincomingcalls.

Theselowchangeshaveattractedmanyusers.SinceitwasfirstestablishedinZhejiangin1998LittleSmarthadspreadto300citieswith12millionusersinChinabytheendoflastyear.

ButLittleSmartisnotreallythatsmart.Usersoftencomplainaboutitsbadvoicequality.Thesystemusesthefixedphonelinesandhasagreatnumberofbasestationsplacedclosetoeachothertosendthesignals.Andtherearenotasmanystationstopickupitssignalsasthereareformobiles.“Icouldn'treceiveaphonecallifIwasonabus”saidLiPingauserinHangzhou.“ItworkedfinewhenIstoodstillbuttherewerebreaksinthesignalwhenIwasmoving.PeoplecallingmewouldgetangrybecausetheykeptthinkingIhavehunguponthem.”

ScientistsaretryingtomakeLittleSmartmoreuser-friendly.MessagingandInternetaccesshasbeenaddedtotheservice.AndthelatestLittleSmarthand-setevenhaveacolorscreen

(1)Paragraph1mainlytellsus______.

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A．thecharacteristics（特点）ofLittleSmart

B．thereasonwhyLittleSmartissopopular

C．LittleSmartisbeingusedmorewidelyinthecitythaninthecountryside

D．LittleSmarthasmoreadvantagesthanmobilephones

(2)LittleSmart_____cordlessphones.

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A．hassomesimilaritiesto

B．ismoreconvenientathomethan

C．costslessthan

D．isquitedifferentfrom

(3)Whichofthefollo