Consumerelectronicsonceagaintoppedthelistofthemostwantedgiftsthisholidayseason.“Seventy－sixpercentofconsumerswhoplantobuyholidaygiftssaythattheywillspendmoneyorbuyatleastonetechnologyproduct.”SteveKoe

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Consumer electronics once again topped the list of the most wanted gifts this holiday season.“Seventy－six percent of consumers who plan to buy holiday gifts say that they will spend money or buy at least one technology product.”

Steve Koenig is with the Consumer Electronics Association.He says the group's latest research also shows that Americans this year are spending more on technology products.From tablet computers to smartphones，American shoppers have been lining up to get the newest and coolest electronic devices on the market.There are more choices today than ever before.As a result，people always don't know which to buy when facing so many kinds of products.

Tablet computers are one of the best－selling products this year.Brian Tong is Senior Editor of CNET.com.The website reports on tech news and examines the latest electronic products.He says the Apple iPad mini is one of the most popular tablets.Its starting price is $329.One of Apple's biggest competitors is the Google Nexus 7.It starts at $199.The hardware inside the Google Nexus 7 is more powerful than what's in the iPad mini，but also it offers you a lot of things like maps that work better than Apple's maps.

Brian Tong says there is one reason why people may like the iPad mini more than the Nexus 7.“If you just want to read books and surf the Internet，you don't really need to get an iPad mini，but if you want the largest robust group of apps，that's where the iPad and Apple's ecosystem shines the most.”

Elman Chacon is with the electronics store Best Buy.He says another hot product this season is smart cameras.They connect to the Internet through WiFi.This makes it easy for users to email or upload photographs directly from the camera.“You can literally take a picture and upload it into your Facebook in a matter of seconds.These things are pretty cool because they do a lot of things.”

With the growing popularity of Internet shopping，many consumers will visit a store first to look at a product，and then go online to find it at a lower price.Stores like Best Buy understand that and they want to stay competitive.

39．From the first paragraph，we learn that consumer electronics are ________．

A． expensive B．smart

C．popular D．important

40．What is implied in Paragraph 2?

A．Tablet computers are the most well received electronics.

B．The newest electronic devices on the market don't sell well.

C．Consumer electronics are much more expensive than before.

D．It is hard to make a decision on what electronic device to buy.

41．Compared to the Google Nexus 7，what advantage does the Apple iPad mini have?

A．It is less costly.

B．It offers better maps.

C．It offers more choices of apps.