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【题目】When Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him what color his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone application (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else.

The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. In America, an estimated 32 million color-blind Americans—95% are males—can soon have their life improved.

“DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors slightly so they fall within the range that people who are color-blind see,”developer Dan Kaminsky told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the 2009 film Star Trek with a color-blind friend.

It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green due to a genetic defect(遗传缺陷). Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc. He started experimenting with one of the most common representations of points in the RGB color model. What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. “You can adjust the app to fit your needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.

Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the app and was pleased with the results. "It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, which means Sparkman can now identify the power light on his computer display as green.

【1】According to the first two paragraphs, we can know that DanKam ___________.

A. is designed to help people with colorblindness

B. can turn vague colors into real ones

C. is a phone used to help drawing pictures

D. appeared in the movie Star Trek

【2】How does DanKam’s app work?

A. It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets.

B. It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model

C. It checks color-blind people’s types of degrees of colorblindness.

D. It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them.

【3】It can be inferred from the passage that colorblindness __________.

A. cannot be cured by any methods

B. is not necessarily inborn disease

C. is more commonly seen in women

D. makes people unable to tell any colors

【4】The underlined word visible in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________.

A. recognizable B. enjoyable

C. adjustable D. Portable

【5】Which of the following is NOT included in the things that DanKam helps Sparkman with?

A. Choosing clothes.

B. Playing computer games

C. Drawing his pictures.

D. Handling electronic gadgets.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了一种能够帮助色盲患者识别颜色的应用软件以及人们对于这种应用软件的看法。

【1】推断题。由第一段中的because he's color-blind.句意为因为他有色盲症，由第二段中的The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. 句意为这个dankam应用软件，适用于iPhone和安卓手机，每个2.99美元，这种应用软件能使百分之一有色盲症的患者将模糊的颜色转换成真实的颜色，就像任何其他人看的那样。可以推断出这款应用软件是为有色盲症的患者设计的。故选A。

【2】细节题。由第二段中的The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true" colors as everyone else sees them. 句意为这个dankam应用软件，适用于iPhone和安卓手机，每个2.99美元，这种应用软件能使百分之一有色盲症的患者将模糊的颜色转换成真实的颜色，就像任何其他人看的那样。可以推断出这款应用软件可以改变颜色以至于患有色盲的人能看见这种颜色。故选D。

【3】推断题。由第四段中的Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc.句意为然而，黄蓝色盲症患者很稀少，并且是由于年龄，疾病或者头部受伤等而产生的，可以推断出色盲症不全是天生的疾病。故选B。

【4】推断题。由第四段中的What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. 句意为这个应用软件试图去做的事是清理图片或是视频信号中的颜色以至于颜色对于那些有视力问题的人是可见的。可以推断出该应用软件是为那些有视力问题的人设计的，那么它的作用就是让他们能看见，所以该词的意思是可见的。故选A。

【5】细节题。由最后一段中的It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, 句意为他说，在面试中这个对于穿着是很有用的。但是在他的艺术创作中，这个是最实用的应用软件，它在电子配件方面在LED以及其他灯中也能很好的工作。可以推断出ACD三项都被包括了，故选B。