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10.Nearly twenty years ago,Christina Cyr and Linda Inagawa started working at Microsoft on the same day.All week they kept finding their new colleagues mixing them up,until on the Friday they finally met.They've been friends ever since,and now they've teamed up to change the way mobile phones are designed.Cyr and Inagawa's company is called Dtoor,which stands for"Designing the opposite of rectangle",and their first planned product is the Cyrcle,a round mobile phone.
It's been years since smart phones looked fun.The strange looks of the teardrop-shaped (水滴形) Nokia 7600 or stick-like Nokia 7280 are a distant memory in this age of shiny rectangles.But the potential of a different design isn't just about novelty.With so many mainstream manufacturers using the same Android software in a crowded market,companies are desperate to differentiate their products.In fact Apple,Samsung and others are already diversifying their mobile line-up with smart watches and virtual reality devices.So,maybe it's time to re-design the smart phone itself with some more interesting designs than the boring old rectangle.
That's the goal of Dtoor.Founder Christina Cyr,who has worked on nuclear submarines,AIDS research in Los Angeles,and as a biochemist in Japan as well as working for NEC and Microsoft,went from complaining about her phone to attending maker spaces to begin work on a device that would do the things she wanted,and not do the things she didn't want.
29.How long have Cyr and Inagawa been friends?B
A.About 10 years.
B.About 20 years.
C.About 30 years.
D.About 40 years.
30.The underlined word"novelty"in the third paragraph refers toA.
A.something new and interesting
B.something old and dull
C someone kind and famous
D.someone selfish and rude
31.What's the goal of Dtoor?D
A.To help people do anything they want,
B.To play an important role in other fields.
C.To become the biggest smart phone company in the world.
D.To design smart phones with some more interesting designs.
分析 本文主要讲述Christina Cyr 和 Linda Inagawa 在微软共同合作开发新型的智能手机的过程.
解答 29〜31 BAD
29 B 细节题. 根据文章第一 段 Nearly twenty years ago,Christina Cyr and Linda Inagawa started working at Microsoft on the same day.可知在20年前Christina Cyr 和 Linda Inagawa 同时在微软公司工作,自从那时起他们就成为了朋友.
30 A 猜测词义题. 根据文章第三 段With so many mainstream manufacturers using the same Android software in a crowded market,companies are desperate to differentiate their products. 可知很多公司都渴望使他们的产品与众不同,因此novelty的含义是新奇有趣,故选A.
31 D 细节题. 根据文章第三 段 maybe it's time to re-design the smart phone itself with some more interesting designs than the boring old rectangle.可知该是重新设计智能手机的时候了,这也是 Dtoor公司的目的,故选D.
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