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17.Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone,and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch.Some in the city can't wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.
"I'd use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3a.m.and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open,"said Walter Choo,40,of Fort Greene.
The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between﹩250and﹩600,the Times said,possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality,a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings.So,for example,if you were walking down a street,indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.
"As far as a mainstream consumer product,this just isn't something anybody needs,"said Sam Biddle,who writes for Gizmodo.com."We're accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,"he added,"and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars."
Google publisher Seth Weintraub,who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year,said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.
"It's just like smartphones 10years ago,"Weintraub said."A few people started getting emails on their phones,and people thought that was crazy.Same kind of thing.We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones,and it's unnatural,"he said."There's gonna be improvements to that,and this a step there."

29.One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is toC.
A.program the opening hours of a bar
B.supply you with a picture of the future
C.provide information about your surroundings
D.update the maps and GPS in your smartphones
30.The underlined phrase"pop up"in the third paragraph probably means"C".
A.develop rapidly
B.get round quickly
C.appear immediately
D.go over automatically
31.According to Sam Biddle,the smartphone-like glasses areD.
A.necessary for teenagers
B.attractive to New Yorkers
C.available to people worldwide
D.expensive for average consumers
32.We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glassesA.
A.may have a potential market
B.are as common as smartphones
C.are popular among young adults
D.will be improved by a new technology.

分析 本文介绍了一种象智能手机的眼镜,它的功能和缺陷及市场潜力.

解答 29.C:考查细节题.从第三段的第二句话a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings.可知,这种象智能手机的眼镜可以提供周围环境的信息.选C.
30.C:考查猜词题.从句意看:如果你走在街上,眼镜上会立刻出现一个指示显示最近的咖啡店的位置.还有后面的暗示:come into view right,所以pop up这个词组是"突然出现"的意思.选C.
31.D:推理题.从第四段的Sam Biddle说的最后一句话and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars."可以推断出,对普通的消费者来说,这个手机太贵了,他们买不起.选D.
32.A:推理题.从倒数第二段的最后一句话,可以推断出这种象智能手机的眼镜可能有潜在的市场.选A.

点评 本篇阅读较为简单.文章内容,所出题目以及选项也较短,因此考生只要阅读详略结合,细心理解,就能快速得出正确答案.

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