The group of tourists walking through Stockholm's old street never knew what hit them. As they admired Swedish art works in a storefront window, one of their mobile phones chirped(唧唧叫)with an anonymous(匿名)note:“Try the blue sweaters. They keep you warm in the winter.”
The tourist had just been“bluejacked”--secretly sent a text message using short-range wireless technology called Bluetooth.
The more people get Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones--both sender and receiver need them for this to work--the more there is likely to be mischievous(恶作剧的)messaging.
Websites are already offering tips on bluejacking, and collections of astonished reactions quickly turn up on the Internet. One site, www. bluejackq. com, was set up by a British teenager.
“I bluejacked three or four people, ”says 13-year-old Ellie in UK, who runs the site and makes bluejacking a daily affair. Bluetooth has a range of about nine metres. Ellie used it to send a note to a man in a cafe asking how his coffee was and saying that she liked his wife's glasses.
Ellie says he looked here and there to try to figure out where the message came from, even sending text messages back and forth with his wife, but to_no_avail.
Bluetooth is fast becoming more common on new mobile phones, though Forrester Research says at present only 9 percent of phones in Europe have such a function.
The technology is handy for people wanting to use wireless headsets with their phones or for sending data by phone to Bluetooth-enabled printers.
When Bluetooth is activated(激活), it seeks out other equipped mobile phones by itself and sets up a link. Bluetooth phones can be set to block anonymous messaging, but people who carry them don't necessarily know that.
(1)What is mainly discussed in the text? ________
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A.The meaning of the word“bluejack”.
B.The technology called Bluetooth.
C.Anonymous messages.
D.Tips on bluejacking.
(2)When a tourist was“bluejacked”, he or she might ________.
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A.receive an anonymous and often mischievous message
B.send others a text message using shortrange wireless technology called Bluetooth
C.be persuaded to buy a blue sweater
D.get a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone
(3)We may learn from the text that ________.
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A.with Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones people can send anonymous notes to friends far away
B.13-year-old Ellie makes bluejacking to earn some money by advertising
C.not many people in Europe now carry Bluetooth mobile phones
D.It's not easy for activated Bluetooth to set up a link with other equipped mobile phones
(4)What does the underlined phrase“to no avail”( paragraph 6) probably mean? ________
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A.Without a reply.
B.Of no use.
C.No problem.
D.No signal.
(5)People often receive anonymous messages though they don't want to because ________.
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A.many of them probably don't know how to block such messages
B.it's not necessary for people to know how to block such messages
C.their phones are not able to block anonymous messaging
D.it's just impossible for people to reject any messages