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12.Tired of walking?An American inventor has designed a pair of motorized shoes.The battery powered high-tech footware called"spnKiX"resemble a cross between a ski boot and a roller skate with oversized wheels and are among the inventions on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.A user fixes the motorized skates on to their shoes,and then you can go at the speed of up to 16 kilometers per hour.The futuristic(未来派的) shoes are the brainchild of Peter Treadway,a Los Angeles-based industrial designer.Treadway holds degrees in industrial design,including one from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design,but he said his interest in fashion contributed to the development of the motorized shoes.
"I've been developing some form of wearable transportation since the 1990s.I was going to lunch one day and couldn't find a place to park,"he said."I thought‘Why don't I make something that could get me from home to someplace really close by?'"
Treadway said each shoe has a battery and a motor and they can work together as"sort of mirrors of each other".The rechargeable battery allows the wearer to go about three to five kilometers on a single charge and needs about two to three hours to fully juice up again.
A handheld wireless remote controller which is smaller than a deck of cards controls the speed of shoes."It's very simple,"Treadway said.
Not everyone finds the shoes easy to use at first,however.Training wheels are provided to take the pain out of the learning process.
"To achieve some skills could take you anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours,"Treadway said,depending on the individual.
Some of the money for the spnKiX was raised on Kickstarter,a website which collects donations for creative projects.With the help of Kickstarter,Treadway said,the shoes were made by his Los Angeles-based company,Acton Inc.,which will begin shipping in March and will sell for $649a pair.
64.Which of the following descriptions about spnKiX is TRUE?A
A.It is motorized shoes with oversized wheels.
B.It is a kind of shoes for people to carry easily.
C.People can go everywhere by wearing spnKiX.
D.People wearing it can go faster than any device.
65.What can we learn about Kickstarter?D
A.It organizes people to follow the trend of fashion.
B.It helps to raise money for the poor people.
C.It encourages people to sell the new products.
D.It offers assistance to the projects with creation.
66.Why does the author mention the lunch experience of Treadway?C
A.To introduce how Treadway deals with the embarrassing situation.
B.To tell us how lazy and foolish Treadway is.
C.To introduce the motivation of his invention about spnKiX.
D.To introduce how Treadway operates his company well.
67.It can be inferred from the passage thatB.
A.treadway is the manager of Kickstarter
B.motorized shoes are ready to roll into stores
C.everyone finds it hard to use spnKiX at first
D.the speed of spnKiX is determined by its battery.
分析 本文主要介绍了一种即将投入市场的新鞋,spn句KiX的发明及其工作原理.
解答 64.A细节理解题.根据第一段 resemble a cross between a ski boot and a roller skate with oversized wheels and are among the inventions on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.可知这种鞋子是有着较大轮子的电动鞋.所以答案选A.
65.D 细节理解题.根据最后一段Some of the money for the spnKiX was raised on Kickstarter,a website which collects donations for creative projects.可知 Kickstarter是一个为创建性项目提供募捐服务的网站,所以答案选D.
66.C 细节理解题.从第二段but he said his interest in fashion contributed to the development of the motorized shoes.可知他对流行感兴趣导致他发明这个鞋子,从第三段进一步举例说明他发明这种鞋的动机,所以答案选C.
67.B 根据最后一段句子Acton Inc.,which will begin shipping in March and will sell for $649a pair.该公司将从3月开始出货,售价为649美元一双的.可以推测出这种鞋正准备投入市场,所以答案选B.
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