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Techpet (电子宠物狗)  Want to keep a pet dog but tired of taking care of it? Download the Techpet app that is made by a Japanese company. It turns your phone into the cartoon face of a lovely dog. You can feed the dog by touching the screea This puppy even recognizes people's gestures (手势) and orders through the phone's camera and microphone.

Enable talk gloves (对话手套)  Four Ukrainian (乌克兰的) students have created a special pair of gloves. They help people with speech and hearing problems. The gloves have sensors (传感器) that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smart phone. Then the smart phone changes the text into spoken words.

Indoor clouds (人造室内云)  Amazingly,this is real. A Dutch artist made a small cloud in a room. It needed careful planning： the temperature,humidity (湿度) and lighting all have to be just right Once everything is ready,the cloud can be made by using a fog machine. Although it lasts for only a few moments,it reminds us of the beauty of art and nature.

Google glasses  This is a computer built into the frame (框架) of a pair of glasses. With the 1. 3  cm display,users will be able to take and share photos,chat by video,check maps and the Internet just by moving your head as you walk in the street Want to have one? You’ll have to wait until 2014.

(山东济南2014年综合测试)

() 1. How do you feed a Techpet on the phone?

   A. By giving it some delicious food. B. By showing your gesture.

   C. By touching it on the screen. D. By giving it some orders.

() 2. The special pair of gloves can .

   A. talk to people about the problems it meets   B. help students do math homework

   C. change spoken words into text   D. know what people think by its sensors

() 3. Which of the following is NOT true about the indoor clouds?

   A. The clouds are not real ones.

   B. The clouds come from a fog machine.

   C. The temperature must be right to make the clouds.

   D. The beautiful cloud can float in the room for long.

() 4. Which of the following hasn’t come into use yet so far?

   A. Techpets. B. Enable talk gloves.

   C. Indoor clouds. D. Google glasses.

() 5. The above reading is most probably taken from .

   A. a medical magazine   B. a science newspaper

   C. an advertisement   D. a police report

Answer 1

C 阅读提示:本文为我们列举了四项伟大的发明：电子宠物狗、对话手套、人造室内云以及谷歌眼镜。这些对人类具有不同意义的发明经过无数次的试验与论证，经过许多人的呕心沥血，最终破茧成蝶……

让我们向这些伟大的发明致敬！

1. C 细节理解题。由第一栏的“You can feed the dog by touching the screen* ”可知.你可以通过触摸手机屏幕来喂狗，故正确答案选C_。

2. A 推理判断题。由第二栏的 “The gloves... translate it into text on a smart phone. Then the smart phone changes the text into spoken words. ”可知,为语言和听力障碍人群设计的智能手套上 装配的传感器可根据手势将动作语言转换为手机上现实的文字， 然后手机将文字变成真实的声音，由此推断A项描述与原文内容 信息一致。

3. D 细节理解题。由第三栏的“Although it lasts for only a few moments...”可知，人造室内云持续时间非常短暂，故正确答案 选D0

4. D 细节理解题。最后一栏提到“You’ll have to wait until 2014. ”,故谷歌眼镜2014年上市。

5. B推理判断题。本文为我们详细讲解了四项发明的原理、用途 等信息。由此可推断本文可能摘自一份科学报纸，故正确答案选B