Question

【题目】 Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths (电话亭). Six new types of booths are going to be built. One type will each offer 60 books to read or borrow. Another type will have users listen to audio books (有声书) and even record their own voices.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them even more. The world’s first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s in UK painted them red and made them special in cities.

In recent years the country has thought of many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens (屏幕) and wifi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online. Also, users can change the booth as they want to after renting (租) one from the company. Up to now, more than 1,500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafes, and even shower rooms.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become popular once again.

【1】Among the six new types of phone booths in Shanghai, people can ______.

A.buy flowersB.surf the Internet

C.play video gamesD.record their own voices

【2】Which country built the first phone booth?

A.China.B.The UK.C.Germany.D.The USA.

【3】What is the 3rd paragraph main about?

A.A UK company has new ways to reuse telephone booths.

B.The phone booths in the UK are popular again.

C.A UK company has built new booths for user to surf the Internet.

D.People don’t use the phone booths to make calls any more in the UK.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了如何利用高科技对旧的电话亭进行改造，让新型的电话亭重新流行起来。

【1】细节理解题。根据第1大段One type will each offer 60 books to read or borrow. Another type will have users listen to audio books (有声书) and even record their own voices.一台能提供60本借阅和看的书，另一台能让使用者听有声书甚至能记录他们自己的声音。可知，故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据第2大段The world’s first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany.第一台电话亭是在德国建立起来的。可知，故选C。

【3】段落大意题。根据第3大段In recent years the country has thought of many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens (屏幕) and wifi to some booths.近几年，英国公司已经想出办法让电话亭重新有用。可知，故选A。