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【题目】

Enjoy creative inventions Every November, Time magazine picks out “The 25 Best Inventions” of the year. These are the things that have made our lives different. TEENS has chosen three of the most interesting ones on the list. If you want to know more, please click Here.
Ember Mug	It’s hard to always keep coffee at the right temperature, especially in winter. It’s too hat to drink at first, but before we know it, it gets too cold and loses all its taste. According to Time, the perfect level of warmth for a cup of coffee only lasts for 37 seconds, which makes the Ember Mug a great invention. It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature, anywhere between 48℃ and 62℃, once you set it through a smartphone app.
Tasty One Top	TV cooking shows make it look so easy, but it’s almost impossible to get the recipes to look the same as how the professionals make them. However, the Tasty One Top DIY cooking helps. Developed by Buzzfeed, the cooker can be connected to a smartphone app, which has more than 1,700 recipes and videos. You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do. For example, it’ll tell you when to turn your steak or when to add certain ingredients.
Jibo	Smart speakers from companies like Amazon and Xiaomi have added a lot of fun to our lives. Though they’re still faceless speakers. However, Jibo, developed by MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal, has brought smart technology to life. Said to be “the world’s first social robot for the home”, Jibo looks like a cartoon character, a round head and a voice that sounds like a 10-year-old boy. Inside its “head”, there are different sensors and cameras, which allow it to recognize (辨认) faces and speech. Jibo will move to face you whenever you talk to it. It can also set alarms, remind you of important things, tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

【1】Who chose the three of the most interesting inventions on the list?

A.Time magazineB.TEENSC.BuzzfeedD.Cynthina Breazeal

【2】What’s special about Ember Mug?

A.It can help make coffee or tea.B.It’s used for drinking coffee or tea.

C.It keeps coffee or tea at a certain temperature.D.It keeps coffee or tea fresh.

【3】Why do people choose Tasty One Top?

A.Because TV cooking shows make cooking so easy.

B.Because after connecting to a smartphone app, it knows what to do itself.

C.Because it’s very cheap and helpful.

D.Because it can make more delicious food.

【4】What can’t Jibo do according to the information above?

A.Help do some housework.B.Move to face people when people talk.

C.Set alarms and remind things.D.Tell the weather and read news or messages.

【5】Where is probably the list from?

A.A textbook.B.A website.C.A cooking magazine.D.A guidebook.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文讲述了每年11月，时代杂志都会评选出“25项最佳发明”，这些事情让人们的生活变得不同。TEENS选出了名单上最有趣的三个。Ember Mug：只要通过智能手机应用设定温度，它就能让咖啡或茶保持在48到62摄氏度之间的特定温度。Tasty One Top：由Buzzfeed开发的这款炊具可以连接到一个智能手机应用上，选择一个食谱，应用程序会让炊具知道该做什么。Jibo：第一个家用社交机器人。

【1】细节理解题。根据“TEENS has chosen three of the most interesting ones on the list.”可知TEENS选出了名单上最有趣的三个，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据“It keeps your coffee or tea at a certain temperature, anywhere between 48℃ and 62℃, once you set it through a smartphone app.”可知只要你通过智能手机应用设定温度，它就能让你的咖啡或茶保持在48到62摄氏度之间的特定温度，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据“the cooker can be connected to a smartphone app”及“You choose a recipe and the app will let the cooker know what to do. ”可知你选择一个食谱，应用程序会让炊具知道该做什么，故选B。

【4】推理判断题。根据“Jibo will move to face you whenever you talk to it. It can also set alarms, remind you of important things, tell you the weather and read news or messages from your friends and family.”可知无论你什么时候和Jibo说话，它都会移到你面前。它还可以设置闹钟，提醒你重要的事情，告诉你天气情况，阅读新闻或来自你的朋友和家人的消息，所以不能做选项A所说的做家务，故选A。

【5】文章来源题。根据“If you want to know more, please click Here.”和全文三个发明可知应该是来自网站，故选B。