Question

【题目】You wait in a long queue in the supermarket, but when it’s finally your turn to pay, you can’t find enough money in your purse. 【1】 While you are bending down to look for them, the people behind you are getting angry. The cashier is pounding her fingers impatiently on the counter.

【2】 But the good news is: scientists have thought of a way to make queues shorter and paying for things easier. They have invented an eye scanner. In the future, when you pay for food at the supermarket, an eye scanner will take a picture of your eyes and a computer will identify you. 【3】

Students at Venerable Bede School, England, have already got an eye scanner in their cafeteria. After the students choose the food they want, the scanner looks for their information and sends a list of the food to their parents. 【4】 Also, parents pay for the meals at the end of the week, so the students don’t have to take money to school and wait in long queues to pay for their lunch.

If all shops had eye scanners, shopping would be easier. 【5】 So, it seems that it will be a while before most of us get our eyes scanned at the cashier.

A. Sometimes shopping can be unpleasant.

B. You take out your credit cards, but they fall on the floor.

C. If students aren’t eating a healthy diet, their parents will know.

D. Stores are trying several new ways to get shoppers to spend more.

E. Parents are urging the government to introduce better security safeguards.

F. However, eye scanners are very expensive and many shops can’t afford them.

G. As soon as the machine finds your information, it will send it to your bank which pays for your food automatically.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】C

【5】F

【解析】本文介绍了一种眼睛扫描仪。为了让在超市买东西的人排队时间更短，让付款变得更容易，科学家发明了眼睛扫描仪，在未来，眼睛扫描仪通过给眼睛拍照，通过电脑识别，找到信息，它就会自动寄给银行，以此达到付款的目的。

【1】根据空格前you can’t find enough money in your purse以及空格后While you are bending down to look for them, the people behind you are getting angry（当你弯下腰去找它们时，你身后的人会生气）可知，B项“你拿出你的信用卡，但是它们掉到了地板上。”承上启下，故选B。

【2】根据空格后But the good news is...（但好消息是……）可知，“But”转折，前一句是说购物有时也会不愉快。故选A。

【3】根据空格前In the future, when you pay for food at the supermarket, an eye scanner will take a picture of your eyes and a computer will identify you（在未来，当你在超市为食物付钱时，眼睛扫描仪会给你的眼睛拍照，电脑会识别你）可知，后一句应该说一旦电脑识别了你的信息，它就会自动寄给你的银行。故选G。

【4】根据第三段After the students choose the food they want, the scanner looks for their information and sends a list of the food to their parents（当学生们选择他们想要的食物后，扫描仪就会寻找他们的信息，并向他们的父母发送食物清单）可知，如果学生不健康饮食，他们的父母就会知道。故选C。

【5】根据空格后So, it seems that it will be a while before most of us get our eyes scanned at the cashier.（我们大多数人用眼睛扫描仪似乎还需要一段时间）可知，前一句是说眼睛扫描仪非常昂贵，很多店都买不起。故选F。