Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device (裝置) developed by doctors in Israel.
The device will be used by breathing in and out through the nose, according to a study. Healthy people who tested the device quickly learned to play computer games and write sentences by sniffing. Encouraged by the results, the researchers decided to test their device on people who are paralyzed (癱瘓) but whose intelligence remains normal. Ten paralyzed who tested the device quickly learned to use their noses to write words, open a webpage, copy words and put them into a search engine.
With their success in helping severely disabled people to communicate * the researchers decided to make use of the new technology to design an electric wheelchair to be driven by sniffs.
Ten healthy people easily mastered sniff—driving a wheelchair through a maze (迷宮), and a 30-year-old man who had been paralyzed from the neck down for six years was as good a sniff-driver as the healthy participants at his second attempt. In other words, a paralyzed person could use the sniff controller to drive an electric wheelchair.
At the moment, sniff-controlled technology is still in the stage of development, and the Weizmann Institute has already applied for a patent on the device. "Ill be very happy if it can help us to make money, but the real problem is that I hope someone will develop it, because this would help a lot of people," said Sobel, one of the lead researchers of the study.
1.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce a new invention.
B. To equip the disabled with life skills.
C. To show the nose's special functions.
D. To instruct doctors to apply for a patent.
2.In the test, the paralyzed people with normal intelligence can use their nose to ______.
A. type long sentences quickly
B. play computer games easily
C. enter a website without much difficulty
D. communicate with others successfully
3.With the help of the sniffing device, a 30-year-old disabled man ______.
A. spent six years learning how to drive a wheelchair
B. failed to drive through the maze at his first attempt
C. took the wheelchair controlled by healthy participants
D. managed to drive an electric wheelchair by sniffing
4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that the sniff-controlled technology ______.
A. will be applied to other fields of research
B. needs further developing to serve more people
C. has become an important patented invention
D. shows the wisdom and talents of Israel doctors
1.A
2.C
3.D
4.B
【解析】
試題分析:本文是一篇科普說明類的文章,主要向大家介紹了一項新的發(fā)明,可以幫助殘疾人利用他們的鼻子去完成一些本來難以完成的事。
1.A歸納總結(jié)題。根據(jù)首段Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device (裝置) developed by doctors in Israel及后文來看,本文主要介紹了一項新的發(fā)明,故選A。
2.C細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)Ten paralyzed who tested the device quickly learned to use their noses to write words, open a webpage, copy words and put them into a search engine可知感官正常的殘疾人可以用鼻子打開網(wǎng)頁,故選C。
3.D細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)Ten healthy people easily mastered sniff—driving a wheelchair through a maze (迷宮), and a 30-year-old man who had been paralyzed from the neck down for six years was as good a sniff-driver as the healthy participants at his second attemp可知,利用這項裝置,30歲的殘疾人也可以像正常人一樣自由控制輪椅,故選D。
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