3.Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant (保證;授權(quán))time in front of the television have been invented in the UK.
The shoes 一 named Square Eyes一contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day.A wireless transmitter (傳話器)passes the information to a receiver connected to a television,and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves,based on the day's efforts.
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers,says Gillian Swan,who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London,UK."We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,"she says."And I wanted to deal with that with my design."
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise,the television automatically switches off.And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.
Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both.Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.So,every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals exactly one minute of TV time.
Existing pedometers (計(jì)步器)normally clip (夾在)onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement.Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking.But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat."It is possible,but it would be a lot of effort,"she says."That was one of my main design considerations."
41.According to Swan,the purpose of her design project is toB.
A.keep a record of the steps of the wearer
B.deal with overweight among teenagers
C.enable children to resist the temptation of TV
D.prevent children from being tricked by TV programs
42.Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?A
A.They regulate a child's evening TV viewing time.
B.They determine a child's daily pocket money.
C.They have raised the hot issue of overweight.
D.They contain information of the receiver.
43.What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?C
A.The exact number of steps to be taken.
B.The accurate number of hours spent on TV.
C.The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.
D.The way of changing steps into TV watching time.
44.Compared with other similar products,the new designD.
A.sends teenagers'health data to the receiver
B.counts the wearer's steps through shaking
C.records the sudden movement of the wearer
D.makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat
45.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A
A.Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B.Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C.Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D.Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight.
分析 本文主要介紹了一款智能運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋,利用孩子們每天的走步數(shù)來決定看電視的時(shí)間,起到控制體重的作用.
解答 41.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段"‘We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,'she says,‘And I want to tackle that with my design.'"可以推斷出這個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)是為了解決孩子超重的問題.
42.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段"Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise,the television automatically switches off.And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps."可知這種鞋利用走路的步數(shù)來控制孩子看電視的時(shí)間.
43.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第五段"Health experts suggest that a child take 12 000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television."可以推斷出健康專家給出了每天合適的運(yùn)動(dòng)量和看電視時(shí)間.
44.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段"Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking.But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat."可以推斷出類似產(chǎn)品可以用晃動(dòng)來作弊,但是她設(shè)計(jì)的鞋使得懶惰的青少年很難作弊.D
45.A 主旨大意題.本文主要介紹了一款智能運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋,利用孩子們每天的走步數(shù)來決定看電視的時(shí)間,起到控制體重的作用.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文主要考查推理判斷題,要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上,做出一定的推理判斷,從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義.推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話,也可能是某幾句話,所以,推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案:即對(duì)原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合.推理判斷題的題干中通常含有infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語. 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點(diǎn)推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題.