Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to promise time in front of the television have been devised in the UK.
The shoes- named Square Eyes- 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 (發(fā)射器) passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves(應得), 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 in London, UK. "We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out," she says. "And I wanted to tackle that with my design."
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically (自動地) 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(計步器) normally clip 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."
小題1:According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to _____.
A．keep a record of the steps of the wearer.
B．deal with overweight among teenagers.
C．enable children to resist (抵制) the attraction of TV.
D．prevent children from being tricked by TV programs.
小題2:Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?
A．They control 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.
小題3:Compared with other similar products, the new design ___.
A．sends teenagers' health data(數(shù)據(jù)) to the receiver.
B．counts the wearer's steps through shaking.
C．records the sudden movement of the wearer.
D．make it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight
B．Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C．Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D．Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：本文主要介紹了一款智能運動鞋，通過利用孩子們每天走步數(shù)來決定看電視的時間，起到控制體重的作用。
小題1:推斷題。根據(jù)第三段"We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out," she says. "And I wanted to tackle that with my design."可以推斷這個設計是為了解決孩子超重的問題。
小題2:推斷題。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.說明這種鞋子利用走路的步數(shù)來控制孩子看電視的時間
小題3:推斷題，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. "可知得知其他類似的產(chǎn)品可以通過晃動來作弊，但她設計的鞋子使懶惰的青少年很難作弊
小題4:主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了一款智能運動鞋，通過利用孩子們每天走步數(shù)來決定看電視的時間，起到控制體重的作用。
點評：本文是一篇科普性說明文�？破照f明文是以介紹科學技術(shù)、普及科學知識為目的的說明文體，主要通過對有關(guān)事物的介紹或事理的闡釋，讓讀者獲得知識、信息，對說明對象有所了解，并獲得某些方面的啟示題材涉及范圍較廣。做這類題時，要通讀全文，弄明白短文講的是什么，理解文中的具體信息和概念，結(jié)合上下文句子，理解文意。然后，抓住原文重點詞，結(jié)合語法和詞義，進行歸納，演繹，推理。注意首段和各段第一句話，將其含義連接成一個整體；不要一看首段有問題相關(guān)問題就忙于選擇答案。
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