Question

 

Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（話匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost ?1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.

Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget(小配件) recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承擔）the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.

Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves—one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to ?260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.

Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my ‘Talk to the Hand’ project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”

Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, “There’s a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.”

1.The underlined word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of ______.

A. an artist ????????????? B. a company ????????????? C. a mobile? ????????????? D. an exhibition

2.Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves ______.

A. in the exhibition????????????? ????????????? B. from Mr Miles

C. when they are mass produced ????????????? D. after they recycle the gadgets

3.The purpose of the project is to _______.

A. promote the technology of IT

B. enable people to talk to their hands

C. raise people’s awareness of recycling

D. attract visitors’ attention in the exhibition

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. New mobiles that are fashionable.

B. Outdated handsets that are upgraded.

C. Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling.

D. New gloves that can be used for making phone calls.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了一種新型的手套，可以當作是手機使用，可以省得人們打電話的時候把手機拿出來，很方便，但是最重要的是它是在鼓勵人們回收一些不用的手機或電子設(shè)備。

1.猜詞題：從第二段O2后面的定語從句：which commissioned（承擔）the project.可知承擔這個項目的是一個公司，選B

2.推理題：從第三段的句子：if demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale.可知顧客只有在大量生產(chǎn)的時候，才能買到這個手套。選C

3.推理題：從第三段的句子：The service pays up to ?260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.可知這個項目主要是提高人們回收的意識。選C

4.主旨題：從第一段的句子：Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（話匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost ?1,000 a pair.可知這篇文章講的是一種新型手套可以當作手機使用，選D

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