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【題目】Missing friends who live far away? Or just need a little family comfort after a long day? Sometimes you just need a hug(擁抱). And sometimes there’s just no one around to give you one. So what do you do? How about a virtual (虛擬的) hug?Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented a social media vest (社交背心) that allows people to give hugs to their friends, family and loved ones on Facebook.

The vest is called Like-A-Hug, which is connected(連接) with your Facebook page. Whenever Facebook friends “Like” a photo, video or anything you post on the network, a fan will blow air into the vest to give you a hug. Hugs can also be sent back to the sender by pressing the vest to lose air, according to the website of designer Melissa Chow.

She worked with Andy Payne and Phil Seaton at the MIT Media Lab to build the black vest, making the wearer “feel the warmth, encouragement, support, or love that we feel when we receive hugs.” Melissa Chow said, “We came up with the idea over a free talk about long-distance relationships and the disadvantages of video chat interfaces (視頻聊天界面) like Skype.”

Chow and her workmates actually finished work on the vest last year, but it’s only just recently drawn the attention of the public.

Chow provided no pricing or ordering information for the Like-A-Hug vest, so don’t expect to see people blowing up all over town just yet.

Although researchers believe that Like-A-Hug will cause a worldwide storm, a lot of people think it can’t take the place of the feeling of a real hug. Body temperature or the taste of hair and so on is far from what a social vest can match.

【1】What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To show how to design a magic vest.

B. To suggest a newly-built website.

C. To introduce a virtual social media vest.

D. To explain the weak points of Skype.

【2】The vest “Like-A-Hug” would probably be most helpful to ________.

A. those who play computer games

B. those who need comfort or support

C. those who design chat interfaces

D. those who like to give others hugs

【3】What can we learn about Melissa Chow?

A. She built the vest all by herself.

B. She expects to sell the vest at a high price.

C. She made the vest public last year.

D. She got the idea for a vest while chatting.

【4】We can learn from the text that the Like-A-Hug vest ________.

A. can be ordered on Facebook

B. can take the place of a real hug

C. can not only be used by Facebook users

D. produces a hug when you get a Facebook “Like”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文向大家介紹了一種虛擬擁抱------名叫Like-A-Hug的社交背心。Melissa Chow和她的伙伴Andy Payne 以及 Phil Seaton在一次談話中得到啟發(fā)，于是一起來做這項(xiàng)工作。她們想讓人們感受到真正擁抱時(shí)的溫暖、鼓勵(lì)、支持以及愛。但人們相信這種虛擬的東西終歸代替不了真正的肢體擁抱。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。短文第一段用一個(gè)問題引出了社交背心，第二段介紹了什么是社交背心，接下來講了社交背心的發(fā)明過程及未來前景，實(shí)際上就是在給我們介紹這種虛擬的擁抱方式。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從短文第三段第一句She worked with Andy Payne and Phil Seaton at the MIT Media Lab to build the black vest, making the wearer “feel the warmth, encouragement, support, or love that we feel when we receive hugs.”她跟Andy Payne和 Phil Seaton在 MIT媒體實(shí)驗(yàn)室工作生產(chǎn)這種黑背心，讓穿背心的人感覺到我們接受擁抱時(shí)的溫暖、鼓勵(lì)、支持以及愛。由此知道應(yīng)該選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從短文第三段最后一句話說We came up with the idea over a free talk about long-distance relationships and the disadvantages of video chat interfaces(視頻聊天界面) like Skype.我們從一次關(guān)于遠(yuǎn)程關(guān)系和關(guān)于像Skype視頻聊天界面的自由談話中想到這個(gè)主意。故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段說：Whenever Facebook friends “Like” a photo, video or anything you post on the network, a fan will blow air into the vest to give you a hug.無論什么時(shí)候 Facebook網(wǎng)站的朋友喜歡一張照片、一段視頻或任何你發(fā)布在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的東西，粉絲會(huì)向背心里吹氣來給你一個(gè)擁抱 。所以選D。