You don't need to get in a time-traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way we shop.Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist.Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.
Try it on, virtually (虛擬的).Want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you. Go and see the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of eyewear you're checking out on a picture of your face.But what if you want to buy something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body.You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experience.
Get a perfect, custom fit.Everyone's body is shaped differently.To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed.But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly.Some companies scan your body using High-tech to get the most accurate measurements, so they can make special clothes just for you.
High-tech shopping carts and checkout counters.High-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarkets.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are currently under test.The cart can follow you along the aisles (通道), controlled merely by your movement and your voice.In China, a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores' aisles.
In the United States, several supermarkets use a device called Scan It that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shop.While it's great not having to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldn't mind it if the store used Toshiba's new Object Recognition Scanner.The machine identifies a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.
【小題1】What's the best title for this text?

A.Ways for future shopping
B.Influence of new technology
C.Inventions to change habits
D.A new time-traveling machine
【小題2】According to Paragraph 2, The eBay Fashion iPhone app can _____.
A.make vivid pictures of our face
B.help us sell more clothes online
C.create us a virtual dressing room
D.choose suitable eyeglasses for us
【小題3】Which of the following can get the most accurate shape of our body?
A.Object Recognition Scanner.
B.The eBay Fashion iPhone app.
C.3D scanning technology.
D.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts.
【小題4】The Object Recognition Scanner can identify a product more quickly by____.
A.the customer's voice
B.its shape and color
C.the customer's movement
D.the bar code on it
【小題5】What can we infer from this text?
A.Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future.
B.Buyers can use Scan It to go around the supermarket by themselves.
C.High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets.
D.The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true.


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:這篇文章講的是新科技會(huì)改變?nèi)藗冑?gòu)物的方式。人們?cè)诰W(wǎng)上購(gòu)物更方便,更適合,超市里面的購(gòu)物車(chē)也是人性化的,付錢(qián)的時(shí)候也會(huì)更快。
【小題1】主旨題:從第一段的句子:Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist.Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.可知這篇文章講的是新科技會(huì)改變?nèi)藗冑?gòu)物的方式。選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:Go and see the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of eyewear you're checking out on a picture of your face.可知The eBay Fashion iPhone app 可以讓我們選擇適合的眼鏡,選D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly.可知3D掃描系統(tǒng)可以選擇最適合我們身體的衣服,選C
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子:The machine identifies a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.可知The Object Recognition Scanner可以憑物體的顏色和形狀很快的識(shí)別物體,選B。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題:從第四段的句子:High-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarkets.可知高科技購(gòu)物車(chē)將在購(gòu)物超市廣泛使用,選C
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