3.Before leaving work,Steve Lee likes to use his cell phone to turn on his heat and air condition system at home.So by the time he gets through traffic into his front door,the temperature inside is perfect.You may wonder what a so-called smart home can do inside.
Lee works for a company called Smarthome.com,testing and living with many of his company's home automation gadgets(自動化小配件),like this multifunction touch screen that controls devices around the house and even connects to the Internet traffic cameras.
"I have cameras,and they follow all the way down the freeway to work,"said Lee with pride,"What's going on at home when you are away?No problem,install some wireless cameras and controllers and from any computer in the world with an Internet connection,you can watch your house."
"You can check on the house,and I can look at the temperature.Believe it or not,if I want to turn on lights ahead of time,I can,"added Lee.
We sat in Steve's California kitchen and with the right password,turned on the kitchen counter lights at his boss'house in Wisconsin.Steve did have permission to log on(登錄).
"If you do know the password and you want to play a trick on your wife,you could turn lights on and off remotely."
This new technology,which can automatically turn on water sprinklers when humidity is low,or turn off a pool pump when it is not in use,is no longer expensive.Several hundred dollars for a basic system is enough and it is not hard to install.
Sure the convenience is nice but many people who like the security advantages like making sure kids are safe with the help of camera monitors and bedside alerts.
"I can notice that maybe one of my children wakes up in the middle of the night once the light switch is turned on."
What a smart home can't do is get you a snack and you have to leave the couch for that.
56.What does the underlined word"password"in Paragraph 5mean?A
A.a(chǎn) secret code.
B.Crossword.
C.Passport.
D.Touch screen.
57.What can be inferred from this passage?A
A.Steve's boss trusted him very much.
B.Steve doesn't like to play jokes on his family.
C.Steve could log on his boss'home because he had been given the key.
D.It's expensive and difficult to apply a basic smart home system.
58.According to the passage,the following is often a must for a smart home EXCEPT a.D
A.cell phone
B.computer      
C.camera
D.car
59.What CAN'T a smart home do according to the passage?B
A.Turning on the light automatically.
B.Getting the owner some food.
C.Turning off a pool pump.
D.Watching over the home's safety.
60.In which section of a newspaper will this passage probably be found?B
A.Entertainment.
B.Science & Technology.
C.Health & Care.
D.Biography.

分析 本文主要介紹了一種新科技--智能房及其功能,人們可以使用它讓自己的生活便利.

解答 56.A 詞義猜測題.由下文內(nèi)容Steve did have permission to log on(登錄).可知Steve獲得了登陸許可,應(yīng)該要有正確的密碼,故選項A與劃線詞義相近.
57.A 推斷理解題. 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容We sat in Steve's California kitchen and with the right password,turned on the kitchen counter lights at his boss'house in Wisconsin  Steve能控制老板家廚房的等,而且有老板的許可和登陸密碼,可知老板非常信任他,故答案為A.
58.D 細節(jié)理解題. 文章內(nèi)容Steve Lee likes to use his cell phone to turn on his heat and air condition system at home,用手機來打開家里的空調(diào)系統(tǒng);install some wireless cameras and controllers and from any computer in the world with an Internet connection,you can watch your house安裝無線相機和使用電腦可以監(jiān)控自己的家,而D在文章中未提及,故選D.
59.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段What a smart home can't do is get you a snack and you have to leave the couch for that,可知,只能房不能給主人提供食物,故答案為B.
60.B 推理判斷題.文章主要介紹了一種新科技--智能房及其功能.因此,本文很有可能出現(xiàn)在報紙中的科學(xué)和技術(shù)這一版,故答案為B.

點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).

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