How the Iron of Tomorrow Can Change Your Lifestyle Today.
(the first Self Cleaning Iron)
General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself inside where an iron gets dirty. Because it cleans itself each time you empty it. How? With a push of a magic blue button.
◆The magic blue button
The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked "Self Clean". Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.
◆Less chance of brown spots
Sure, Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (Those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.) Because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean each time you press that magic blue button.
◆Steams better longer
Common sense tells you that if you’ve an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long period of time. In other words, it steams better longer. That’s another joy of ow­ning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.
◆What does it mean to you
Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle by giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better housekeeper, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from Gener­al Electric.
Lifestyle .We are with yours. Gener­al Electric.
小題1:This passage is ________.
A．an introduction to General Electric
B．an operating instruction of Self Cleaning Iron
C．an advertisement of Self Cleaning Iron
D．a description of the change of lifestyle
小題2:This iron can clean itself by ________.
A．emptying itself B．washing out mineral deposits
C．blocking up mineral depositsD．giving off more steam
小題3:According to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?
A．It is made by General Electric.
B．The iron will not produce mineral deposits.
C．There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.
D．Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.
小題4:Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because________.
A．you can run your house better
B．you don’t have to run after the kids
C．you can use it while you are working
D．we want you to be a better housekeeper

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文介紹了一種新型的可以自我清潔的熨斗，使用了這種熨斗對我們的生活有很大的影響，這種熨斗不會留下黃色的斑點，可以讓你更好地管理你的家。
小題1:C 主旨大意題。本文屬于廣告類的短文，根據(jù)第一部分第二句The iron can clean itself inside where an iron gets dirty可知本文介紹了一種可以自我清潔的熨斗，故C正確。
小題2:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二部分2,3行you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside.說明B項是這種熨斗的工作原理，故B正確。
小題3:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三部分1,2行Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (Those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.)說明這種熨斗熨燙以后不會留下黃色的斑點，故C正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一部分It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle by giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better housekeeper, we want to.說明用了這個熨斗你可以更好的管理你的家。故Ａ正確。
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