【題目】As we enter into this new age of cities in which more than half the world’s population will live in an urban area, we must also take a hard look at how we will care for the significant increase in our elderly population. While many will be living longer, they will be doing so with age-related health issues and disease. Of special concern, the number of people living with dementia（癡呆）worldwide is set to treble by 2050. Alzheimer’s Disease International reports that 44 million people live with the disease now but that figure will increase to 135 million by 2050. With this added pressure to health systems, technology is the critical factor to success.

In Oslo, Norway, a retired engineer, Mr. Helge Farsund cares for his wife, Kari. Kari, who had been an intensive-care nurse who served with the Red Cross in Rwanda, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s three years ago. Looking to live as normal a life as possible as Kari’s condition progressed, they are participating in a pilot project studying how a smart home powered by sensors enables people with Alzheimer’s Disease to stay in their home.

The system is created by Abilia. At the center of the system is an iPad-like device. The screen has Skype, which allows carers to regularly check in with patients．

Some l,000 people now have the system installed in their homes, and 25 of them, including the Farsunds, are testing the latest version, which combines the screen with wirelessly connected sensors around the house to detect motion. If a dor is opened or left open, or if the stove is left on, the system alerts patients and caretakers of danger. The planner also provides spoken reminders about daily tasks, such as when they need to take medicine and events like birthdays as well as enabling caretakers and family members to check in remotely via Skype.

“With this kind of system, it allows people to take care of themselves, which is the most important thing,” says vice president Oystein Johnsen. For him, any move to improve city life needs to begin with people. “Smart cities are coming and they need to start with individuals in their own home,” he says. “It also saves the government money. In Norway it cost one million Norwegian krone (￡100,000) per year to have someone in a home, while this system costs 15,000. That is a lot of money to save.”

【1】Which section of BBC news is most likely to include this passage?

A. HealthB. Entertainment

C. TechnologyD. Business

【2】The case of Helge and Kari Farsund in the second paragraph serves to .

A. expose a social problem

B. introduce the main topic

C. show sympathy to the elderly

D. arouse medical workers’ interest

【3】Which of the following functions can all be performed by the system?

① To warn people of possible dangers

② To help check in with patients

③ To offer people some medicine

④ To cure people of Alzheimer's

⑤ To remind people of daily tasks

⑥ To play movies like an iPad

A. ①②⑤B. ②③⑤

C. ①④⑥D. ③④⑤

【4】According to the last paragraph, Oystein Johnsen will approve that .

A.smart cities should be human-based

B. the system should reduce its cost

C. mass production is still impossible

D. individuals are responsible for future

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇科技說明文。文章開頭介紹了患老年癡呆癥的人數(shù)有所增多，針對這一現(xiàn)象，提出了一種高科技智能系統(tǒng)，大大便利了患此疾病的人的生活。

【1】推理判斷題。文章介紹了一種智能房子，可以讓患老年癡呆癥的人獨自呆在家里。所以i這篇文章應該包含在科技類。故選C.

【2】推理判斷題。第二段中通過講述“Helge and Kari Farsund”的事件，從而引出這個“smart house”，所以為引出文章主題。故選B.

【3】細節(jié)分析題。此題定位在第四段。文中有說這個系統(tǒng)可以提醒病人何時該吃藥了，并未說給人提供一些藥，或者是能治愈病人等。第三段“At the center of the system is an iPad-like device.”可知那是一個長得像ipad的一個裝置，并未說能放電影。故排除③④⑥。選A.

【4】細節(jié)分析題。最后一段“For him, any move to improve city life needs to begin with people.”可知，提高城市生活要從人們開始。故選A.

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