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【題目】Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（話匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost 1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.

Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget(小裝置，小機(jī)械) recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承擔(dān)）the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.

Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves—one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to 260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.

Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my ‘Talk to the Hand’ project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”

Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, “There’s a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.”

【1】 The underlined word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of ______.

A. an artist B. a company

C. a mobile D. an exhibition

【2】Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves ______.

A. in the exhibition

B. from Mr Miles

C. when they are mass produced

D. after they recycle the gadgets

【3】 The purpose of the project is to _______.

A. promote the technology of IT

B. enable people to talk to their hands

C. raise people’s awareness of recycling

D. attract visitors’ attention in the exhibition

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A. New mobiles that are fashionable.

B. Outdated handsets that are upgraded.

C. Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling.

D. New gloves that can be used for making phone calls.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】：

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文，介紹的是一種新型手套，由過時的手套和回收利用的舊手機(jī)零件組裝而成，可以讓打電話的人的手保持溫暖，這種手套的設(shè)計者旨在提高人們回收利用舊物的意識，而不是丟棄舊物。

【1】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句話“He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承擔(dān)）the project.”意思是他使用了過時的手套，把它們和手機(jī)的零件組裝起來，手機(jī)零件是從O2回收過來的，O2承擔(dān)了這個項(xiàng)目，可以推斷出O2是個公司，其他選項(xiàng)均不符合情理。故選B。

【2】C推理判斷題。 根據(jù)第三段第三句話“If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale.”可以知道消費(fèi)者能買到這種手套，當(dāng)它們大量生產(chǎn)出來的時候。故選C。

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第一句話和最后一句話“Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling.”，“If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”可以知道這個項(xiàng)目的目的是提高人們回收利用廢棄物的意識。故選C。

【4】D推理判斷題。本文主要介紹的是一種能打電話的新型手套，由過時的手套和回收利用的舊手機(jī)零件組裝而成，可以讓打電話的人的手保持溫暖。故選D。