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   That one looks just like a sheep!And look over there. That one looks like a horseDo you remember lying on your back in a grassy field on a summer afternoon,discovering the soft shapes in the clouds in the sky? Those were the good old days when you could see anything and everything in the clouds.

    But now people look at the sky and see clouds in the shape of a motor companys advertising logo (標(biāo)識(shí)) ，or a message inviting them to go out and buy a certain drand(品牌) of beer. These cloud pictures are not products of their imaginations. Instead,they are produced by a machine. These new floating advertisements are called Flogos; the name stands for “floating logos." They’re made from a mixture of soapy foam(泡沫) and a lighter-than-air gas such as helium,and they can be made into different sizes and shapes depending on the advertisement.

    Flogos can last up to an hour if weathei conditions are good,and they can fly several kilometers high. Advertisers can rent a Flogc machine for $2,500 a day. The set-up is normall

performed within 1 to 2 hours,and it will release four Flogos per minute. Advertisers can fill the aii with any shape or message they want.

   Some people are worried that the Flogoi might not be pollution-free(無(wú)污染的) .However the Flogo's inventor insists that the soap he uses natural,and that a Flogo just dissipates in the air,leaving nothing behind. Though it may be true that Flogos are environmentally friendly,some people believe that the natural clouds in our memory may be replaced by man-made ones. They are afraid that soon there will be nowhere left where their imaginations can float freely.

28. The author mentions the animal-like clouds to show that.

   A. clouds remind us of the good old days

   B. clouds can become any interesting shape

   C. weather conditions were much better in the past

   D. people observed the sky more carefully in the old days

29. What do we know about Flogos?

   A. They are made out of air and gas.

   B. They are purely imaginary products.

   C. They were produced by a motor company.

   D. They are flying designs used for advertising.

30. What does the underlined word “dissipates” in the last paragraph mean?

   A. Hides.             B. Travels.

   C. Remains.           D. Disappears.

31. We can infer from the end of the text that some people .

   A. believe what the Flogo's inventor says

   B. prefer the new floating advertisements to others

   C. fear that Flogos will leave nothing to their imaginations

   D. hope that companies will advertise by using natural clouds

Answer 1

28. A 29. D 30. D 31. C

28. A.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的 Do you remember …以及.Those were the good old days ... clouds 可以推測(cè)，作者在第一段提到形狀像動(dòng)物的云朵是為了表達(dá)對(duì)那些過(guò)往美備時(shí)光的回憶。

29. D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根搪第二段中的 描述可知，F(xiàn)logo指的是那些出現(xiàn)在 天空中的類似云朵的廣告。

30. D.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線得后的 leaving nothing behind 可知，這些泡沫最終會(huì)消失得無(wú)影無(wú)蹤。

31. C.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段末 句 They are afraid that soon thc;re will be nowhere left where their imaginations can .float freely 可知，有 些人害怕這些人工制造的類似云朵 的廣告圖案會(huì)剝奪了他們想象的權(quán)利。