4.The unthinkable keeps happening.The 18th hot car death of the year was recorded Thursday---on the same day a national public service campaign started.It is meant to warn parents about the dangers of leaving kids in overheated cars.In the latest unfortunate accident,a 10-month-old girl died in Wichita,Kan,after being left by her parents in a car that was parked outside her house.The baby was forgotten,according to the police.
One New Mexico teenager's creation called"Hot Seat"might someday prevent such deaths.Alyssa Chavez,a 17-year-old from Albuquerque,said she designed a warning system that might stop people from accidentally leaving their young children in the car after they get out of it.
Chavez,whose mother owns a day-care center,said she had heard about the deaths of three children in hot cars in summer."I felt that would be a good project for my eighth-grade science fair project---to find something to prevent those accidents from happening,"said Chavez.
She bought a door alarm (警報(bào)器) and began to design her new warning system.Finally,she won the science fair.And for the last three years,she's been improving the design and creating a busness plan.
The invention works in a simple but effective way.A parent places a sensor pad (感應(yīng)墊) under the cover of a baby car seat.The pad has a sensor that communicates with a key fob (飾物) carried by the parent to find out how far the parent is from the car.If the parent is more than 40feet away from the car,the pad will check to see if it feels the child in the seat.If it doesn't,the alarms will not sound.If it does,then three alarms will go off---the key fob,the parent's phone and the car alarm itself.Chavez is now trying to raise money to build a model Hot Seat.
28.What can we say about the 10-month-old girl's parents?A
A.They were too careless.
B.They treated her unkindly.
C.They had poor driving skills.
D.They were against the campaign.
29.Chavez's warning systemB.
A.was suggested by her mother
B.was designed in her eighth grade
C.works together with a door alarm
D.has helped her earn a lot of money
30.If a baby is sitting in the car,the alarms will go off whenD.
A.the car key is taken out
B.its parent gets out of the car
C.the pad feels it on the car seat
D.its parent is over 40feet away
31.What is the text mainly about?D
A.An interesting science fair project.
B.A national public service campaign.
C.An unfortunate accident in Wichita.
D.A successful invention by a teenager.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了少年查韋斯在他八年級(jí)的時(shí)候發(fā)明了查韋斯預(yù)警系統(tǒng),警告孩子在過熱的汽車離開危險(xiǎn)的父母.
解答 28.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段:a 10-month-old girl died in Wichita,Kan,after being left by her parents in a car that was parked outside her house可知一個(gè)10個(gè)月大的女孩在威奇塔,坎河死了,被她的父母遺忘在一輛停在她的房子之后;因此父母是十分粗心的;故選A.
29.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段:I felt that would be a good project for my eighth-grade science fair project---to find something to prevent those accidents from happening可知查韋斯預(yù)警系統(tǒng)在她第八年級(jí)的設(shè)計(jì);故選B.
30.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.跟最后一段:If the parent is more than 40feet away from the car,the pad will check to see if it feels the child in the seat可知如果家長多40feet遠(yuǎn)離汽車,墊將檢查它是否認(rèn)為孩子在座位上;故選D.
31.D.主旨大意題.文章主要講了少年查韋斯在他八年級(jí)的時(shí)候發(fā)明了查韋斯預(yù)警系統(tǒng),警告孩子在過熱的汽車離開危險(xiǎn)的父母;故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.