Question

    Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA. Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.

Eye-recognition is a course of recognizing iris (虹膜), which includes the following steps. First, a kind of machine needs to collect different examples of one’s iris from his eyes and store them. Second, when this person goes to the bank to take out money, this machine will have iris feature extraction (采集). Then, this machine will compare the examples kept in it with iris feature extraction. Once the examples and the feature extraction are the same, this person will be identified, and he will take out the money from the bank successfully.

However, scientists are also working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger. Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct now. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye, So smile!

1.How does the eye-recognition program work?

A.You type in your number. B.You say your name.

C.You look at the machine. D.You show your ID card.

2.Which recognition has been already in use according to the passage?

A.Remembering smells. B.Remembering fingerprints.

C.Remembering the shape of faces. D.Remembering eyes.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The eye-recognition program can be up to 51% correct.

B.In Britain, 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

C.Everyone’s eyes are different, and even twins have different eyes.

D.The eye-recognition program is widely used now.

4.What’s the passage mainly about?

A.You won’t have to remember a number when you take money out of a bank.

B.We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice.

C.Tell people how the eye-recognition program works and what advantages it has.

D.The eye-recognition program has already been tested in shops and banks.

5.Of the following things, which one is right according to the passage?

A.You needn’t remember a number when you take money out of a bank.

B.Machines know you from your smell.

C.Computers can tell who you are by looking at your eyes.

D.Machines can tell who you are from your voice.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

5.D

【解析】

短文讲述了眼睛识别计划，也就是电脑和其他机器能够通过你的眼睛来记住你。以及眼睛识别的步骤以及眼睛识别相较于其他识别例如脸，手，甚至气味的优势。

1.细节理解题，第一段中The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are. 程序的运作是因为每个人的眼睛是不同的。你只需要看着机器它就会辨认出你是谁。故选C。

2.细节理解题，第四段We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.我们已经发明出了由声音或指纹辨识的机器。故选B。

3.细节理解题，倒数第二段Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, and don’t get dirty like hands or fingers, and even twins have different eyes. 虹膜识别比其他都要好，因为你的眼睛并不会随着你年龄的增长而改变，不会像手和手指一样会变脏，而且甚至是双胞胎也有不同的眼睛。故选C。

4.主旨大意题，根据文章内容可知整篇文章是介绍眼睛识别技术的工作原理、过程、结果以及优点。故选C。

5.推理判断题，A选项的成立是基于在未来的基础上，而A选项中并没有提到in the future的前提。故A错误。B选项可通过 “Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell!”得知气味识人的技术当前并没有研发出来。C选项可通过 “Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes!” 知道虹膜识别技术当前还没有研发出来。D选项我们可从原文 “We have already had machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.” 正确。故选D。