Question

Don’t you just hate it when you have to take an important phone call and you’re surrounded by potential eavesdroppers(潜在偷听者)? You either have to whisper or go outside to keep the conversation private, which is not good. Now Hushme aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice and making you look like Bane in the film Batman.

Hushme is a strange high-tech mask(口罩)that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice so that people nearby can’t hear what is being said. It connects to your phone via Blucetooth and comes with a pair of earphones. When you get a private call, all you have to do is put the mask on and it will do the rest. The pair of thick pads over your mouth does a good job of muffling your voice, but to ensure nothing gets through. Hushme also has speakers that play a variety of sounds when you speak.

The Hushme mask, which comes in a variety of colors, can be worn around the neck, like a regular pair of earphones, and attaches in front of your mouth thanks to a couple of very powerful magnets(磁铁). It’s not yet clear how comfortable speaking with this Bane-like mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is, so we know so far is that it makes you look strange. The sound choices for covering your voice currently include wind, ocean, rain, birds, monkey, but new ones could be added in the future.

Advertised as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones’. Hushme was showed at CES. At the becoming of this year. Its makers plan to sell it by the end of this year. It will cost about $200.

1.Why does the author mention Bane in the first paragraph?

A. To show what Hushme looks like

B. To tell eavesdropping is impolite

C. To encourage readers to buy Hushme

D. To say Hushme will be popular in the future

2.What does the underlined word “muffling” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Blocking    B. Recognizing

C. Changing    D. Remembering

3.What is certain about Hushme?

A. Its popularity    B. Its appearance

C. Its high standard for comfort    D. Its speech muffling ability

4.What can we know about Hushme?

A. It can be bought in the market now

B. Its price is neither too high nor too low

C. Its speakers will be improved in the future

D. Its makers are confident about its market sales

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者给我们讲述了一种新兴的能够使我们在打电话时别人无法听到我们的声音的高科技口罩，作者从它的外观，特点，以及未来将会在市场上出现等一系列情况进行了描写，向我们展示了科技的伟大。

1.细节理解题。根据“Now Hushme aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice and making you look like Bane in the film Batman”可知，Hushme的目的就是要解决之个问题，它通过消除你的声音是你看起来像电影蝙蝠侠里的Bane一样。故选A。

2.词意猜测题。根据“Now Hushme aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice and making you look like Bane in the film Batman”可知，要想猜测出muffling的意思，需要联系前文，前文提到人们在打电话的时候经常会有潜在的“偷听者”，下面就是如何解决这个问题，所以提到了Hushme致力于消除声音。由题目选项可知：A阻碍、堵塞，B识别、认出，C改变，D记得，从这句话中可看出只有A符合句意。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据“It’s not yet clear how comfortable speaking with this Bane-like mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is, so we know so far is that it makes you look strange”我们可以看出对于Hushme我们不清楚它的舒适度以及消减声音的能力如何，从整篇文章也没有讲到它的受欢迎程度，根据“Hushme is a strange high-tech mask(口罩)that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice”我们能够清楚确定的是它的外观就像平常的口罩那样。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据“The sound choices for covering your voice currently include wind, ocean, rain, birds, monkey, but new ones could be added in the future”可以看出，在这些选择中已经覆盖了风、海洋、雨滴、鸟和猴子的声音，在未来将会增加新的声音。故选C。