Question

    Millions of people suffer from motion sickness (晕动症). They have a lot of activities they fear. They often avoid doing these activities which include long-distance airplane travel, sea-trips, road-trips, even certain movies and video games. However, the French company Boarding Ring promises that it has its way to solve the problem, as long as the users are willing to wear Boarding Glasses!

Why do many people suffer from motion sickness? It is believed that the brain fails to deal with mixed signals from body parts. For example, when you are looking at your phone on a moving bus, your inner ear realizes the move but your eyes, focused on the screen, think you don't move.

Boarding Glasses tries to ease (减轻)motion sickness by making the user's eyes and ears transmit the same message. After the brain receives the same message, it will think you are in a moving environment Though that sounds difficult, the science behind the glasses is surprisingly simple.

The plastic frames (框架)，made up of two round frames on the front and two on the side, are filled with some blue liquid. Any movement can cause the liquid to flow around the eyes. This allows the eyes to sense the move and send the correct signal to the brain.

According to Antoine Jeannin, CEO of Boarding Ring, Boarding Glasses has been tested. The CEO said that over 95 percent of the users felt better after wearing the glasses. The best part is that Boarding Glasses only has a frame, so a single pair can be worn among a group of friends, or even an entire family!

1.Why do some people suffer from motion sickness according to the passage?

A.Their eyes can't see the move.

B.Their bodies are in a bad condition.

C.Their ears can't hear in a moving environment.

D.Their brains can't deal with mixed signals from body parts.

2.What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A.The shortcomings of Boarding Glasses.

B.The design for Boarding Glasses' future.

C.The working principle of Boarding Glasses.

D.The response of people wearing Boarding Glasses.

3.Which word can best replace the underlined word “transmit” in paragraph 3?

A.calm B.send C.destroy D.attack

4.What might be the best title for the passage?

A.Boarding Glasses Promises to Ease Motion Sickness

B.Why Do People Dislike Motion Sickness

C.Why Do People Suffer from Motion Sickness

D.Boarding Glasses Can Make You See the World Clearly

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文为说明文。文章介绍了一项新发明，一副由法国公司Boarding Ring发明的缓解晕动症的眼镜——Boarding Glasses。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段的“Why do many people suffer from motion sickness? It is believed that the brain fails to deal with mixed signals from body parts.”许多人之所以患有运动病是因为人们认为大脑无法处理来自身体各部分的混合信号。可知，大脑不能很好的处理复杂的信号，这将会导致晕动症，故选D项。

2.主旨大意题。根据第三段“Boarding Glasses tries to ease (减轻)motion sickness by making the user's eyes and ears transmit the same message. After the brain receives the same message, it will think you are in a moving environment ”说，登机眼镜试图通过让使用者的眼睛和耳朵传送相同的信息来缓解晕动病。当大脑接收到同样的信息后，它会认为你处在一个移动的环境中。由此可推断出，本段主要介绍了这款眼镜的工作原理，故选C项。

3.词义猜测题。第三段“Boarding Glasses tries to ease (减轻)motion sickness by making the user's eyes and ears transmit the same message. After the brain receives the same message, it will think you are in a moving environment Though that sounds difficult,”的意思是“Boarding Glasses让使用者的眼和耳给大脑“transmit”相同的信息。在收到同样信息后，大脑会认为你处于一个移动的环境中”。根据后一句“After the brain receives the same message”中的“receives收到”相同信息，可知，应该是Boarding Glasses先让使用者的眼和耳给大脑“传送”相同的信息，可知“transmit”意为“传送”。分析选项：A. calm使冷静；B. send传送；C. destroy破坏；D. attack攻击。可知B项符合题意，故选B。

4.主旨大意题。综观全文，Boarding Glasses一词贯穿全文，应出现在标题中。主题句在第一段“Millions of people suffer from motion sicknes... However, the French company Boarding Ring promises that it has its way to solve the problem, as long as the users are willing to wear Boarding Glasses!”可知，法国公司机承诺Boarding Glasses可缓解晕动症。以下的内容就是对这个主旨大意的说明。最后一段不仅呼应了而且进一步证明了第一段提出的观点——“According to Antoine Jeannin, ... Boarding Glasses has been tested. The CEO said that over 95 percent of the users felt better after wearing the glasses”据首席执行官Jeannin说，登机眼镜已测试，超过95%的用户戴上眼镜后感觉好多了。由此推断出，由法国公司发明的缓解晕动症的眼镜——Boarding Glasses有可能缓解晕动症。可知，最佳标题应（Boarding Glasses Promises to Ease Motion Sickness）为故A项。