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【題目】Are you always disturbed by the noise made by your coworkers while you’re working hard at your task? What kind of feelings will you have on hearing such kind noise? Have you ever got an idea that a certain helmet will help you out of the trouble no you can focus on your work at the office? Now, you needn’t worry for the “Helmfon” will help you ignore noisy co-workers and other distractions.

Created by Ukrainian design company Hochu Rayu, the Helmfon is a big helmet that uses special equipment to absorb the sound so as to completely block out any outside noise, giving the wearer their own quiet personal space so they can better focus their attention on their work. Made of a glass fiber shell, cloth and polyethylene（聚乙烯）, the helmet not only blocks outside sound, but it also keeps the noise you make in, allowing you to answer calls, hold Skype conferences, watch or edit videos, privately.

The company came up with the idea for the Helmfon after being asked to design a new phone booth for an IT company. The project made the team think about the way we communicate and finally begin work on a device that would allow you to be in two worlds just sitting on your chair in the office, in a meeting, or everywhere you feel like just wearing your helmet.

The Helmfon comes complete with a system board, microphone, speakers, and a special holder for your phone. The only trouble is that it makes you look like a character from Mel Brooks famous movie Spaceballs, but the company also made public a variety of great choices, including Bat man-inspired design, and even a Native American headgear.

The Helmfon is still in prototype（維形）stage, but the Ukrainian company is already working on a commercially available design and plans to offer the design for sale. A release date has not yet been made public.

【1】What is the function of the Helmfon?

A. Protecting the wearers’ safety. B. Keeping others talking secretly.

C. Helping the wearers talk secretly. D. Giving the wearers quiet space.

【2】What do the underlined words “The project” refer to?

A. Designing a new phone booth. B. Inventing a helmet everyone likes.

C. Designing a device people can wear. D. Holding a special phone meeting.

【3】What’s the disadvantage of the Helmfon?

A. It makes the wearer uncomfortable. B. It isn’t suitable for everyone.

C. Its appearance may be strange. D. It looks like an astronaut’s helmet.

【4】We can infer from the text that the Ukrainian company .

A. designed the helmet specially for an IT company

B. plans to sell the helmet in the future

C. often comes up with crazy ideas

D. will sell the helmet online

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】 本文為說明文。主要講述了烏克蘭設(shè)計公司HoCu-Rayu創(chuàng)建的Helffon裝置，是一個大頭盔，使用特殊設(shè)備來吸收聲音，從而完全遮住外部噪音，給佩戴者自己安靜的個人空間，使他們能夠更好地將注意力集中在他們的工作上。Helffon仍處于原型階段，但烏克蘭公司已經(jīng)在進(jìn)行商業(yè)化設(shè)計，并計劃出售該產(chǎn)品。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句“the Helmfon is a big helmet that uses special equipment to absorb the sound so as to completely block out any outside noise, giving the wearer their own quiet personal space”可知，Helffon是一種大頭盔，它使用特殊的設(shè)備來吸收聲音，從而完全遮住任何外部噪音，給佩戴者自己安靜的個人空間。故選D項。

【2】猜測詞義題。根據(jù)第三段“The company came up with the idea for the Helmfon after being asked to design a new phone booth for an IT company. The project made the team think about the way we communicate…”在為IT公司設(shè)計一個新的電話亭后，該公司想出了Helffon的主意。這個項目讓團(tuán)隊思考我們的交流方式…。由此可判斷出，這個項目就是前面的設(shè)計一個新的電話亭，故選A項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容The only trouble is that it makes you look like a character from Mel Brooks famous movie Spaceballs, but the company also made public a variety of great choices, including Bat man-inspired design, and even a Native American headgear.可知，這種頭盔唯一的麻煩就是讓穿戴者有點(diǎn)像電影中的人物，并且公司還提供選擇如像蝙蝠俠靈感設(shè)計，甚至是美國本土的頭飾，由此可知它的缺點(diǎn)就是外表也許有點(diǎn)奇怪。故選C項。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的內(nèi)容可知，Helffon仍是雛型階段，但烏克蘭公司已經(jīng)在進(jìn)行商業(yè)化的設(shè)計，并計劃出售該產(chǎn)品。發(fā)布日期尚未公布。由此可推斷出烏克蘭公司打算賣這種頭盔。故選B項。