Question

Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag (標(biāo)簽). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.

This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.

An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device(裝置),that sends out energy (for example, radio waves)that starts up the tag immediately.

Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.

Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.

RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,” predicts Dr.J.Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers accompanied by how many biscuits.

When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.

1.The article is intended to .

A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology

B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology

C. convince people of the uses of RFID technology

D. predict the applications of RFID technology

2. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people .

A. will have no trouble getting data about others

B. will have more energy for conversation

C. will have more time to make friends

D. won’t feel shy at parties any longer

3. Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of .

A. scanning devices B. radio waves

C. batteries D. chips

4.Why are some people worried about RFID technology?

A. Because children will be tracked by strangers.

B. Because market competition will become fiercer.

C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected.

D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了將來會產(chǎn)生的一種新技術(shù)，射頻識別。這種技術(shù)將會運(yùn)用在人際交往之中。有這種技術(shù)，每個人就像有一個標(biāo)簽一樣，能夠很方便地了解一個陌生人的大量信息，使得人際交往更加方便快捷。

1.D大意概述題：通讀全文，整篇文章都在圍繞著對未來很可能出現(xiàn)的射頻識別技術(shù)運(yùn)用在人際交往中的狀況進(jìn)行一系列的預(yù)測。答案選D。

2.A細(xì)節(jié)題：文章第一段提到了The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simple說明這種芯片能夠提供別人的個人信息，正是因為有這些信息，使你對別人能夠更加了解。答案選A。

3.D細(xì)節(jié)題：文章第三段提到了An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin說明了這種標(biāo)簽是附帶著芯片，正是由于芯片，才能夠使這些數(shù)據(jù)存儲在標(biāo)簽里面。答案選D。

4.C理解分析題：文章倒數(shù)第二段提到了It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers accompanied by how many biscuits.說明了我們能通過這些標(biāo)簽了解到很多和他人有關(guān)的信息，而在了解信息的同時，隱私也受到了威脅。所以答案選C

考點(diǎn)：考查科技說明文閱讀。