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【题目】Expensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（话匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new level—by talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known as “Talk to the Hand” and cost 1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.

Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilities of gadget(小装置，小机械) recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承担）the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.

Mr Miles designed two pairs of the new gloves—one in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are already 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to 260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.

Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my ‘Talk to the Hand’ project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”

Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly. He said, “There’s a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.”

【1】 The underlined word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of ______.

A. an artist B. a company

C. a mobile D. an exhibition

【2】Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves ______.

A. in the exhibition

B. from Mr Miles

C. when they are mass produced

D. after they recycle the gadgets

【3】 The purpose of the project is to _______.

A. promote the technology of IT

B. enable people to talk to their hands

C. raise people’s awareness of recycling

D. attract visitors’ attention in the exhibition

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A. New mobiles that are fashionable.

B. Outdated handsets that are upgraded.

C. Outdated gadgets that can be used for recycling.

D. New gloves that can be used for making phone calls.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】：

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，介绍的是一种新型手套，由过时的手套和回收利用的旧手机零件组装而成，可以让打电话的人的手保持温暖，这种手套的设计者旨在提高人们回收利用旧物的意识，而不是丢弃旧物。

【1】B推理判断题。根据第二段第二句话“He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承担）the project.”意思是他使用了过时的手套，把它们和手机的零件组装起来，手机零件是从O2回收过来的，O2承担了这个项目，可以推断出O2是个公司，其他选项均不符合情理。故选B。

【2】C推理判断题。 根据第三段第三句话“If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale.”可以知道消费者能买到这种手套，当它们大量生产出来的时候。故选C。

【3】C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句话和最后一句话“Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling.”，“If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”可以知道这个项目的目的是提高人们回收利用废弃物的意识。故选C。

【4】D推理判断题。本文主要介绍的是一种能打电话的新型手套，由过时的手套和回收利用的旧手机零件组装而成，可以让打电话的人的手保持温暖。故选D。