Question

【題目】A Japanese company is developing a pair of smart glasses that can help those with visual or comprehension problems to read written text more easily. Called the Oton Glass, the glasses are meant to translate text into sound using two cameras and an earpiece, both fitted to its frame.

Half of the lens (鏡片) is a mirror that reflects the wearer’s eyes back to the first camera, which tracks eye movement. The other camera captures the text. Wearers use the glasses by staring at the text they can’t read and blinking (眨眼) to trigger the glasses. Then the captured words are sent to a cloud system, which processes the text and turns it into sound played through the earpiece. If the system is unable to identify the words, the images are sent to a remote worker who can deal with them.

The Oton Glass lead designer, Keisuke Shimakage, started working on the glasses in 2012 to aid his father, who had developed dyslexia, a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell. While his father eventually recovered, Shimakage continued his development in order to help others with the disorder.

Currently, the Oton Glass is seeking funding. Backers can get a pair of the glasses for 5,000 yen (roughly $47).

Smart glasses aren’t a new concept, but it’s difficult to point to any single pair of smart glasses that people have reviewed favorably. It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive. That’s why Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses stripped out some features, like its camera, LCD screen, and speakers. The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price could make it more appealing to those who want an affordable way to understand the text around them.

【1】What was Keisuke’s original purpose in designing the Oton Glass?

A. To treat his father’s disease.

B. To translate text into sound.

C. To assist his father to read.

D. To make written text easier to read.

【2】What is the right order how the Oton Glass works?

a. The camera captures the words.

b. The wearer stares at the text.

c. The wearer hears the sound via the earpiece.

d. The cloud system turns the text into sound.

e. The wearer blinks to get the glasses working.

A. a, b, e, c, d B. e, b, c, d, a

C. b, d, a, e, c D. b, e, a, d, c

【3】The underlined part “stripped out” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.

A. improved B. removed

C. increased D. invented

【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The advantages of the Oton Glass.

B. The characteristics of smart glasses.

C. Consumers’ evaluation of the Oton Glass.

D. The target audiences of various smart glasses.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段The Oton Glass lead designer, Keisuke Shimakage, started working on the glasses in 2012 to aid his father, who had developed dyslexia, a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell.一句可知Keisuke設(shè)計(jì)Oton Glass的最初原因是為了幫助患病的父親閱讀和寫東西。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段可知在使用這種眼睛的時(shí)候，首先應(yīng)該戴上眼鏡，根據(jù)這一步可排除A和B選項(xiàng)。再根據(jù)Wearers use the glasses by staring at the text they can’t read and blinking (眨眼) to trigger the glasses.一句可知第二步是要通過眨眼的形式激活眼鏡。故可以得出正確答案為D。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。最后一段It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive.一句提到以前的產(chǎn)品想擁有更多的功能，因此導(dǎo)致價(jià)格過高。再根據(jù)后句The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price…可知The Oton Glass的價(jià)格更低，故可以推知一些使價(jià)格上漲的功能被取消了。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。本文主要是介紹了日本一家公司開發(fā)了一種稱為“Oton Glass”智能眼鏡。最后一段主要是提到了Oton Glass的一大優(yōu)勢(shì)—價(jià)格優(yōu)勢(shì)。故選A。

詞義猜測(cè)之內(nèi)在邏輯關(guān)系推理法

根據(jù)內(nèi)在邏輯關(guān)系推測(cè)詞義是指應(yīng)用語(yǔ)言知識(shí)分析和判斷相關(guān)信息之間存在的邏輯關(guān)系，然后根據(jù)邏輯聯(lián)系推斷生詞詞義或大致義域。

1. 根據(jù)對(duì)比關(guān)系猜測(cè)詞義

在一個(gè)句子或段落中，有對(duì)兩個(gè)事物或現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行對(duì)比性的描述，我們可以根據(jù)生詞的反義詞猜測(cè)其詞義。表示對(duì)比關(guān)系的詞匯和短語(yǔ)主要有：unlike, not, but, however, despite, in spite of, in contrast 等。表示對(duì)比關(guān)系的句子結(jié)構(gòu)：while 引導(dǎo)的并列句。

2. 根據(jù)比較關(guān)系猜測(cè)詞義

同對(duì)比關(guān)系相反，比較關(guān)系表示意義上的相似關(guān)系。表示比較關(guān)系的詞和短語(yǔ)主要有：similarly, like, just as, also, as well as 等。例如：

Green loves to talk, and his brothers are similarly loquacious.

該句中副詞similarly表明短語(yǔ)loves to talk和loquacious 之間的比較關(guān)系，其意義相近。由此我們可推斷出loquacious的意思是健談的。

3. 根據(jù)因果關(guān)系猜測(cè)詞義

在句子或段落中，若兩個(gè)事物現(xiàn)象之間構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系，我們可以根據(jù)這種邏輯關(guān)系推測(cè)生詞詞義。

4. 根據(jù)同義、近義、反義、并列、替代、說(shuō)明等關(guān)系猜測(cè)詞義

在句子或段落中，我們可以利用熟悉的詞語(yǔ)，根據(jù)語(yǔ)言環(huán)境所表示的關(guān)系推斷生詞詞義。本文第三題猜測(cè)stripped out的意思。前句It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive.一句提到以前的產(chǎn)品想擁有更多的功能，因此導(dǎo)致價(jià)格過高。再根據(jù)后句The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price…可知The Oton Glass的價(jià)格更低，前后兩句構(gòu)成了反義關(guān)系，故可以推知一些使價(jià)格上漲的功能被取消了，相應(yīng)地價(jià)格變得更低一些。