【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n bee a normal desk at the touch of a button. The $500 adjustable desk can transform from a standard desk to a standing one, and Ikea hopes it could make the standing desk mainstream. Experts say that changing from a seated to a standing desk can improve productivity. Similar desks have bee a mon sight at tech firms such as Google, where some employees have even installed treadmill (跑步機(jī)) and bicycle desks. The desk is not the first convertible on the market. As early as 2013, Stir Kinect brought out an adjustable desk. The $3,890 Stir Kinect desk has a motor to raise and lower itself, changing it into a standing desk or a traditional desk. The desk can even be programmed to move up and down slightly, making it appear to take a gentle breath to remind the user to change their positions. To move between sitting and standing positions, owners simply double tap on the screen. The desk can learn the user39。s preferences over time and suggest the best seating position. The Stir Kinect desk was created by a team of exApple and Disney engineers. It has a builtin touch screen to control and track movement, and can tell users exactly how many calories they burn by standing during their working day. It also has devices containing power points and USB ports for charging phones, to keep cables hidden. Ikea39。s heightadjustable desk is great for opening up the lower end of the market, said JP Labrosse, founder and CEO of Stir.（1）What is the text mainly about? A.Ikea has brought out an adjustable standing desk.B.Silicon Valley offered health benefits to officials.C.Google formed their tech firms to design bicycle desks.D.The Stir Kinect desk will bee mainstream in the market.（2）Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A.Before Bekant desk, similar adjustable desks have been widely used.B.The seated desks will take the place of the standing desks in the future.C.Compared to the Stir Kinect desk, the Bekant desk is much cheaper.D.The adjustable desks were designed by the Apple and Disney Company.（3）The Stir Kinect desk______. A.can breathe in and breathe out by pressing the button onceB.can charge phones by using a device containing power pointC.can tell you how many calories you need for a walkD.can advise you to do more exercise at a proper time（4）What can we infer from the last sentence given by JP Labrosse? A.Ikea39。s adjustable desk will be popular with average people.B.Ikea will have to sell furniture at a lower price in the future.C.This height adjustable table can only be found in Ikea.D.It is not necessary for Ikea to open up the market at all.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報道，站立式辦公桌在美國硅谷已經(jīng)比較常見，宜家近日推出了一款名為BEKANT的可調(diào)節(jié)的站立式辦公桌，這種桌子對愿意站立式工作的人健康有益。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段可知，站立式辦公桌在美國硅谷已經(jīng)比較常見，對愿意站立式工作的人健康有益。宜家近日推出了一款名為BEKANT的可調(diào)節(jié)的站立式辦公桌，使用者只需按一下按鈕便可將其從普通高度調(diào)節(jié)至站立式高度。宜家希望這款辦公桌占領(lǐng)市場，成為主流，故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知“Bekant convertible standing desk”售價為$500；而第三段中是Stir Kinect desk售價為$3,890，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的It also has devices containing power points and USB ports for charging phones, to keep cables hidden.Stir Kinect還設(shè)置了充電接口以及USB接口，可用于手機(jī)充電，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Ikea39。s heightadjustable desk is great for opening up the lower end of the market,”宜家的可調(diào)節(jié)辦公桌有助于打開低端市場，故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇新聞報道，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Hi, I39。m Neil Harbisso. I e from a place where the sky is always grey, where flowers are always grey, and where television is still in black and white. I actually e from a world where color doesn39。t exist. I was born with achromatopsia. I was born pletely colorblind. So I39。ve never seen color, and don39。t know what it looks like. But since the age of 21, I can hear color thanks to a magic electronic eye called eyeborg: a color sensor between my eyes connected to a chip(芯片) installed at the back of my head that transforms color frequencies into sound frequencies that I hear through my bone. I39。ve had the electronic eye permanently attached to my head and I39。ve been listening to colors nonstop since 2004. So I find it pletely normal now to hear colors all the time. Since I started to hear color, my life has changed significantly. Art galleries have bee concert halls. I can hear a Picasso. And supermarkets have bee like night clubs. I love how they sound. My sense of beauty has changed. Someone might look very beautiful but sound terrible, and someone might sound very harmonious but look awful. So I find it really exciting to create sound portraits(畫像) of people. Instead of drawing the shape of someone39。s face I write down the different notes I hear when I look at them, and then I send them an mp3 of their face. Each face sounds different. I can even give face concerts now, concerts where I play the audience39。s faces. The good thing about doing this is that if the concert doesn39。t sound good, it39。s their fault. I also found out that things I thought were colorless are not colorless at all. Cities are not grey. Lisbon is yellow turquoise(寶石綠)。 London is very golden red…and humans are not black and white. Human skins range from light shades of orange to very dark shades of orange. We are all orange. If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.（1）We can infer from the article that people with achromatopsia ____________. A.suffer from blindnessB.have a good sense of colorsC.are not able to see colorsD.like to go to concert halls and supermarkets（2）What does the author mean by saying Art galleries have bee concert halls? A.Art galleries have been changed into various sounds.B.Works at the art galleries are created by great musicians.C.Art galleries are filled with noisy people.D.The author now likes art galleries as much as concert halls.（3）Which of the following stateme