【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ． Mattson. B． Harold Mattson and Elliot Handler. C． Elliot. D． Harold Mattson， Ruth and Elliot Handler. 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句可以找到答案。 答案 D 33． It can be inferred from that Lilli was fashioned after ______. A． Build B． a German doll C． a pretty girl D． a shapely woman 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段最后一句。要仔細(xì)分析句子的結(jié)構(gòu)才能找出答案。 答案 A 34． Where did Ruth Handler39。s inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll e from? A． Barbie. B． Lilli. C． Charlotte Johnson. D． A fashion designer. 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段第一句。 答案 B 35． Which of the following statements about Barbie is NOT true? A． She does not attract young men. B． She has undergone many changes over the years. C． She is inches tall. D． She has managed to keep up with fashion. 解析 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由最后一段可判斷 A表述錯(cuò)誤。 答案 A C An Australian pany， Smart Car Technologies， has developed a system that lets drivers know when they39。re the technology bees mercially available， it could help lead footed_drivers avoid tickets and also save pany that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets. The product， called Speed Alert， links real time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver39。s PDA or programmable mobile setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a car39。s fact， it is entirely will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built in GPS a driver exceeds the speed limit， the speed is shown and an alert sounds. Michael Paine， an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant， was hired to analyze the told Live Science that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what they39。re now calling “intelligent speed alert.”O(jiān)ther research， according to Paine， shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve is also a potentially controversial future use：“ Since the system is so portable， it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving， ” Paine said.“ The system even has the capability to record speeding violations， so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.” The product will soon go on sale in Sydney. 【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 一家澳大利亞的公司研制了一種超速時(shí)可發(fā)出提醒的裝置，而且很有應(yīng)用的前景。 36． What39。s the purpose of the new product? A． To inform us of the new car system. B． To introduce some improvement in cars. C． To limit certain drivers to safe driving. D． To popularize the built in car system. 解析 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段可知此種新產(chǎn)品能夠在超速時(shí)提醒駕車人從而安全駕駛。 答案 C 37． Lead footed drivers refer to the ones ________. A． who drive too carelessly B． that drive extremely fast C． who are partly disabled D． that drive too slowly 解析 考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段中 “avoid tickets and also save lives”可知畫線詞表示超速駕駛者。 答案 B 38． The second paragraph mainly talks about ________. A． the project of the built in product B． why the system bees popular C． the functions of GPS in cars D． how the product is programmed 解析 考查段落大意。第二段介紹了此種產(chǎn)品能夠安裝到駕駛者的 PDA 和手機(jī)中，與 GPS一起使用。 答案 D 39． Which of the following is true of Speed Alert according to Michael Paine? A． Most of the traffic deaths can be avoided. B． Speeding violations can be easily found out. C． The system will excite some teenage drivers. D． The product will not be available for adults. 解析 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段最后一句可知此種產(chǎn)品能記錄駕駛者超速的情況，所以可以很容易查出超速。 答案 B 40． What can be the best title of the passage? A． Speed Alert and Its Future Use B． Progress in Car making Science C． Warning for Adventurous Drivers D． New In Car Device Against Speeding 解析 考查主旨大意。本文主要介紹了一種可安裝在汽車上的提醒超速的裝置。 答案 D D The timing of school holidays has always had a lot to do with when a family goes on vacation. For many kids， summer holidays mean spending time outdoors and heading toward water—the local swimming pool, a lake, or the beach. What people wear to go swimming or sunbathing has changed a great deal since the early 1990s. Do you know what early swimsuits(游泳衣 ) looked like and what they were made of? The earliest swimsuits covered most of the body and were called “bathing clothes”. They were often made of wool, which made them scratchy (扎人的 ) and very heavy when they got wet. Newer materials made it possible to make lighter time, swimsuits covered less and less of the 1946, the bikini became popular among women. Summer holidays don39。t just mean going to the can also mean going for a bike ride， or a piic. It all depends how you want to spend your summer days. If you live or spend your holiday near the water， then fishing, diving, and boating are all good possibilities. In summertime, lots of people enjoy playing，piicking, and just going out with friends on a long summer day until the sun goes