【正文】 or people who stay in the nature for a long time. However, it quickly became apparent that they could be opened up to the wider public and even used in urban areas to fight against high rent and placed on roofs for studio space or living quarters. The Ecocapsule can serve as a cottage, a popup hotel or even as a charging station for electric cars.The Ecocapsules could even be quickly imported for housing for emergency teams who have been quickly arranged to help with natural disasters. Described by the website as a Swiss Army knife — it packs everything you need, the selfcontained unit can sustain long periods of time without external resources. The 86 sqft pods are able to sleep two people for up to year and for those worried about a cold night39。s sleep, the Ecocapsule has a thick layer which significantly reduce heat loss. The pod is designed to cope with extreme weather conditions due to its innovative (創(chuàng)新的) design and materials used. No wonder the Nice Architects are so confident about its future and the producers are receiving heavy orders.（1）Where does the Ecocapsule get power? A.From a charging station.B.From a portable battery.C.From solar panels.D.From electric cars.（2）Whom may be the Ecocapsule initially designed for? A.Astronauts.B.Office ladies.C.Homeless people.D.Field biologists.（3）The Ecocapsule39。s users don39。t worry about coldness because _______. A.it is a selfcontained unitB.it is equipped with a thick layerC.it has a solar panelD.it has an air conditioner（4）How do the designers view the Ecocapsule39。s future market? A.Optimistic.B.Negative.C.Worried.D.Doubtful.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了一款便攜式產(chǎn)品——Ecocapsule的功能、設(shè)計(jì)原理、大小、技術(shù)構(gòu)造等情況。該產(chǎn)品配有太陽(yáng)能電池板和可伸縮的風(fēng)力發(fā)電渦輪機(jī)為其提供太陽(yáng)能和風(fēng)能，可以讓兩個(gè)人同時(shí)入住，有良好的保暖效果。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的”Looking like something in a scifi movie, the pod is equipped with solar panels, which guarantee solar energy as its power.“看起來(lái)就像科幻電影里的某種東西，該產(chǎn)品里面裝有太陽(yáng)能電池板，保證太陽(yáng)能作為它的動(dòng)力?？芍摦a(chǎn)品從太陽(yáng)能板獲得能量。故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的”Bratislavabased Nice Architects are behind the extraordinary Ecocapsules and said they initially designed them for people who stay in the nature for a long time.“位于布拉迪斯拉發(fā)的尼斯建筑事務(wù)所是這些非凡的Ecocapsules的設(shè)計(jì)者，他們表示，最初是為長(zhǎng)期生活在大自然中的人們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)的?？芍狤cocapsules是專(zhuān)門(mén)為野外生物學(xué)家設(shè)計(jì)的。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的”The 86 sqft pods are able to sleep two people for up to year and for those worried about a cold night39。s sleep, the Ecocapsule has a thick layer which significantly reduce heat loss.“這86平方英尺的獨(dú)立艙可以讓兩個(gè)人睡上一年，對(duì)于那些擔(dān)心晚上睡不好覺(jué)的人來(lái)說(shuō)，這種Ecocapsule有一層厚厚的保護(hù)層，可以顯著減少熱量損失?？芍狤cocapsule的使用者不用擔(dān)心寒冷，因?yàn)樗幸粚雍窈竦谋Ｗo(hù)層。故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的”No wonder the Nice Architects are so confident about its future and the producers are receiving heavy orders.“難怪尼斯的建筑師們對(duì)它的未來(lái)如此有信心，制造商們也接到了大量訂單?？芍O(shè)計(jì)師對(duì)Ecocapsules的未來(lái)市場(chǎng)非常樂(lè)觀(guān)。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 It39。s mon knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci39。s most famous painting seems to look back at observers, following them with her eyes no matter where they stand in the room. But this mon knowledge turns out wrong. A new study finds that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle that39。s degrees off to the observer39。s right173。well outside of the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. In other words, said the study author, Horstmann, She39。s not looking at you. This is somewhat ironic, because the entire phenomenon of a person39。s gaze (凝視) in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the Mona Lisa effect . That effect is absolutely real, Horstmann said. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the person39。s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs. This is important for human interaction with onscreen characters. If you want someone off to the right side of a room to feel that a person onscreen is looking at him or her, you don39。t cut the gaze of the character to that side173。surprisingly, doing so would make an observer feel like the character isn39。t looking at anyone in the room at all. Instead, you keep the gaze straight ahead. Horstmann and his coauthor were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificialintelligence avatars(虛擬頭像) when Horstmann took a long look at the Mona Lisa and realized she wasn39。t looking at him. To make sure it wasn39。t just him, the researchers asked 24 people to view images of the Mona Lisa on a puter screen. They set a ruler between the viewer and the screen and asked the participants to note which number on the ruler intersected Mona Lisa39。s gaze. To calculate the angle of Mona Lisa39。s gaze as she looked at the viewer, they moved the ruler farther from or closer to the screen during the study. Consistently, the researchers found, participants judged that the woman in the Mona Lisa portrait was not looking straight at them, but slightly off to their right. So why do people repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isn39。t sure. It39。s possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think