For those who are tired doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application).
Strange though it may seem — “my wife already does that” was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install (安裝) a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them “smart”.
Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it’s Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus.
Samsung says it’s not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.
“If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go,” said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
The company also says that with electricity rate(電價(jià))varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.
Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do —enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
小題1:What can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the CES?
A．The machine will be a big success.
B．their wives like doing the laundry.
C．The machine is unrelated to their life.
D．This kind of technology is familiar to them.
小題2:What can we learn about the new laundry machines?
A．They can tell you when your clothes need washing
B．They can be controlled with a smartphone
C．They are difficult to operate
D．They are sold at a low price
小題3:We can conclude form Samsung’s statements that ___________.
A．the app connection makes life easier
B．it is better to dry clothes in the morning
C．smartphone can shorten the drying time
D．we should refresh clothes back at home
小題4:What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．The laundry should be frequently checked
B．Lazy people like using such machines
C．Good technologies also cause problems
D．Television may help do the laundry.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
本文是一篇科技說(shuō)明文。介紹了一種可以用智能手機(jī)控制的洗衣機(jī)。手機(jī)安裝下載的洗衣機(jī)應(yīng)用程序，然后，手機(jī)就可以成為遙控工具，你在公共汽車上或是在上班都可以開(kāi)、關(guān)洗衣機(jī)。
小題1:考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段中的… “my wife already does that” was a common response…可以推斷，大多人對(duì)于這種新型洗衣機(jī)不大感興趣，因?yàn)榇蠖喽际瞧拮酉匆路?br />小題2:考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的…when your laundry is done via a smartphone app.可知，這種洗衣機(jī)是由智能手機(jī)操控的，因此選B。
小題3:考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第六段Samsung的發(fā)言人的舉的例子可以推斷，這種生活能讓我們的生活更簡(jiǎn)單。所以選A。
小題4:考查文章的主旨大意。從最后一段…is what all good technologies do—enable laziness可以得知，這種新型洗衣機(jī)和其他科技一樣，也能讓我們變懶，這是一個(gè)弊端。
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