Gauri Nanda sees a wearable computer as a handbag — one that’s built out of four-inch squares and triangles of fiber, with tiny computer chips embedded (嵌入) in it. It looks, feels and weighs like your typical leather purse.
That’s where similarities end: This bag can wirelessly keep track of your belongings and remind you, just as you’re about to leave the house, to take your wallet. It can review the weather report and suggest that you grab an umbrella. This purse can even upload your favorite songs onto your scarf.
Sure, a computing purse and scarf set may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But these devices, part of next generation of wearable computers, could become commonplace within a few years. DuPont created new super strong fibers that can conduct electricity and can be woven into ordinary-looking clothes. And the chipmaker developed chip packaging allowing wearable computers to be washed, even in the heavy-duty cycle.
As a result, these new wearable devices are different from the heavy and downright silly versions of the recent past, which often required users to be wrapped in wires and type on their stomachs. Unlike their predecessors, these new wearable computers also make economic sense. When her bag becomes commercially available in two to three years, Nanda expects it will cost around $150, which is the price of an average leather purse.
Here’s how the bag works: You place a special radio-signal-transmitting chip on to your wallet. A similar radio in your purse picks up the signal and notifies you that you’ve forgotten to take your wallet. In turn, sensors on your purse’s handles will notify the computer that you’ve picked up the purse and are ready to go.
Already, these new kinds of wearable devices are being adopted for use in markets like auto repair, emergency services, medical monitoring — and even, increasingly, for consumers at large. Indeed, more people will want to cross that bridge in the coming years — making for a booming market for wearable computers that don’t like something out of science fiction.
小題1:Which of the following describes a wearable computer?
A．It can be washed in a washing machine.
B．It is much heavier than a leather purse.
C．It can download songs from the Internet.
D．It is made of clothes conducting electricity.
小題2:According to the passage, these new wearable computers ________________________.
A．require users to operate on the stomach
B．pick up the signals through wires and chip
C．a(chǎn)re being applied in some different areas now
D．a(chǎn)re smarter but more expensive than the old ones
小題3:What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A．These new wearable computers have become fashionable.
B．People would like to learn more about these new computers.
C．These new wearable computers promise to sell well in the future.
D．The idea of these purse-like computers comes from science fiction.
小題4:The purpose of the passage is ________________________________________.
A．to introduce a new kind of computerB．to explain the function of computers
C．to compare different types of computersD．to show how high technology affects our life

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the chipmaker developed chip packaging allowing wearable computers to be washed,故選A。
小題2:這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Already, these new kinds of wearable devices are being adopted for use in markets like auto repair, emergency services, medical monitoring — and even, increasingly, for consumers at large.故選C。
小題3:這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Indeed, more people will want to cross that bridge in the coming years — making for a booming market for wearable computers that don’t like something out of science fiction. 故選C.
小題4:這是細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一自然段可知應選A。
點評：本文介紹了可穿著式電腦”。最新型的可穿著電腦產(chǎn)品在外觀方面與普通衣物幾乎沒有什么兩樣，而售價的降低和功能的豐富也許會使它成為未來人類不可或缺的工具之一。閱讀科普性文章可開闊考生的視野，當閱讀這種文章遇到的生詞和難以理解的句子時，要根據(jù)上下文去推測，進而理解整篇短文的大意。
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