Question

【题目】A Japanese company is developing a pair of smart glasses that can help those with visual or comprehension problems to read written text more easily. Called the Oton Glass, the glasses are meant to translate text into sound using two cameras and an earpiece, both fitted to its frame.

Half of the lens (镜片) is a mirror that reflects the wearer’s eyes back to the first camera, which tracks eye movement. The other camera captures the text. Wearers use the glasses by staring at the text they can’t read and blinking (眨眼) to trigger the glasses. Then the captured words are sent to a cloud system, which processes the text and turns it into sound played through the earpiece. If the system is unable to identify the words, the images are sent to a remote worker who can deal with them.

The Oton Glass lead designer, Keisuke Shimakage, started working on the glasses in 2012 to aid his father, who had developed dyslexia, a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell. While his father eventually recovered, Shimakage continued his development in order to help others with the disorder.

Currently, the Oton Glass is seeking funding. Backers can get a pair of the glasses for 5,000 yen (roughly $47).

Smart glasses aren’t a new concept, but it’s difficult to point to any single pair of smart glasses that people have reviewed favorably. It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive. That’s why Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses stripped out some features, like its camera, LCD screen, and speakers. The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price could make it more appealing to those who want an affordable way to understand the text around them.

【1】What was Keisuke’s original purpose in designing the Oton Glass?

A. To treat his father’s disease.

B. To translate text into sound.

C. To assist his father to read.

D. To make written text easier to read.

【2】What is the right order how the Oton Glass works?

a. The camera captures the words.

b. The wearer stares at the text.

c. The wearer hears the sound via the earpiece.

d. The cloud system turns the text into sound.

e. The wearer blinks to get the glasses working.

A. a, b, e, c, d B. e, b, c, d, a

C. b, d, a, e, c D. b, e, a, d, c

【3】The underlined part “stripped out” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.

A. improved B. removed

C. increased D. invented

【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The advantages of the Oton Glass.

B. The characteristics of smart glasses.

C. Consumers’ evaluation of the Oton Glass.

D. The target audiences of various smart glasses.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

【1】细节理解题。根据文章第三段The Oton Glass lead designer, Keisuke Shimakage, started working on the glasses in 2012 to aid his father, who had developed dyslexia, a condition that makes it difficult for someone to read and spell.一句可知Keisuke设计Oton Glass的最初原因是为了帮助患病的父亲阅读和写东西。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据第三段可知在使用这种眼睛的时候，首先应该戴上眼镜，根据这一步可排除A和B选项。再根据Wearers use the glasses by staring at the text they can’t read and blinking (眨眼) to trigger the glasses.一句可知第二步是要通过眨眼的形式激活眼镜。故可以得出正确答案为D。

【3】词义猜测题。最后一段It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive.一句提到以前的产品想拥有更多的功能，因此导致价格过高。再根据后句The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price…可知The Oton Glass的价格更低，故可以推知一些使价格上涨的功能被取消了。故选B。

【4】主旨大意题。本文主要是介绍了日本一家公司开发了一种称为“Oton Glass”智能眼镜。最后一段主要是提到了Oton Glass的一大优势—价格优势。故选A。

词义猜测之内在逻辑关系推理法

根据内在逻辑关系推测词义是指应用语言知识分析和判断相关信息之间存在的逻辑关系，然后根据逻辑联系推断生词词义或大致义域。

1. 根据对比关系猜测词义

在一个句子或段落中，有对两个事物或现象进行对比性的描述，我们可以根据生词的反义词猜测其词义。表示对比关系的词汇和短语主要有：unlike, not, but, however, despite, in spite of, in contrast 等。表示对比关系的句子结构：while 引导的并列句。

2. 根据比较关系猜测词义

同对比关系相反，比较关系表示意义上的相似关系。表示比较关系的词和短语主要有：similarly, like, just as, also, as well as 等。例如：

Green loves to talk, and his brothers are similarly loquacious.

该句中副词similarly表明短语loves to talk和loquacious 之间的比较关系，其意义相近。由此我们可推断出loquacious的意思是健谈的。

3. 根据因果关系猜测词义

在句子或段落中，若两个事物现象之间构成因果关系，我们可以根据这种逻辑关系推测生词词义。

4. 根据同义、近义、反义、并列、替代、说明等关系猜测词义

在句子或段落中，我们可以利用熟悉的词语，根据语言环境所表示的关系推断生词词义。本文第三题猜测stripped out的意思。前句It could, perhaps, be that previous products tried to do too much, or were too expensive.一句提到以前的产品想拥有更多的功能，因此导致价格过高。再根据后句The Oton Glass is for a very specific audience, and its relatively low price…可知The Oton Glass的价格更低，前后两句构成了反义关系，故可以推知一些使价格上涨的功能被取消了，相应地价格变得更低一些。