Don’t you just hate it when you have to take an important phone call and you’re surrounded by potential eavesdroppers(潜在偷听者)? You either have to whisper or go outside to keep the conversation private, which is not good. Now Hushme aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice and making you look like Bane in the film Batman.
Hushme is a strange high-tech mask(口罩)that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice so that people nearby can’t hear what is being said. It connects to your phone via Blucetooth and comes with a pair of earphones. When you get a private call, all you have to do is put the mask on and it will do the rest. The pair of thick pads over your mouth does a good job of muffling your voice, but to ensure nothing gets through. Hushme also has speakers that play a variety of sounds when you speak.
The Hushme mask, which comes in a variety of colors, can be worn around the neck, like a regular pair of earphones, and attaches in front of your mouth thanks to a couple of very powerful magnets(磁铁). It’s not yet clear how comfortable speaking with this Bane-like mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is, so we know so far is that it makes you look strange. The sound choices for covering your voice currently include wind, ocean, rain, birds, monkey, but new ones could be added in the future.
Advertised as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones’. Hushme was showed at CES. At the becoming of this year. Its makers plan to sell it by the end of this year. It will cost about $200.
1.Why does the author mention Bane in the first paragraph?
A. To show what Hushme looks like
B. To tell eavesdropping is impolite
C. To encourage readers to buy Hushme
D. To say Hushme will be popular in the future
2.What does the underlined word “muffling” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Blocking B. Recognizing
C. Changing D. Remembering
3.What is certain about Hushme?
A. Its popularity B. Its appearance
C. Its high standard for comfort D. Its speech muffling ability
4.What can we know about Hushme?
A. It can be bought in the market now
B. Its price is neither too high nor too low
C. Its speakers will be improved in the future
D. Its makers are confident about its market sales
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