2019年全國英語等級(jí)考試二級(jí)閱讀習(xí)題（12）

　　The £109 Nest Protect Smoke Alarm promises Internet alerts(警報(bào))and an end to the low battery chirp(短而尖的叫聲). Besides, it uses a voice to tell you where the fire is.

　　The alarm is the first UK product from Nest, which is run by iPod-inventor Tony Fadell. The company claims the device’s batteries will last for up to seven years. The device will offer a spoken warning before it sounds a major alarm. Also it will use text messages and apps on your phones to alert users to low-level risks.

　　The present smoke alarms constantly alert users to non-existent threats, which will make many users annoyed and finally remove their batteries altogether. “We’ve all experienced the smoke alarm going off while we’re cooking. Sometimes, we need to search for the source of that non-stop low-battery chirp at midnight,” said Fadell. “Therefore, every time a smoke alarm cries wolf, we trust it a little less, and then — in a moment of frustration — we take the batteries out to stop the beep(嘟嘟聲). And that leaves us and our families at risk.”

　　If the Protect smoke alarms are used, they can be set up in up to ten zones, so that the clear warnings tell users where the risk has been detected.

　　“Safety shouldn’t be annoying,” said Matt Rogers, Nest founder and vice president of engineering. “It was unacceptable to us that one in eight houses in the UK has a non-functioning smoke alarm. These products are required by law and are supposed to keep us safe, yet people hate them. We wanted to change that.”

　　小題1:For what purpose did Nest create the Protect Smoke Alarm?

　　A.To predict low-level fire risks.B.To experiment with a new battery.

　　C.To improve present smoke alarms.D.To avoid the low-battery chirp.

　　小題2:What did Tony Fadell really want to tell us in Paragraph 3?

　　A.One of his cooking experiences.

　　B.Disadvantages of present smoke alarms.

　　C.His growing distrust of smoke alarms.

　　D.His source of annoyance to crying wolf.

　　小題3:Which of the following are the advantages of the Protect Smoke Alarm?

　　a. Rechargeable batteries b. A talking smoke alarm

　　c. Longer battery life d. Going off constantly

　　e. Internet connectionA.a, b, cB.c, d, eC.a, c, eD.b, c, e

　　小題4:What can we know from the last paragraph?

　　A.In the UK people seldom set up smoke alarms.

　　B.Matt Rogers didn’t like the safety requirements.

　　C.Non-functioning smoke alarms make people annoyed.

　　D.The government should pay attention to safety issues.

　　參考答案及解析

　　小題1:C

　　小題2:B

　　小題3:D

　　小題4:C

　　試題分析：文章大意：本文主要介紹了Nest的新科技發(fā)明，該發(fā)明在原有設(shè)置的基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行了大量的改進(jìn)和創(chuàng)新。

　　小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段的The device will offer a spoken warning before it sounds a major alarm.可知Nest創(chuàng)辦該警報(bào)的目的改進(jìn)原來的裝置，故選C。

　　小題2:B推斷題。根據(jù)第三段的第一句話The present smoke alarms constantly alert users to non-existent threats推斷本段主要介紹的現(xiàn)有的警報(bào)器的不足。故選B。

　　小題3:D 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的The company claims the device’s batteries will last for up to seven years. The device will offer a spoken warning before it sounds a major alarm. Also it will use text messages and apps on your phones to alert users to low-level risks判斷該新設(shè)備的優(yōu)點(diǎn)在于電池壽命長(zhǎng)、會(huì)說話的警報(bào)器、還有互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的信息。故選D。

　　小題4:C 推斷題。根據(jù)It was unacceptable to us that one in eight houses in the UK has a non-functioning smoke alarm故選C。