第5部分:补全短文(第46~50题,每题2分,共10分)
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Mind Those Manners on the Subway
So, there you are, just sitting there in the subway car, enjoying that book you just bought_________(46) Or, the person sitting next to you takes out a nail clipper (指甲刀) and begins cutting his or her nails.
Annoying? Many of us have to spend some time every day on public transportation (47) So, to make the trip more pleasant, we suggest the following:
Let passengers get off the bus or subway car before you can get on_________(48)
Stand away from the doors when they are closing
Don't talk loudly on a bus or subway. Chatting loudly with your friends can be annoying to others. _________(49)
Don't think your bags and suitcases (手提箱) deserve a seat of their own.
Use a tissue whenever you cough or sneeze (打喷嚏). An uncovered sneeze can spread germs (细菌), especially in crowded places.
Don't cut your nails or pick your nose on public transportation.
Don't read over other people's shoulder_________(50) It can make people uncomfortable. They might think you're too stingy (小气的) even to buy a newspaper. Or they might think you're judging their behavior
A Don't eat food in your car.
B Don't shout into your mobile phone on a bus or subway.
C We all know that some behaviors are simply unacceptable
D Many people do this on subways, but it's really annoying
E Getting off and on in an orderly manner can save time for all.
F Suddenly, you feel someone leaning over your shoulder reading along with you
第6部分:完形填空(第51~65题,每题1分,共15分)
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Vibrating Rubber Cellphones
Vibrating rubber cellphones could be the next big thing in mobile communications. They allow people to press the phone 1:o transmit vibrations along with their (51) words. According to a research team at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the idea will make _________(52) more fun.
Many mobile phones can already vibrate instead of ringing _________(53) you do not want people to know you are getting a call. But these_________(54) are too simple for subtle (敏感的) communication,_________(55) Angela Chang of the lab's Tangible Media Group. "They're either on or off," she says.
But when you hold Chang's rubber cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap around five _________(56) speakers. They vibrate_________(57) your skin around 250 times per second. Beneath these speakers sit pressure sensors (传感器), so you can transmit vibration as well as _________ (58) it. When you squeeze with a finger, a vibration signal is transmitted _________(59) your caller's corresponding finger, its speed _________(60) on how hard you squeeze.
Chang says that within a few minutes of being given the phones, students were using the vibration feature to _________(61) emphasis to what they were saying. Over time, people even began to transmit their own kind of ad hoc (特别的)"Morse code", which they would repeat back to show they were_________(62) what the other person was saying.
Chang thinks "vibralanguages" could function for the same _________(63) as texting: sometimes people want to communicate _________(64) without everyone nearby knowing what they're saying. "And_________(65) actually being able to shake someone's hand when you close a business deal," she says.
51 A taken B mixed C spoken D broken
52 A phoning B touching C working D asking
53 A since B where C though D when
54 A vibrations B instructions C texts D callings
55 A answers B says C interrupts D tells
56 A loud B native C tiny D large
57 A on B above C over D against
58 A using B turning C receiving D sending
59 A for B to C from D with
60 A depends B bases C puts D focuses
61 A change B add C switch D shift
62 A controlling B asking C discussing D following
63 A fact B plan C reason D trip
64 A something B anything C nothing D thing
65 A look B imagine C suppose D assume