It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m in Rheinburg, Germany, visiting the Extra Future Store. The “store of the future” is attracting a lot of attention these days– but not for it’s prices. Instead, people are coming from all over to experience a new way to shop.
The experience is less like shopping in a supermarket and more like playing some kind of high–tech game. It starts as I enter the store and choose a shopping cart(購物車). First, I swipe my store ID card through a computer on the cart. The computer’s screen comes on, a map of the store shows, and the journey begins.
As I shop, antennas(天線) around the store send information about different specials to the computer on my cart. Attracted by one of the ads, I choose a box of cheese. I hold up the box to the computer. It displays the price and also suggests that a certain type of bread would be good with it. The map on my chart shows me where to find the bread. It’s like the store is helping me to shop.
How does the store make this kind of shopping experience possible? The answer is radio frequency identification chip (or RFID射頻識別). Each chip has a special number. Using an RFID reader on the computer, we can get information from a chip about the product(產(chǎn)品). RFID will help shoppers find the things in a store more quickly– products that are just right for them. In addition, people won’t have to wait in long lines to pay. The things in your cart will be read by the computer and the money will be paid by your store ID card automatically(自動地). So you can simply walk out of the store with your shopping bags.
Sounds good, right? Maybe you will experience the new shopping soon in your city.
【小題1】Why are so many people coming to the Extra Future Store?
A.They hope to buy a new kind of computers. |
B.They want to play some new high– tech games. |
C.They expect to experience a new way of shopping. |
D.They plan to learn how to use the FRID readers. |
A.②①④③⑤ | B.①②⑤③④ | C.②①⑤③④ | D.②④①⑤③ |
A.Carts with computers. | B.RFID readers. |
C.Many shop assistants. | D.Good products. |
A.The things in the shop are much cheaper. |
B.It costs more time to find the things you need. |
C.You will buy more things than you really need. |
D.It’s more convenient to find the products and to pay. |
【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
解析試題分析:短文大意:這些天“未來商店”是引起了許多關(guān)注,不是因為它的價格,人們都來體驗一種新的購物方式。這種商店給人們帶來了新的購物方便。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句話people are coming from all over to experience a new way to shop可知人們來到the Extra Future Store期望體驗一種新的購物方式。所以選C。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文可知在這種商店購物的正確順序是通過計算機刷你的存儲卡、計算機給你出示一幅地圖和一些廣告、尋找你想買的東西、拿物品讓計算機確認、無需排隊走出商店,所以選D。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)常識,這種商店不需要很多營業(yè)員,所以選C。
【小題4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)RFID will help shoppers find the things in a store more quickly– products that are just right for them. In addition, people won’t have to wait in long lines to pay.可知這種新商店的優(yōu)點在于能更快找到所需產(chǎn)品,無需排隊付款,所以選D。
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2009-08-18 13:33:53 GMT2009-08-18 21:33:53 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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【小題1】Most Chinese think it’s hard to stop drunk driving because of the __________ penalty for it according to the current law.
A. light B. less C. heavy
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A. a detention and an important report
B. a suspension of driving license and a detention
C. a suspension of driving license and a serious survey
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B. Over 1700 respondents in the survey complained the current penalty was too light.
C. China’s alcohol-related traffic accidents caused a property loss of $36.7 million in 2008.
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C.cannot do well in school like others. |
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