Question

Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But  1 you use the phone, you can’t see the person you are talking with. That  2  change in the future.

Now some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or a vision phone(視頻電話). Two people  3  are talking can see each other with it.

Picture phones can be useful when you have 4  to show the person you are calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a   5  and ask to see a book. Then you’ll be able to   6  the book over your picture phone. Also you may be able to do shopping through your picture phone. If you see something   7  the newspaper that you want to buy, you can 8  the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re   9  in over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over the town and never even leave your room.

The picture phone is really a   10  phone. More and more people will use it.

1.A. if                       B. when                C. before

2.A. can’t                   B. must                C. may

3.A. whom                     B. who                 C. which

4.A. something                B. nothing             C. everything

5.A. shop                     B. school              C. library

6.A. read                     B. see                 C. watch

7.A. in                       B. about               C. on

8.A. visit                    B. go                  C. call

9.A. interested               B. bored               C. interesting

10.A. useless                  B. helpless            C. helpful

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.A

【解析】本文介紹了可視電話不僅能在打電話時，互相看到對方，而且還能通過它閱讀書籍，購物等。在將來它的用處一定非常廣泛。

1.當你打電話時，你不能看到與你交談的人。

2.這里是對未來的一種推測，因此用may。

3.這是一個定語從句，先行詞為people指人，在定語從句中做主語，故用who。

4.當你有東西要給你在通話的那個人看時，可視電話是非常有用的。

5.由下文book可推測是打電話給“圖書館”。

6.根據常識可知，在可視電話上讀書。

7.在報紙上用介詞in。

8.電話購物當然是“打電話”。

9.be interested in為固定搭配，意為“對……感興趣”。

10.由全文可知，可視電話是非常有用的。