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If you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning, if you find you’re text-messaging while walking, checking your phone instead of working on an important assignment-you are addicted.
Don’t worry. The new NoPhone might be just the thing you need. It looks and feels exactly like a smart phone, but it does nothing. It’s just piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself.
NoPhone is currently prototype(手机模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market. Its makers are trying to raise $30,000 in order to cover the production and marketing costs.
Dutch designer Ingmar Larsen, who helped create the NoPhone, said that he had the idea as a joke along with his friends Van Gould and Ben Langveld. To their great surprise, the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world started placing requests for NoPhone of their own, so that’s when the three friends decided to raise money for mass production.
David H said, “I used to sleep with my phone in my hand, but my night terrors would cause me to throw it across the room in an unconscious panic. With the NoPhone, I can still enjoy the comfort of holding a phone in my sleep without waking up to a broken screen. Thanks, NoPhone.”
If you’re interested in NoPhone, but concerned about not being able to take selfies anymore, don’t worry. The makers do have an update at no extra charge--the mirror sticker (贴纸). That way; they say, you can enjoy “real-time” selfies with your friends whenever you want.
1. From the third paragraph we can infer that_________.
A. the users can stay away from the real world
B. NoPhone is a device made of high technology
C. NoPhone has not been on the market at present
D. The makers are raising money to improve their technology
2. What made the designers surprised was that________.
A. people worldwide were interested in NoPhone
B. many people thought of the idea as a joke at first
C. people worldwide began to fund mass production
D. people in Dutch began to make NoPhone of their own
3. How can you enjoy selfies with NoPhone?
A. By updating at an extra charge.
B. By standing with your friends.
C. By taking photo of yourself with an APP.
D. By using the mirror sticker.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一款深受欢迎的Nophone手机模型。
【1题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“NoPhone is currently prototype(手机模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market.（Nophone目前是一款手机模型，一旦上市后售价仅为12美元）”可推断，Nophone目前还没有上市。故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第四段“o their great surprise, the idea received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world started placing requests for NoPhone of their own, so that’s when the three friends decided to raise money for mass production.（令他们非常惊讶的是，这个想法在网上受到了很多关注，世界各地的人都开始申请自己的NoPhone手机，于是这三个朋友决定为大规模生产筹集资金）”可知，令设计师惊讶的是全世界的人们都对NoPhone感兴趣。故选A项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“The makers do have an update at no extra charge--the mirror sticker (贴纸). That way; they say, you can enjoy “real-time” selfies with your friends whenever you want.（制造商有一个不需要额外费用的更新——镜子贴纸，用那种方式，您可以随时与朋友享受“实时”自拍。）”可知，通过使用镜子贴纸你可以享受自拍。故选D项。
