1、更多推荐： 2016 年职称英语理工类学习资料阅读理解。短文后有 5 道题，每题后面有 4 个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从 4 个选项中选择 1 个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。第一篇 Eye-tracker Lets You Drag and Drop Files with a GlanceBored of using a mouse? Soon youll be able to change stuff on your computer screen and then move it directly onto your smartphone or tablet(平
2、板电脑) with nothing more than a glance.A system called Eye Drop uses a head-mounted eye tracker that simultaneously records your field of view so it knows where you are looking on the screen. Gazing at an object a photo, say and then pressing a key, selects that object. It can then be moved from the s
3、creen to a tablet or smartphone just by glancing at the second device, as long as the two are connected wirelessly.“The beauty of using gaze to support this is that our eyes naturally focus on content that we want to acquire,“ says Jayson Turner, who developed the system with colleagues at Lancaster
4、 University, UK.Turner believes Eye Drop would be useful to transfer an interactive map or contact information from a public display to your smartphone or for sharing photos.A button needs to be used to select the object you are looking at otherwise you end up with the “Midas touch“(点石成金) effect, wh
5、ereby everything you look at gets selected by your gaze, says Turner. “Imagine if your mouse clicked on everything it pointed at,“ he says.Christian Holz, a researcher in human-computer interaction at Yahoo Labs in Sunnyvale, California, says the system is a nice take on getting round this fundament
6、al problem of using gaze-tracking to interact. “Eye Drop solves this in a slick (灵巧的 )way by combining it with input on the touch devices we carry with us most of the time anyway and using touch input as a clutching mechanism,“ he says. “This now allows users to seamlessly(无缝地) interact across devic
7、es far and close in a very natural manner.“While current eye-trackers are rather bulky, mainstream consumer devices are not too far away. Swedish firm Tobii is developing gaze-tracking technology that can be installed in laptops and tablets and is expected to be available to buy next year. And the G
8、oogle Glass headset is expected to include eye-tracking in the future.Turner says he has also looked at how content can be cut and pasted or drag-and-dropped using a mix of gaze and taps on a touchscreen. The system was presented at the Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia in Sweden, last
9、week.31. The eye-tracker technology enables us to_A. change our computer screen.B. move an object from screen with a glance.C. focus on anything that interests us.D. get a smartphone connected wirelessly.答案：B32. Why is a button needed?A. To minimize the cost of Eye Drop.B. To choose as many objects
10、as possible.C. To make Eye Drop different from others.D. To select what we want.答案：D33. The word “this” in Paragraph 6 refers to_A. application of gaze-tracking in human-computer interaction.B. interaction between human and computer.C. generalization of Eye Drop system.D. combination of gaze-trackin
11、g with input on touch devices.答案：D34. Which of the following statement is true of eye-trackers for consumer use.A. They are costly.B. They are expected to come out soon.C. They are available.D. They are installed in Google Glass headset.答案：B35. What is Turner likely to study next?A. How to present t
12、he system in public.B. How to get touchscreen involved.C. How to drag and drop with gaze and taps.D. How to cut and paste content from a public display.答案：C第二篇 A New Strategy to Overcome Breast CancerPost-menopausal(绝经后)women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significa
13、ntly, a study has suggested. The report, which followed 73,000 women for 17 years, found walking for at least seven hours a week lowered the risk of the disease. The American Cancer Society team said this was the first time reduced risk was specifically linked to walking. UK experts said it was more
14、 evidence that lifestyle influenced cancer risk.A recent poll for the charity Ramblers a quarter of adults walk for no more than an hour a week, but being active is known to reduce the risk of a number of cancers. This study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Prevention, followed 73.615
15、women out of 97,785 aged 50-74 who had been recruited by the American Cancer Society between 1992 and 1993,so it could monitor the incidence of cancer in the group.They were asked to complete questionnaires on their health and on how much time they were active and participating in activities such as
16、 walking, swimming and aerobics(有氧运动)and how much time they spent sitting watching television or reading. They completed the same questionnaires at two-year intervals between 1997 and 2009. Of the women,47% said walking was their only recreational activity. Those who walked for at least seven hours
17、per week had a 14% lower risk of breast cancer compared to those who walked three or fewer hours per week.Dr. Alpa Patel, a senior epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, Georgia, who led the study, said:”Given that more than 60% of women report some daily walking, promoting walkin
18、g as a healthy leisure-time activity could be an effective strategy for increasing physical activity amongst post-menopausal women. We were pleased to find that without any other recreational activity, just walking one hour a day was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in these women.”More
19、 strenuous(紧张的)and longer activities lowered the risk even more.”Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign, said:”This study adds further evidence that our lifestyle choices can play a part in influencing the risk of breast cancer and even small changes incorporate into our n
20、ormal day-to-day activity can make a difference.”She added:”We know that the best weapon to overcoming breast cancer is the ability to stop it occurring in the first place. The challenge now is how we turn these findings into action and identify other sustainable lifestyle changes that will help us
21、prevent breast cancer.”36. All of the following factors relating to cancer risk were mentioned in the passage EXCEPT_A. regular walkingB. breathing exerciseC. recreational activityD. lifestyle choices答案：B37. It can be inferred from Dr. Alpa Patels study that_.A. daily walking could cut the chance of
22、 breast cancerB. women have fewer chances of physical activityC. leisure-time activity is not associated with cancer riskD. walking is not recommended for women with breast cancer答案：A38. Dr. Alpa Patel was_.A. chief editor of Cancer Epidemiology.B. head of the survey study.C. chair of the American C
23、ancer Society.D. chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign.答案：B39. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Most women take walking as their only recreational activity.B. The study aims to track the health conditions of its subjects.C. Irregular walking increased the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal womenD. Walking was the only recreational activity for about half of the women.答案：D40. The word “sustainable” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .A. affordableB. availableC. continuableD. persistent答案：C
