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Four Useful Products for Your Life
Electric Wine Opener
Cost: $19.89
Once you've tried this tool, you'll never go back to the old fashioned kind. This electric wine opener will remove the cork (瓶塞) easily within seconds, and can open up to 30 bottles with a single charge.
Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon
Cost: $14. 99
It’s always disappointing when you're really in the mood for ice cream, but have to wait forever for the ice cream to get to just the right softness. Well, this heated ice cream spoon exactly conducts heat from your hands, and will help soften the ice cream to make it ready to eat right away.
Express Baker
Cost: $58. 99
Making your own bread seems like a quite difficult job. But this baker makes it easier—within an hour. It has 12 different bread settings, and three different crust settings, so you can make bread, pizza and more. A quick look through the reviews shows that customers are pretty happy with it, too.
Corn Stripper
Cost: $7.99
There's no denying that corn on the cob (棒) is delicious But eating corn on the cob and dealing with all the little bits that get stuck in your teeth afterwards is a painful experience. This little device takes all the corns from the cob, by letting you strip (剝) your corn easily, without making a total mess.
1. What can people do with Express Baker?
A. Make some food. B. Soften food.
C. Classify food. D. Keep food fresh.
2. Which of the following applies the theory of heat conduction?
A. Electric Wine Opener. B. Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon.
C. Express Baker. D. Corn Stripper.
3. What do the four products have in common?
A. They are of the same price.
B. They are difficult to operate.
C. They make food more delicious to eat.
D. They make people's life easier.
【答案】1. A 2. B 3. D
【解析】
【分析】這是一篇應用文。文章以廣告的形式，介紹了生活中四大有用的生活用品。
【1題詳解】
細節(jié)理解題。由題干關鍵詞Express Baker可將答案定位在第三段。由第三段的“It has 12 different bread settings, and three different crust settings, so you can make bread, pizza and more.”（它有12種不同的面包設置，和3種不同的糕餅設置，所以你可以做面包，比薩餅和更多。），可知用Express Baker人們可以做食物。故選A項。
【2題詳解】
細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“Well, this heated ice cream spoon exactly conducts heat from your hands, and will help soften the ice cream to make it ready to eat right away.”（好吧，這個加熱的冰激凌勺子正好能從你手上傳導熱量，有助于軟化冰激凌，讓它馬上就可以吃了。），可知Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon運用了熱傳導理論。故選B項。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。由第一段中的“This electric wine opener will remove the cork (瓶塞) easily within seconds, and can open up to 30 bottles with a single charge.”（這款電動開瓶器可以在幾秒鐘內(nèi)輕松地打開瓶塞，一次充電就可以打開30瓶。），第二段中的“Well, this heated ice cream spoon exactly conducts heat from your hands, and will help soften the ice cream to make it ready to eat right away.”（好吧，這個加熱的冰激凌勺子正好能從你手上傳導熱量，有助于軟化冰激凌，讓它馬上就可以吃了。），第三段中的“Making your own bread seems like a quite difficult job. But this baker makes it easier—within an hour.”（自己做面包似乎是一項相當困難的工作。但這個面包師能讓你在一小時內(nèi)變得更容易。），和第四段中的“This little device takes all the corns from the cob, by letting you strip (剝) your corn easily, without making a total mess.”（這個小裝置可以把玉米棒里的所有玉米都剝掉，讓你輕松地剝?nèi)ビ衩，而不會把玉米弄得一團糟。），可推斷出四個產(chǎn)品都使得人們的生活更簡單。故選D項。
