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【題目】We brush our teeth every day but few people know how well we’re brushing. Today, a French company has introduced an electric toothbrush, which can work wirelessly (無(wú)線地) with a smartphone.

It’s called the Kolibree toothbrush. It has different models, and will cost from $99 to $200.

Users download an app and connect via Bluetooth, and the Kolibree will record 1) the time you spent brushing teeth, 2) whether all areas of your mouth are reached, 3) whether you brush up and down instead of just side to side. Then it will send the information to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, telling you whether you have brushed in a proper way. The Kolibree app records your progress and scores your brushing way to help you improve brushing habits.

The toothbrush will also be able to talk to other apps on your phone, so developers could create a game controlled by your toothbrush. That would be very interesting.

The Kolibree toothbrush was invented by Thomas Serval. He says the idea of inventing it came from his experience as a father. He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They always answered “yes”, but Thomas used to find their toothbrush

heads dry. He decided that a kind of brush was needed to tell him how well they brushed their teeth. Thomas says that one day, it’ll be possible to use a brushing unit with a camera. The camera can even examine holes in your teeth while you brush.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】name

【2】depend

【3】long

【4】Areas

【5】properly/correctly

【6】recorded

【7】interesting/fun

【8】inventing/creating

【9】lied

【10】development/plan

【解析】本文主要講解一個(gè)名為Kolibree的牙刷以及發(fā)明者的意圖。做此類(lèi)題時(shí)，先仔細(xì)閱讀表格所提供的信息，了解篇章結(jié)構(gòu)，再仔細(xì)閱讀原文，在關(guān)聯(lián)詞的引領(lǐng)下，找出有效的信息詞，要強(qiáng)化對(duì)稱(chēng)意識(shí)，注意名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)以及動(dòng)詞的不同形式。最后，仔細(xì)斟酌，認(rèn)真檢查，避免非智力因素的失分。

【1】根據(jù)第二段第一句話It's called the Kolibree toothbrush可知它的名字叫Kolibree，故填name。

【2】根據(jù)cost定位至第二段It has different models, and will cost from $99 to $200可知，價(jià)格根據(jù)不同的models而定。故填depend。

【3】根據(jù)record定位至第三段Users download an app and connect via Bluetooth, and the Kolibree will record 1) the time you spent brushing teeth, 2) whether all areas of your mouth are reached, 3) whether you brush up and down instead of just side to side. Then it will send the information to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, telling you whether you have brushed in a proper way. The Kolibree app records your progress and scores your brushing way to help you improve brushing habits中的第一條，你刷牙的時(shí)間。故填long。

【4】根據(jù)record定位至第三段Users download an app and connect via Bluetooth, and the Kolibree will record 1) the time you spent brushing teeth, 2) whether all areas of your mouth are reached, 3) whether you brush up and down instead of just side to side. Then it will send the information to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, telling you whether you have brushed in a proper way. The Kolibree app records your progress and scores your brushing way to help you improve brushing habits的第二條，是否你刷到了你的口腔的所有區(qū)域，又因all，故填areas。

【5】根據(jù)record定位至第三段Users download an app and connect via Bluetooth, and the Kolibree will record 1) the time you spent brushing teeth, 2) whether all areas of your mouth are reached, 3) whether you brush up and down instead of just side to side. Then it will send the information to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, telling you whether you have brushed in a proper way. The Kolibree app records your progress and scores your brushing way to help you improve brushing habits第三條，刷牙上下都要刷到，所以是正確的方法。又因?yàn)榭仗幩�填的詞要修飾brush，用副詞，故填properly/correctly。

【6】根據(jù)record定位至第三段第三句話The Kolibree app records your progress and scores your brushing way to help you improve brushing habits，指Kolibree記錄你的進(jìn)展和得分，即進(jìn)展是被記錄的，故填recorded。

【7】根據(jù)第四段The toothbrush will also be able to talk to other apps on your phone, so developers could create a game controlled by your toothbrush. That would be very interesting可知邊刷牙邊玩游戲是有趣的。故填interesting/fun。

【8】根據(jù)reason定位至最后一段第二句話到第三句話He says the idea of inventing it came from his experience as a father. He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They always answered “yes”, but Thomas used to find their toothbrush heads dry可知為發(fā)明這個(gè)東西的理由。又因前面有介詞for，用V-ing，故填inventing/creating.

【9】根據(jù)最后一段第三句和第四句He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They always answered “yes”, but Thomas used to find their toothbrush heads dry可知孩子們?nèi)鲋e了，又因?yàn)槭沁^(guò)去時(shí)，故填lied。

【10】根據(jù)最后一段He decided that a kind of brush was needed to tell him how well they brushed their teeth. Thomas says that one day, it’ll be possible to use a brushing unit with a camera. The camera can even examine holes in your teeth while you brush可知為托馬斯的計(jì)劃。故填development/plan。