Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.
The eye-recognition(眼睛識別) program is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain and France. Soon, this technology(技術(shù)) will change all other ways of finding out who people are.
However, scientists are working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hands or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers.
Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94％ correct, depending on(依靠) how good the technology is. Some programs may only be right 51％ of the time. In Britain, it was found that 91％ of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!

  1. 1.

    What is the advantage of using the eye-recognition program?

    1. A.
      You needn’t use a machine
    2. B.
      You needn’t remember a number
    3. C.
      You needn’t look at the machine
    4. D.
      You needn’t take some money with you
  2. 2.

    How does the eye-recognition program work?

    1. A.
      You type in your number
    2. B.
      You show your ID card
    3. C.
      You look at the machine
    4. D.
      You say your name
  3. 3.

    Why can the eye-recognition program be up to 94％ correct?

    1. A.
      Because eyes hardly change
    2. B.
      Because hands or fingers can get dirty
    3. C.
      Because people like the idea of the program
    4. D.
      Because the program is widely used around the world
  4. 4.

    Which recognition program has been already in use?

    1. A.
      Remembering eyes
    2. B.
      Remembering smells
    3. C.
      Remembering fingerprints
    4. D.
      Remembering the shape of faces
BCAC
試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一種新的身份識別系統(tǒng)——眼鏡識別系統(tǒng)。短文詳細介紹了這種系統(tǒng)的工作原理及應(yīng)用前景。
1.根據(jù)短文第一段So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. 描述，可知選B。
2.根據(jù)第一段You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.描述，可知選C。
3.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94％ correct, 描述，可知選A。
4.根據(jù)短文第三段We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your fingers.描述，可知選C。
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