Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme 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(shí)別) programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon, this technology will take the place of 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 hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.
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 programme can be up to 94% correct, depending on(依靠) how good the technology is. Some programmes 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 computure will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!
小題1: How does the eye-recognition programme work?
A．You write your number.B．You show your ID card.
C．You look at the machine.D．You say your name.
小題2: Why can the programme be up to 94% correct?
A．Because eyes never change.
B．Because hands or fingers can get dirty.
C．Because people like the idea of the programme.
D．Because the programme is widely used around the world.
小題3: Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The programme is being tested in Japan.
B．Machines with other systems can also tell who you are.
C．91% people like the idea of the programme.
D．Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes.
小題4: What does Paragraph 4 talk about?
A．Introduction to other kinds of programmes.
B．Advantages of the programme.
C．The places where the programme is tested.
D．The way how the programme works.
CABB

1．細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.可知是通過看這個(gè)機(jī)器，選C。
2. 細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older,可知眼睛是不會(huì)改變的，所以這個(gè)方法很準(zhǔn)確。選A
3. 細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell!可知可以通過其他系統(tǒng)，識(shí)別出你是誰，選B。
4.段落大意題：從第四段可知講的是這個(gè)系統(tǒng)的優(yōu)點(diǎn)是很精確。選B。
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