职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题10

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题12

EncouragingearlyreadingskillsCallbuildapathtoalifelong（终身的）loveof

readingandcanhelpyourchildgetaheadstartinschool.Whilereadingtoyourchild

isstillthemostimportantthingyoucandotobuildreadingskills,therearemany

techniquesthatCanhelp.

Makereadingfun.Playgameswithyourchildasyouread.Manytraditional

children/sgamescanbeadaptedtoencouragereadingskills/

Whilereadingorduringplay,tellyourchild,"\spywithmylittleeye,something

thatbeginswiththeletterb."Helpthechildfindsomethingonthepageorinthe

roomthatbeginswiththatletter.Forexample。'Iseeabarn."Thiscanalsobeusedto

teachbeginninglettersounds/1spywithmylittleeye.Somethingthatbeginswith

thesounds.wHelpthechildfindawordthatbeginswiththe"s"sound.

Inthisvariationonthepopulargame,instructthechildthat,“Simonsays,'point

tosomethingthatstartswiththelettern.'"Thechildcallthenfindanobjectinthe

roomorabodypart,suchasthenose,thatstartswiththeletterpresented.Thiscan

alsobeusedtoteachbeginningsounds.

Makeagameoutofrhyming（押韵）wordsbymakingupsillywordstorhyme

withthechild'snameorfavoritetoys.Thissetsthestageforrhymingrealwordsby

showingthechildthesimilaritiesofsounds.Asthechildmastersmakingupthewords,

beginrhymingrealwordstooneanother.

Tipstoraiseasuccessfulreader：

Putbooksinplaceswherethechildplays.Ifbooksareeasilyaccessible,children

aremorelikelytopickthemup.

Letchildren“readtoyou“bylookingatpictures.Makingupstoriestogoalong

withillustrationshelpschildrendiscoverhowwordsrelatetopictures..

Takebooksalongontripsorevenshortvisitstothedoctor'sofficeorgrocery

store.

Havechildrenhelpyoushop.Readinggrocerylistsandlookingforspecificitems

helpsbuildsightvocabulary.

1.Agoodreadinghabitcanhelpyourchilddowellatschool.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

2.Computergamescallbeusedtohelpchildrendeveloptheirreadingskills

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

3.Oneoftheusefulgamesistoplayspy.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

4.Whenplayingagameyoushouldaskyourchildtofindsomethingstarting

withtheletterbinsteadOfC.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

5.Thepurposeoftherhyminggamesistomakepreparationsforchildrento

writepoems.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

6.YouCanaskyourchildtotellstoriesbasedonpictures.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

7.Youshouldtakebookswithyouwhenyougooutwithyourchild.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

参考答案：ACABBAA

答案解析:

2.在第二段中，Manytraditionalchildren'sgamescanbeadaptedtoencourage

readingskills,其意义是说，很多传统的儿童游戏能够用来发展阅读技巧。但是

并没有提到Computergames电脑游戏能够起到这样的作用，所以答案选择C。

5.在第五段中提到了rhyminggames,所以要在第五段中寻找答案。整个段

落中都没有提到writepoems写诗，所以答案选择B。

7.这道题的答案在倒数第二段中"Takebooksalongontripsorevenshort

visitstothedoctor'sofficeorgrocerystore.",所以答案选择A。

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题10

Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Childrenaregreatlydifferentinthe

amountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeaking,andlaterstartersareoften

longlisteners.Mostchildrenwill"obey"spokeninstructionssometimebeforethey

canspeak,thoughtheword"obey"ishardlyaccurateasadescriptionoftheeager

anddelightedcooperationusuallyshownbythechild.Beforetheycanspeak,many

childrenwillalsoaskquestionsbygestureandbymakingquestioningnoises.

Itisaproblemweneedtogetoutteethinto.Themeaningofaworddepends

onwhataparticularpersonmeansbyitinaparticularsituationanditisclearthat

whatachildmeansbyawordwillchangeashegainsmoreexperienceofthe

world.Thustheuseatsevenmonthsof"mama"asagreetingforhismothercannot

bedismissedasameaninglesssoundsimplybecausehealsousesitatothertimesfor

hisfather,hisdog,oranythingelsehelikes.Playfulandmeaninglessimitationof

whatotherpeoplesaycontinuesafterthechildhasbeguntospeakforhimself,I

doubt,howeverwhetheranythingisgainedwhenparentstakeadvantageofthis

abilityinanattempttoteachnewsounds.

1.Beforechildrenstartspeaking.

A.theyneedequalamountoflistening

B.theyneeddifferentamountsoflistening

C.theyarealleagertocooperatewiththeadultsbyobeyingspokeninstructions

D.theycan'tunderstandandobeytheadultsoralinstructions

2.Childrenwhostartspeakinglate

A.mayhaveproblemswiththeirlistening

B.probablydonothearenoughlanguagespokenaroundthem

C.usuallypaycloseattentiontowhattheyhear

D.oftentakealongtimeinlearningtolistenproperly

3.Ababy'sfirstnoisesare

A.anexpressionofhismoodsandfeelings

B.anearlyformoflanguage

C.asignthathemeanstotellyousomething

D.animitationofthespeechofadults

4.Theproblemofdecidingatwhatpointababy/simitationscanbeconsidered

asspeech.

A.isimportantbecausewordshavedifferentmeaningsfordifferentpeople

B.isnotespeciallyimportantbecausethechangeovertakesplacegradually

C.isonethatshouldbeproperlyunderstoodbecausethemeaningofwords

changeswithage

5.Thespeakerimplies.

A.parentscanneverhopetoteachtheirchildrennewsounds

B.childrennolongerimitatepeopleaftertheybegintospeak

C.childrenwhoaregoodatimitatinglearnnewwordsmorequickly

D.evenaftertheyhavelearnttospeak,childrenstillenjoyimitating.

答案解析：BDABD

1.该问题的关键在Beforestartspeaking,短文的第一段的第二句话明确给出

''Childrenaregreatlydifferentintheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystart

speaking"。根据这句话答案选择B

2.在这个问题中，需要注意的是"whostartspeakinglate",也就是第一段第

二句话中提到的"laterstarters"。所以回答这个问题还需要在第二句话中寻找答案

“laterstartersareoftenlonglistenerso"longlisteners在指的就是oftentakealong

timeinlearningtolistenproperly,所以答案选择D。

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题5

Computermouse

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

7.Theopticalmouseissuperiortothebasiconeinthattheformerhasno

movingparts.

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

答案与解析：

1.分析文章标题：Computermouse（鼠标）

2.直接解题:

A.rightB.wrongC.notmentioned

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题2

MoreThanaRidetoSchool

Theyfurtheraddthat,unfortunately,whatappearsontheexteriordoesnot

alwaysreflectthe

Denson.RidingtheschoolbushasbeenmorethanaridetoschoolforLiesl.

BruceHardy,schoolbusdriverforAlthouseBUSCompanyhasbeenLiesKsbus

driversince

kindergarten.LastyearwhenLiesl/sfamilymovedtoParkesburg,knowingher

buswentbyher

newresidenceosherequestedtoridethesamebus

ThisyearLieslisaseniorandwillenjoyherlastyearridingthebus.She

says,"It'sbeena

greatridesofar!Mybusdriverissocoolandhasalwaysbeenagoodfriendand

agoodlistener.Sometimeswhenyou'reachildadultsdonotthinkthatwhatyou

havetosayisimportant.Mr.Hardyalwayslistenstowhatyouhavetosayandmakes

youfeelimportant."HerfriendsAshleyBatistaandAmandaWolfeagree.

BruceHardyhasbeenmakingOctorarastudentsfeelspecialsince1975.This

yearhewill

thesedays.Hehasnevermissedadayofworkandhasaperfectdriving

record.Hewas

recognizedin2000bythePennsylvaniaSchoolBusAssociationfordriving

350,000accident

freemiles.Hardy'sreputationismadefurtherevidentthroughtherelationships

hehasmadewith

thestudentsthatridehisbus."

Althousefurtheradds,“AlthouseBusCompanywasestablished70yearsago

andhasbeen

providingqualitytransportationeversince.Mygrandfatherstartedthebusiness

withonebus.

AlthouseBusCompanyisdelightedtohavetheopportunitytobringdistinctive

andsafeservice

BruceHardy,theyhavebeenbuildingrelationshipsthroughgenerations,LiesKs

motherCarol

alsoenjoysfondmemoriesofridingBruceHardy'sbustotheOctoraraSchool

District.

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题4

APayRiseorNot?

“UnlessIgetarise,I'llhaveatalkwiththeboss,HenryManley,"GeorgeStrong

saidtohimself.Georgelikedhisjobandhelikedthetownhelivedin,buthiswife

kepttellinghimthathispaywasnotenoughtomeettheneedsofthefamily.That

waswhyhewasthinkingoftakingajobinBirmingham,anearbycityabout50miles

away.Hehadbeenofferedajobinafactorythere,andthepaywasfarbetter.

GeorgelivedinWyeford,amedium-sizedto~/n.Hereallylikedtheplaceand

didn'tliketheideaofmovingsomewhereelse,butifhetookthejobinBirmingham,

hewouldhavetomovehisfamilythere.

1HenryManleywasalreadydeeplyindebt.

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

2ThejobthathadbeenofferedtoGeorgeinBirminghampaidbetter.

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

3IfGeorgetookthejobinBirmingham,hewouldhavetoleavehisfamilyat

Wyeford.

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

6HenryManleyhadnoideaatallwhyGeorgeStrongwantedtoseehim.

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

7GeorgeStrongwasthebestengineerinHenryManley'sCompany.

ARight

BWrong

CNotmentioned

阅读判断专项训练答案

1.C2.A3.134.A5.B6.B7.C

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题7

ValuingChildhood

Thevalueofchildhoodiseasilyblurred（变得模糊不清）intoday'sworld.

Considersomerecentdevelopments:Thechild-murderersintheJonesboro,Ark.

schoolyardshootingcasewereconvictedandsentenced.Twoboys,7and8,were

chargedinthemurderofan11-year-oldgirlinChicago.

Redemption（拯救）isapracticalnecessity.Howcanvalueberestoredtoyoung

livesdistorted.byactsofviolence?TheboysinJonesboroandinChicagowillbe

confinedininstitutionsforarelativelyshorttime.Despitehorroratwhatwasdone,

childrenarenotcannotbedealtwithasadults,notifapeoplewantstoconsider

itselfcivilized.That'swhypoliticians'criesforadulttreatmentofyouthfulcriminals

ultimatelymissthepoint.

Butthemoralvoid（真空）thatinvitesviolencehasmanysources.Family

instabilitycontributes.Sodoeseconomicstress.Thatvoid,however,canbefilled.

Theworkstartswithparents,whohavetoaskthemselveswhetherthey'redoing

enoughtogivetheirchildrenafirmsenseofrightandwrong.Aretheyreally

monitoringtheiractivitiesandtheirdevelopingprocessesofthought?

Schools,too,havearoleinbuildingcharacter.Sodoyouthorganizations.Sodo

lawenforcementagencies,whichcandomoretoinformtheyoungaboutlaws,their

meaning,andtheirobservance（遵守）.

Thegoal,ultimately,istoallowallchildrenanormalpassagefromchildhoodto

adulthood（成年），sothattragicgapsinmoraljudgementarelesslikelytooccur.The

relativefewwhofillsuchgapswithactsofviolencehintatmanyotherswhodon'tgo

thatfar,butWholackthemoralfoundationschildhoodshouldprovide~andwhich

progressivehumansocietyrelieson.

31ThetwoboysinChicagowere

Ashot.

Bmurdered.

Caccused.

Dsentenced.

32TheboysinJonesboroandChicagoapparentlylackedasenseof

Arightandwrong.

Bdiscipline.

Cshame.

Dsafety.

Amurderers.

Bcriminals.

Cvictims.

Dadults.

34Whichofthefollowingdoesthewriterciteasasourceofmoralvoid?

AOfficialcorruption.

BSocialinjustice.

CFamilyinstability.

DRacialdiscrimination.

35WhichofthestatementsisNOTtrueaccordingtothispassage?

AParentsshouldstrengthenmoralinstruction.

BSchoolsshouldhelpcreateamoralsenseinchildren.

CLawenforcementagenciesshoulddomoretohelpchildrenunderstandlaws.

DYouthorganizationsplaynoroleinbuildingcharacter.

参考答案:31,C32.B33.D34.C35.D

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题8

NewFoodsandtheNewWorld

Inthelast500years,nothingaboutpeople-nottheirclothes,ideas,or

languageshaschangedasmuchaswhattheyeat.Theoriginalchocolatedrinkwas

madefromtheseedsofthecocoatree（可可树）bySouthAmericanIndians.The

Spanishintroducedittotherestoftheworldduringthe1500's.Andalthoughitwas

veryexpensive,itquicklybecamefashionable.InLondon,shopswherechocolate

drinkswereservedbecameimportantmeetingplaces.Somestillexisttoday.

hepotatoisalsofromtheNewWorld,Around1600;theSpanishbroughtitfrom

PerutoEurope,whereitsoonwaswidelygrown.Irelandbecamesodependentonit

thatthousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedwhenthecropfailedduringthe"Potato

Famine（饥荒）”of1845-1846,andthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheir

homelandandmovetoAmerica.

TherearemanyotherfoodsthathavetraveledfromSouthAmericatotheOld

World.Butsomeotherswentintheoppositedirection.Brazilisnowtheworld's

largestgrowerofcoffee,andcoffeeisanimportantcropinColombiaandother

SouthAmericancountries.ButitisnativetoEthiopia,acountryinAfrica.Itwasfirst

madeintoadrinkbyArabsduringthe1400's.

AccordingtoanArabiclegend,coffeewasdiscoveredwhenapersonnamed

Kaldinoticedthathisgoatswereattractedtotheredberriesonacoffeebush.He

triedoneandexperiencedthe"wide-awake"feelingthatone-thirdoftheworld's

populationnowstartsthedaywith.

31Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowinghaschangedthemostin

thelast500years?

AFood.

BClothing.

Cideology.

DLanguage.

32"Some"inthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphrefersto54

Asomecocoatrees.

Bsomechocolatedrinks.

Csomeshops.

DsomeSouthAmericanIndians.

33ThousandsofIrishpeoplestarvedduringthe"PotatoFamine"because

Atheyweresodependentonpotatoesthattheyrefusedtoeatanythingelse.

BtheywereforcedtoleavetheirhomelandandmovetoAmerica.

CtheweatherconditionsinIrelandwerenotsuitableforgrowingpotatoes.

Dthepotatoharvestwasbad.

34Whichcountryisthelargestcoffeeproducer?

ABrazil.

BColombia.

CEthiopia.

DEgypt.

35WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage?

AOnethirdoftheworld'spopulationdrinkscoffee.

BCoffeeisnativetoColombia.

CCoffeecankeeponeawake.

DCoffeedrinkswerefirstmadebyArabs.

参考答案:31.A32.C33.D34.A35.B

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题9

TheCompass

31Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?

AColumbuswasagreatsailoranddiscoverer.

Ain1492.

BInthethirteencenturyA.D.

CInA.D.80.

DAtleast2000yearsago.

AThe"handle"oftheladlepointedsouth.

BThe"handle"oftheladlepointednorth.

CThebulkoftheladlewasattractedtosouth.

DThebulkoftheladleremainedunmovedontheboard.

34Whyarejadeandjadefindersmentionedinthepassage?

DBecausejadeandlodestonewerefoundinthesamemountains.

35Whatwouldtheparagraphfollowingthispassagemostprobablydiscuss?

CCompassesintroducedtotheWestfromChina.

DTheseavoyagesofEurope's"AgeOfDiscovery".

参考答案：31,C32.D33.A34.C35.B

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题3

TheExplodingLakesofCameroon

bluewater,birds,andfish.ForthepeopleinthenorthwesternCameroon,

however,theimageis

verydifferent.Forthem,lakesmaymeanterribledisasters.In1984,poisonous

gasesexploded

outofLakeMonounandcamedownintothenearbyvillages,killing

thirty—sevenpeople.Two

yearslater,LakeNyoseruptedAcloudofgasesrolleddownthehillsandintothe

valleysand

killed1,700people.

LakeNyosandLakeMonounarecrater（火山DJIakesTheywereformedwhen

water

collectedinthecratersofoldvolcanoesThevolcanoesunderLakeNyosand

LakeMonounare

notactiveanymore.However,poisonousgasesfromthecenteroftheearth

continuetoflowup

throughcracksinthebottomofthelake.Thisisnormalinacraterlake.Inmost

craterlakes,these

gasesarereleasedoftenbecausethewater'turnsover'regularly.Thatis,the

waterfromthe

bottomofthelakerisesandmixeswiththewateratthetop,allowingthegases

toescapeslowly.

However,inLakesNyosandMonoun,thereisnoregularturningover.Noone

knowsthe

reasonforthisfact,butasaresult,theselakeshavemoregasestappedatthe

bottomthanother

craterlakes.Infact,scientistswhohavestudiedLakesNyosandMonounhave

found16,000

timesmoregases.Whenastrongwind,coolweatherastorm,oralandslide（滑

坡）causesthe

watertoturnoversuddenly,thegasesescapeinaviolentexplosion.

Inthepast,nooneknewwhenthegasesmightexplode,sotherewasnoway

forthevillagers

toescapedisaster.NowscientistsfromtheUnitedStates,France,and

Cameroonhavefounda

waytoreducethegaspressureatthebottomofLakeNyos.Theystooda

672-footplasticpipein

themiddleofthelake,withoneendofthepipenearthebottomandtheother

endintheair.Near

whenthegaspressuregetstoohigh,theholesareopenedandsomeofthe

gas-filledwatershoots

upthroughthepipeintotheairlikeafountain.Withlesspressure,adisastrous

explosionismuch

Toprotectpeoplenearbyuntilallofthepipesareinplace,thescientistshave

installedearly

offloudsirens（警报）andbrightlightstowarnthepeopleinthevillages.That

way,theywill

havetimetoescapefromthedangerousgases.

41WhatwillhappenwhenLakeNyosandLakeMonounexplode?

AWaterwillflowdownthehills

BPoisonousgaseswillbereleasedsuddenly.

CAstrongwindwillrisefromthelakes

42WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutLakeNyosandLakeMonounis

true?

ATheywereformedin1984.

BTheyareatthetopoftwoactivevolcanoes.

CTheyarenotlikemostothercraterlakes.

DWaterinthemturnsoverregularly.

43LakeNyosandLakeMonounexplodebecause

Athegasesrisetothetopandmixwithair.

Bpeoplefromthevillagesturnoverthewater.

Dtheyhavemoregasestrappedatthebottomthanothercraterlakes

44Ateamofscientistshas

Aerectedapressure-releasingpipeinthelake

Bidentifiedthegasesatthebottomofthelake

Cbuiltabeautifulfountainnearthelakes

Dremovedalldangerousgasesfromthelakes

45Whatdowelearnfromthelastparagraph?

AScientistsareplanningtoinstallpipesinallcraterlakes.

BScientistsstilldonotknowhowtopreventgasexplosions

CExplosiondisasterscouldbeavoidedinthefuture

DWarningsystemshavebeensetupinthevillagesnearby.

参考答案：

41B该题问的是Nyos和Monoun两湖喷发时会出现什么情况?第一段第五句

提

至!J,Monoun喷发时有毒气体随之而出。两年后，Nyos湖喷发时也出现类似

情况。

故B为答案。

42c本题为细节题。问的是关于Nyos和Monoun两湖哪句陈述是正确的？

选项A

说的是两湖于1984年形成的，不符合原文意思。选项B的意思是：他们坐

落在两

座活活火山上，也与原文意思不符。选项D说的是湖中的水定期翻滚，均与

原文

不符。只有选项c正确。

43D题句的意思是：Nyos和Monoun两湖发生喷发的原因是什么？前三个选

项均

与原文意思不符，答案见第三段第二句。

44A本题问的是一队科学家干了什么工作?第四段第三句提到他们在湖里立

了一

根释放湖底气压的管子。故A为答案。

45c本题问的是在文章最后一段我们了解到了什么？文章最后一段主要讲的

是在

所有的湖里竖起缓解湖底气压的管子后，就不会有危险。故选项c为正确答

柔O

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题11

TheIndustrialAgeandEmployment

1.Theestablishedworkpatternsmaybechangedwiththeclosingofthe

industrialage.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

2.Universalemploymenthasbroughtabouteconomicfreedom.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

3.Manypeopledependedonthelandforalivingbeforethe17thcentury.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

4.Improvedtransportenabledpeopletotravellongerdistancestotheirwork

places.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

5.Employedwomenofequalqualificationsarepaidlessthanmen.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

6.Alargenumberofteenagerswillquitschoolnextyear.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

7.Nowisthetimetohandletheissueofemploymentinapracticalmanner.

ARightBWrongCNotmentioned

参考答案：ABAACCA

答案解析：

2.在第一段的倒数第一句话中"Universalemployment,asitshistoryshows,

hasnotmeanteconomicfreedom/",明确指出了普遍性的工作就业并不意味着经

济自由，所以答案选择B.

3.首先,大家要判断出这是道数字题，在文中找出"17thcentury”所在的位置,

在第二段的开头指出在17世纪和18世纪的圈地运动时，工作就业变得普及。其

暗含的意思是说，在这之前，人们还是靠种地生活，所以该题的答案选择A。

5.在第三段和第四段中，文中提到了关于women女性的问题，指出就业的

出现，让女性处于不利地位，并没有提及问题中所说的“雇佣女性做和男性一样

的工作，但女性得到的报酬低于男性〃，所以答案选择C.

职称英语理工类A级阅读理解练习题1

APhoneThatKnowsYou'reBusy

It'samodernproblem：you/retoobusytobedisturbedbyincessant（连续不断

的）phone

callssoyouturnyourcellphoneoff.Butifyoudon/tremembertoturnitbackon

whenyou're

lessbusy.youcouldmisssomeimportantcallsifonlythephoneknewwhenit

waswiseto

interruptyou,youwouldn/thavetoturnitoffatall.Instead,itcouldletcalls

throughwhenyou

arenottoobusy

Abunchofbehaviorsensors（传感器）andacleverpieceofsoftwarecoulddojust

that,by

analyzingyourbehaviortodetermineifit'sagoodtimetointerruptyou.Ifbuilt

intoaphone,the

systemmaydecideyou/retoobusyandaskthecallertoleaveamessageorring

backlater.

JamesFogartyandScottHudsonatCarnegieMellonUniversityinPennsylvania

basedtheir

systemoiltinymicrophones,camerasandtouchsensorsthatrevealbody

languageandactivity.

Firsttheyhadtostudydifferentbehaviorstofindoutwhichonesstonglypredict

whetheryour

mindisinterrupted

Thepotential/zbusynesswsignalstheyfocusedonincludedwhethertheoffice

doorswereleft

openorclosed,thetimeofday,ifotherpeoplewerewiththepersonin

question,howclosethey

Thesensorsmonitoredtheseandmanyotherfactorswhilefoursubjectswereat

work.At

randomintervals,thesubjectsratedhowinterruptibletheywereonascale

rangingfrom^highly

interruptible^to^highlynot—interruptible^.Theirratingswerethencorrelated

withthevarious

behaviors."Itisashotgun（随意的）approach：weusedalltheindicatorswe

couldthinkofand

thenletstatisticsfindoutwhichwereimportant,"saysHudson

Themodelshowedthatusingthekeyboard,andtalkingonalandlineorto

someoneelsein

theofficecorrelatedmoststronglywithhowinterruptiblethesubjectsjudged

themselvestobe.

Fogartyspeculatesthatthismightbebecausepeopledoingtheinterruptingare

inevitablybiased

ThefirstapplicationforHudsonandFogarty/ssystemislikelytobeinaninstant

messagingsystem,followedbyofficephonesandcellphones."Thereisno

technologicalroadblock（障碍）

toitbeingdeployedinacoupleofyears,"saysHudson

36Abigproblemfacingpeopletodayisthat

Atheymusttoleratephonedisturbancesormissimportantcalls.

Btheymustturnofftheirphonestokeeptheirhomesquiet.

Ctheyhavetoswitchfromadesktopphonetoacellphone.

Dtheyaretoobusytomakephonecalls.

37Thebehaviorsensorandsoftwaresystembuiltinaphone

Acouldhelpstoremessages.

Bcouldsendmessagesinstantly

Ccouldtellwhenitiswisetointerruptyou.

Dcouldidentifyimportantphonecalls.

38ScientistsatCarnegieMenonUniversitytriedtofindout

Awhyofficedoorswereoftenleftopen.

Cwhatquestionsofficeworkerswerebotheredwith.

Dwhichbehaviorscouldtellwhetherapersonwasbusy

39Duringtheexperiment,thesubjectswereasked

Atocontrolthesensorsandthecamera.

Btor