Vibrating Rubber Cellphones
Vibrating rubber cellphones could be the next big thing in mobile communications. They allow people to press the phone to transmit vibrations along with their __________（51） words. According to a research team at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the idea will make __________ （52） more fun.
Many mobile phones can already vibrate instead of ringing __________ （53） you do not want people to know you are getting a call. But these __________ （54） are too simple for subtle （敏感的） communication, __________ （55） Angela Chang of the lab's Tangible Media Group. "They're either on or off," she says.
But when you hold Chang's rubber cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap around five __________ （56） speakers. They vibrate __________ （57） your skin around 250 times per second. Beneath these speakers sit pressure sensors （传感器）, so you can transmit vibration as well as __________ （58） it. When you squeeze with a finger, a vibration signal is transmitted __________ （59） your caller's corresponding finger. Its speed __________ （60） on how hard you squeeze.
Chang says that within a few minutes of being given the phones, students were using the vibration feature to __________ （61） emphasis to what they were saying. Over time, people even began to transmit their own kind of ad hoe （特别的） "Morse code', which they would repeat back to show they were __________ （62） what the other person was saying.
Chang thinks "vibralanguages" could function for the same __________ （63） as texting: sometimes people want to communicate __________ （64） without everyone nearby knowing what they're saying. "And __________ （65） actually being able to shake someone's hand when you close a business deal," she says.
51 A taken B mixed C spoken D broken
52 A phoning B touching C working D asking
53 A since B where C though D when
54 A vibrations B instructions C texts D callings
55 A answers B says C interrupts D tells
56 A loud B native C tiny D large
57 A on B above C over D against
58 A using B turning C receiving D sending
59 A for B to C from D with
60 A depends B bases C puts D focuses
61 A change B add C switch D shift
62 A controlling B asking C discussing D following
63 A fact B plan C reason D trip
64 A something B anything C nothing D thing
65 A look B imagine C suppose D assume
【参考答案】
1. C 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. B
56. C 57. D 58. C 59. B 60. A
61. B 62. D 63. C 64. A 65. B
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