完形填空题

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】

　　51. 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