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广东省广州市部分学校 2021 2022 学年高二上学期期中联考英语试 - 题(wd 无答案) 一、阅读选择 1. Can you imagine a cloud floating in the middle of your room? Do you want to ’ know what it feels like to fly like a bird ? Find your answers in Time Magazine s ” 25 Best Inventions . Here, we have picked out the most interesting 4 to share with you . Talking Gloves Ever felt confused by the sign language used by disabled people? Here is the ’ ’ helping hand you need . Four Ukrainian students have created a pair of gloves that helps people with hearing and speech problems communicate with others. The gloves are equipped with sensors that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smart phone. Then the smart phone changes the text to spoken words. Google Glasses Google Glasses are like a computer built into the frame of a pair of glasses. With its , 1.3-centimeter display the glasses allow you to surf the Internet and make calls without even lifting a finger . The glasses also have a camera and GPS mapping . , system Users can take and share photos check maps and surf the Internet just by looking up, down, left and right. Indoor Clouds It’s not virtual but a real world . Dutch artist Smilde managed to create a small but perfect white cloud in the middle of a room using a fog machine. But it required careful planning-the temperature, humidity and lighting all had to be just right. Once , everything was ready the cloud formed in the air with the machine. But it only lasted for a shor