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国家开放大学学位英语考试复习-理工英语4阅读练习(含答案)  PAGE11 / NUMPAGES13  理工英语4阅读练习(含答案)  Passage 1  Baidu, Chinas leading search engine company, has unveiled its own eyewear called Baidu Eye. It is said to be a different product from Google Glass in terms of functionality.  The company demonstrated a working prototype on September 3 at its annual Technology Innovation Conference in Beijing. It bears a similarity to Google Glass, but it has no screen. Instead, the device uses a camera to scan objects, and focuses on analyzing information around its user and beaming that to a smartphone.  Baidu says the device is designed to support image search. The companys CEO Robin Li believes in five years time, people will get used to searching by image and audio rather than text. Li has given an example of how one can take advantage of Baidu Eye, “If you are in a shopping mall and come across a woman whose skirt looks really attractive, you take a photo of her skirt using Baidu Eye, and youll get to know where to buy one for yourself.”  According to Kaiser Kuo, Baidus director of international communications, Baidu Eye can also recognize voice and gesture, “You can use voice commands, or gesture commands — like expanding to zoom, or circling an object in your field of view with your finger.”  Baidu is yet to announce a release date or marketing plans for Baidu Eye.  1. According to the first paragraph, we know that Baidu Eye is different from Google Glass in _____.  A. camera　　B. functionality　　C. search engine　　D. eyewear  2. According to the passage, which statement about Baidu Eye is NOT correct?  A. The device uses a camera to scan objects.  B. The device focuses on analyzing information around its user.  C. The device can beam the information to a smartphone.  D. The device has a big screen.  3. According to Robin Li, people will get used to searching by ______ in the future.  A. image and audio　 B. text　　 C. gesture　 D. finger  4. What does the word it