For those who are tired of doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app (application).
Strange though it may seem — my wife already does that was a mon response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them smart.
Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owner is at work or on the bus.
Samsung says it's not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.
If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when e home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go. said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
The pany also says that with electricity rate (电价) varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.
Perhaps, but what they will probably really acplish is what all good technologies do — enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
【小题1】 What can be inferred from the mon response of the attendees at the CES?A．The machine will be a big success.B．their wives like doing the laundry.C．The machine is unrelated to their life.D．This kind of technology is familiar to them.【小题2】We can conclude from Samsung's statements that .A．the app connection makes life easierB．it is better to dry clothes in the morningC．smartphone can shorten the drying time D．we should refresh clothes back at home【小题3】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A．The laundry should be frequently checked B．Lazy people like using such machinesC．Good technologies also cause problems D．Television may help do the laundryD
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(答案→)D
解析：主要向我们介绍了三星公司推出新产品目的是更便捷人们的生活，但同时也引人深思，好技术产生的同时也会带来负面的影响——滋生懒惰。
【小题1】推理判断题。根据第二段第一句中的“my wife already does that”可知人们对此已经很熟悉了， 故答案选D。
【小题2】推理判断题。综合全文可知，三星运用app connection于产品中是为了让生活变得更容易， 故答案选A。
【小题3】段落大意题。文章最后一段主要讲了好技术所能做的就是滋生懒惰，所以即便是好的技术也会带来负面的问题，故答案选C。