接电话时不想被偷听？消音口罩来帮你！

                                                                                    

      Don’t you just hate it when you have to take an important phone call and you’re surrounded by potential eavesdroppers(偷听者)? You either have to whisper or go outside to keep the conversation private, which isn’t exactly ideal. Now, a new gadget aims to fix this problem by muffling your voice. 
       Hushme is a high-tech mask that blocks the sound of the wearer’s voice so that people nearby can’t hear what is being said. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and comes with a pair of earphones. When you get a private call, all you have to do is to put the mask on and it’ll do the rest. The pair of thick cushy pads(软垫盖) over your mouth does a good job of muffling your voice, but to ensure nothing gets through, Hushme also features external speakers that play a variety of sounds when you speak. 
       The Hushme mask, which comes in a variety of colors, can be worn around the neck, like a regular pair of earphones, and attaches in front of your mouth thanks to a couple of very powerful magnets. However, it’s not clear how comfortable speaking with this mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is; so all we know so far is that it makes you look weird. 
       While Hushme is promoted as a phone call privacy protection device, you could always use it to protect your ears from loud mouth co-workers in the office. Just slap this baby over their mouths and you can get on with your work. 
        Advertised as the “world’s first voice mask for mobile phones”, Hushme was unveiled at CES(国际消费类电子产品博览会), at the beginning of this year. It’s not commercially available yet, but its makers plan to start a crowd funding campaign in May, and to start selling it by the end of the year. It’s reported that it’ll cost around $200.  

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1.What is the purpose of raising the question in the first paragraph?

A To stress a fact.

B To show a bad habit.

C To lead in the topic.

D To lead in some advice.

解析：选C。推理判断题。第一段说：当你接到一个重要电话，却发现身边可能有人在偷听时，会不会觉得很讨厌？为了保护通话隐私，你即便不想，也只能降低音量或者出去说。不过现在，有个新装置能帮你解决问题，它可以减弱你的声音。由此可推断提出问题的目的在于引出话题，故选C。

2.What plays the most important role in making Hushme muffle the voice?

A Bluetooth.

B Earphones.

C External speakers.

D Cushy pads.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段中的The pair of thick cushy pads(软垫盖) over your mouth does a good job of muffling your voice可判断取得最大作用的还是那两块厚实的软垫盖，故选D。

3.What about Hushme is not quite certain according to the passage?

A Its function.

B Its popularity.

C Its price.

D Its development.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的However, it’s not clear how comfortable speaking with this mask over your mouth really is, or how effective its speech muffling ability is可知，戴着这种口罩讲话是否舒适，以及它的消音效果如何，都还有待验证，即对于它的功能还不是很确定，故选A。

4.According to the passage, Hushme ________.

A has been widely used

B will be available soon

C is intended to protect ears

D is really comfortable to wear

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，虽然Hushme如今还未上市，但制造商已计划于五月份发起众筹，并于年底开售。故可推断选B。