The second paragraph suggests that______.A．passengers can have control over intrusive adve

re out of their homes, moneys in their pockets and stores are still open"?

A．Customers are being influenced to spend money in shops.

B．Cabdrivers are rushing to buy his flat-panel TV screens.

C．Cabdrivers are watching his TVs.

D．Customers no longer knock their knees as they get into the taxis.

The best title for this text might be______.

A．Human Intellect and Design Knowledge

B．The Discovery of Velcro

C．Engineers Depend on Biologists

D．Technology That Imitates Nature

We can infer from the last two paragraphs that______.

A．evolution is a mindless, random process

B．sometimes, nature"s systems are more advanced than modern technology

C．engineers who invent new technology always discover that nature has been there first

D．real-world problems can be solved by using design knowledge

Julian Vincent and his colleagues have set up a database of "biological patents" so that

A．biologists can access nature"s ingenuity

B．anyone can access nature"s ingenuity

C．natural problems can be solved with technological solutions

D．anyone can patent biological mechanisms

The word "biomimetics"(line 2, para. 2)might mean "______".

A．the study of natural design

B．the study of man-made technologies

C．the study of nature

D．the study of biological mutations

Velcro is a product that______.

A．attaches itself through humans and animals

B．is a completely natural mechanism made from seeds

C．joins things together using the hook-and-loop system

D．uses the hook-and-loop system to attach itself on humans and animals

According to the Spanish researchers, which of the following statements is true?

A．The closer you are to a mobile phone, the greater your exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

B．The closer you are to a mobile phone that is being used to send and receive signals, the greater your exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

C．The amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected by metal is almost too small to be measured.

D．You shouldn"t stand close to people who are using their mobile phones in train carriages, buses, and lifts.

Dr. Hondous research was not thorough enough because______.

A．he didn"t have enough time to assess everything before his paper was published

B．he didn"t admit that the people in train carriages, buses, and lifts could influence the level of electromagnetic radiation

C．he didn"t investigate the effect of people on electromagnetic radiation levels

D．Japan is a crowded country where people often use mobile phones, so he only looked at that specific situation

Why do the Spanish researchers dispute Dr. Hondous theory?

A．Because they are funded by a mobile phone operator.

B．Because people absorb electromagnetic radiation.

C．Because electromagnetic radiation isn"t dangerous at all.

D．Because Dr. Hondou assumed that every single person was using their mobile phone at exactly the same time.

be produced?

A．Mobile phones give off a lot of electromagnetic radiation.

B．Train carriages, buses, and lifts are not safe places to use mobile phones.

C．A lot of people could use their mobile phones in a confined space at the same time.

D．Blathering produces radio waves which bounce around the interior of these places.