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Have you ever imagined that your T-shirt can cool you down by up
to 5℃ on these hot summer days? Thanks to a recent discovery, the possibility
is getting closer. While there are many technologies that manage to keep the
body warm, this amazing invention aims to offer real comfort for those who want
to feel cool and fresh on extremely hot days.
Its inventors, engineers Ma Yaoguang of Zhejiang University and
Tao Guangming of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, took a
completely new technique. They designed a special textile that can take in body
heat and give off its energy into space. This means that, even when it looks
like you are wearing a regular shirt, you are actually wearing something that
works like a mirror.
Research at Stanford University in 2017 had already managed to
cool the wearers by 3℃, but this experiment was limited. So researchers still
need to do more experiments to see the new technique to decide how effectively
the new material cools while the wearers are standing or walking, and not
directly facing the sky, like in their experiments. They also need to examine
how well it works when T-shirts are not in close touch with the skin.
Inventors Yaoguang and Guangming note that the new material will
increase the costs by just 10 percent."It means everybody can get a
T-shirt and the cost is basically the same as their old one," Yaoguang
said.
So if you are an athlete or simply someone that has to deal with
the extremely high temperatures, be patient because your days of feeling hot
and bothered may be coming to an end!
(1)
What is the purpose of the new invention?
A . To keep people warm.
B . To help beat the heat in hot weather.
C . To find out the wearers' temperature.
D . To protect clothes from becoming wet.
(2)
How does the special product work?
A . By sending out absorbed heat.
B . By turning sunlight into energy.
C . By keeping heat out completely.
D . By using light colors to reflect sunlight.
(3)
What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A . The invention needs further testing.
B . The studies in 2017 lack evidence (证据).
C . The new textile has a good cooling effect.
D . The new textile applies to various situations.
(4)
What's the writer's attitude towards the invention?
A . Doubtful
B . Objective
C . Supportive
D . Indifferent
答案: B
A
A
C