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Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city can't wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.

"I'd use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open," said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.

The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said,possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphonesand tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings. So, for example,if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.

"As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn't something anybody needs," said Sam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com. "We're accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things," he added, "and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars."

9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late lastyear, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.

"It's just like smartphones 10 years ago," Weintraub said. "A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look attheir smartphones, and it's unnatural," he said. "There's gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there."

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60. One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to ____.

A. program the opening hours of a bar

B. supply you with a picture of the future

C. provide information about your surroundings

D. update the maps and GPS in your smartphones

61. The underlined phrase "pop up" in the third paragraph probably means " ____".

A. develop rapidly

B. get round quickly

C. appear immediately

D. go over automatically

62. According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone-like glasses are ____.

A. necessary for teenagers 　　　

B. attractive to New Yorkers

C. available to people worldwide

D. expensive for average consumers

63. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glasses ____.

A. may have a potential market 　

B. are as common as smartphones

C. are popular among young adults 　

D. will be improved by a new technology

参考译文

也许有一天你的眼镜会取代你的智能手机。一些纽约人已经准备好做这种转变了。城市里的一些人已经迫不及待想要试用这种设备，并且使用地图和GPS也囊括在这种未来眼镜之中。

住在格林堡的40岁的沃尔特·初说：“如果凌晨三点我要和朋友出去闲逛，要去酒吧，还想看看有什么地方在营业的话，我就会用它。“

《纽约时报》说今年类似智能手机的眼镜可能就会生产出来，其成本在250美元到600美元之间，其中可能还包括增强实用性的变体，这项技术已经可以在智能手机和平板电脑上使用，并且可以将有关自己周围环境的信息覆盖在屏幕上。所以，例如，如果你是走在大街上，指示屏会弹出信息，显示离你最近的咖啡厅或绘制出方向，然后在你的面前就会出现正确的人行道。

为Gizmodo.com写稿的山姆·比德尔说：“就一个主流消费品来说，它并不是人人都必备的。”他补充道：“我们已经习惯了装一样东西在口袋就去完成所有的事情，而一般消费者并不能支付得起另一个成百上千美元的设备。”

“9to5”谷歌出版商赛斯·温特劳布在去年年底公布了类似智能手机的眼镜，他说他相信这种类型的可穿戴设备最终会像智能手机一样普遍。

温特劳布说：“这种设备就像10年前的智能手机。”他说：“少数人开始使用手机接收邮件时，人们会认为这很疯狂。同样地，当我们看到人们低着头看他们的智能手机时，我们也会感到很不自然。”“（所以）类似智能手机的眼镜还需有所改进，这也是第一步。”

答案解析

60. C 考查细节理解。依据第三段内容可知这种类似智能手机的眼镜能够提供周围环境的信息并显示出来。

61. C 考查短语理解。依据第三段最后一句可知，当你走在大街上时，显示器会立即"显示"距离你最近的咖啡馆，或绘制出其方向。

62. D 考查细节理解。依据第四段最后一句可知，Sam Biddle认为这种类似智能手机的眼镜并不是普通消费者能够买得起的。

63. A 考查推理判断。依据最后一段最后一句可知，Seth Weintraub对这种眼镜持乐观态度，相信该款类似智能手机的眼镜会像智能手机一样普及。换言之，这款眼镜可能拥有巨大的市场潜力。