Everyyear，IBMCorporationchoosesfivenewtechnologieswhichitbelieveswillchangetheworldwithinthenextfiveyears.TheIBMlistiscalled“FiveinFive.”Thecompanysaysitconsidersitsownresearchandthenewdirectionsofsocie

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Every year，IBM Corporation chooses five new technologies which it believes will change the world within the next five years.The IBM list is called “Five in Five.” The company says it considers its own research and the new directions of society and business when identifying the technologies.

This year，the list describes some future devices(装置) that will extend our five senses.Imagine looking for clothes online and touching your computer or smart phone to feel the cloth.

IBM Vice President Bernie Meyerson predicts that technology could be available in the next five years.“You're talking about almost reinventing(重塑) the way computers operate and how you interact with them as humans.”

Touch is just one of the senses that computers will help to extend.IBM says smart machines will soon be able to listen to the environment and give us information about the sounds they hear.For example，Bernie Meyerson says an advanced speech recognition system will tell new parents why their baby is crying.“From the sound the baby is creating，that particular frequency(频率) in the voice of the child，you know the difference between a child for instance who is sick as opposed to a child who is just lonely.That kind of understanding would be great for parents.This kind of thing is not possible today，but with a sophisticated enough system，it actually is possible.”

Mark Malo is a computer science professor at Georgetown University.He says he hopes the progress that IBM is predicting will lead more students to create future inventions.“It's going to be very exciting to see what young people do with the increased availability of mobile platforms and networking and computing power.”He says advances in computer technology will make what now seems like science fiction a part of our everyday lives.

1．According to IBM，“Five in Five” refers to ______________．

A．five newest technologies among all its researches in recent five years

B．five newest technologies that will change people's life in the five years

C．five new directions of society and business in five years

D．five newest scientific directions in the world in five years

2．What does the word “sophisticated” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Advanced. B．New.

C．Experienced. D．Difficult.

3．What is Professor Malo's attitude towards the new technologies?

A．Negative. B．Positive.

C．Skeptical. D．Critical.

4．What is the main idea of the text?