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正确答案：A
Youprobablyknowwhatamobileis，butthemobileI"mtalkingaboutisadelicateobjectofdecorationhangingfromthecedingandmovinggentlywitheverybreath．(16)Itdelightsbothchildrenandadults．Now，doyouknowwhoinventedthemobile?ThislovelycreationwastheworkofanAmericanartistnamedAlexanderCalder．Calderbecameinterestedinmakingthingswhenhewasachild．Andeventhenheoftenusedwireinhisconstructions．Whenhewenttocollege，hestudiedengineeringratherthanart．(18)Buthequicklyrealizedthatartwashisrealpassion．(17)Healsolovedthecircus，andmanyofhisearlyartworksweresmallcircusfiguresmadewithwire．Inabout1930，Calderturnedfromrealisticwirefigurestoabstractones．Hebeganconstructingobjectsthathavecircles，squaresandothergeometricshapes．Togettheshapestomove，heusedsmallmotors．Thenhewentonestepbeyondtheseearlymobiles．Hegottheshapesinhisconstructionstomovebythemselves．Amobilemaylooksimpleasitshiftsinthewind，butitrequirescarefulconstructiontoworkproperly．Calderusedhisengineeringknowledgetocreatehisfirstmobiles．Oftentheseconsistedofsmallpiecesofbrightlyprintedmetalstrungbywiretoathickerbasewire．Calderlearnhowtofindtheprecisepointtoconnecteachwiresothatallthepieceswillswayinharmony．Indoingso，hecreatedanartformforpeopleallovertheworldtocopyandenjoy．未听先知预览三道题的选项，很难从其中找出范畴接近的词汇进而推测文章大意。第l6题主语一致，都是It，并且children出现了两次，因此推测It应该与孩子有关；第l7题主语为复数They，表明短文中会提到复数的东西，并且是人物形象figures，细心的考生这时可能会发现该题中的made和上题中的invented范畴接近，都含有“发明，制作”的意思，故猜测短文可能是关于制作孩子喜欢的人物形象。Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutamobile?详解四个选项的主语均是It，其中children出现了两次，综合未听先知的信息点，以及选项中出现的carried，found，invented，可推测本题可能考查某种与孩子有关的事物的性质特点。短文中指出成年人和孩子都喜欢风铃，故答案为A)。