答案及解析：
1． 文章標題分析：來源：考試大
squishy（易壓扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震動聲） to calls
2．直接看備選項（注意備選項的特點）和空格所在的搭配結構特點及/或句意。
1. A．voices B. messages C. vibrations D. feelings
Vibrating rubber cellphones could be the next big thing in mobile communications. They (需要參照前句確認They的指代內容) allow people to communicate by squishing (壓扁，按壓) the phone to transmit __1__ （僅僅憑借transmit無法直接確認答案）along with their spoken words.
C．分析：該題考察上下文的句意承接/篇章用詞。來源：考試大
補充：來源：考試大
along with prep. 和...一起[一道], 隨著; 除...以外(還)
e.g. Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems.
與這些讀者來信一起還刊登對這些問題的回答,由那些被認為能夠解決這些問題的人來撰寫。Together with adv. 和, 加之
2. A．phoning B. talking C. working D. texting
According to a research team at the MIT Medical Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the idea will make __2__ more fun.
A.線索：文章中心（squishy（易壓扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震動聲） to calls/phone的近義詞） 來源：考試大
3. A．as much as B. as well as C. in spite of D. instead of
Many mobile phones can already be made to vibrate __3__ ring when you do not want people to know you are getting a call.
D. 線索：句意和備選項通常的使用特點。來源：考試大
補充：來源：考試大
e.g. I love English as much as I do mathematics
e.g. The editors as well as (= in addition to) the proofreaders (校對者) are working overtime.
e.g. In spite of great efforts we failed to carry our plans through.( carry .. through/完成 )
e.g. If you cannot go, hell go instead of you.
4.A．being caused B. caused C. to be caused D.having caused
But these vibrations, __4__ by a motor spinning (turning /旋轉) an eccentric (離心的) weight inside the device, are too crude（粗糙的） for subtle communications, says Angela Chang of the lab’s Tangible Media Group.
B． 分析：該題考察分詞的語法意義。
補充：來源：考試大
Subtle adj.狡猾的, 敏感的, 微妙的, 精細的
Synonyms: clever, cunning, delicate, fine
5.A．never B. seldom C. either D. neither
They are __5__ on or off, she says.
C．線索：搭配結構特點。
Either..or../neither…nor..
6.A．tiny B. large C. loud （干擾項） D. low
But when you grip Changes prototype latex（橡膠） cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap（包裹） around five __6__ speakers.
A．句意。 大
They vibrate __7__ your skin around 250 times per second.
7.A．against B. above C. over D. on
A．線索：介詞所使用的結構。在這里against的含義是“（貼）與…達成猛烈接觸”
e.g. waves dashing against the shore./拍岸的波濤”
1． 文章標題分析：來源：考試大
squishy（易壓扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震動聲） to calls
2．直接看備選項（注意備選項的特點）和空格所在的搭配結構特點及/或句意。
1. A．voices B. messages C. vibrations D. feelings
Vibrating rubber cellphones could be the next big thing in mobile communications. They (需要參照前句確認They的指代內容) allow people to communicate by squishing (壓扁，按壓) the phone to transmit __1__ （僅僅憑借transmit無法直接確認答案）along with their spoken words.
C．分析：該題考察上下文的句意承接/篇章用詞。來源：考試大
補充：來源：考試大
along with prep. 和...一起[一道], 隨著; 除...以外(還)
e.g. Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems.
與這些讀者來信一起還刊登對這些問題的回答,由那些被認為能夠解決這些問題的人來撰寫。Together with adv. 和, 加之
2. A．phoning B. talking C. working D. texting
According to a research team at the MIT Medical Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the idea will make __2__ more fun.
A.線索：文章中心（squishy（易壓扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震動聲） to calls/phone的近義詞） 來源：考試大
3. A．as much as B. as well as C. in spite of D. instead of
Many mobile phones can already be made to vibrate __3__ ring when you do not want people to know you are getting a call.
D. 線索：句意和備選項通常的使用特點。來源：考試大
補充：來源：考試大
e.g. I love English as much as I do mathematics
e.g. The editors as well as (= in addition to) the proofreaders (校對者) are working overtime.
e.g. In spite of great efforts we failed to carry our plans through.( carry .. through/完成 )
e.g. If you cannot go, hell go instead of you.
4.A．being caused B. caused C. to be caused D.having caused
But these vibrations, __4__ by a motor spinning (turning /旋轉) an eccentric (離心的) weight inside the device, are too crude（粗糙的） for subtle communications, says Angela Chang of the lab’s Tangible Media Group.
B． 分析：該題考察分詞的語法意義。
補充：來源：考試大
Subtle adj.狡猾的, 敏感的, 微妙的, 精細的
Synonyms: clever, cunning, delicate, fine
5.A．never B. seldom C. either D. neither
They are __5__ on or off, she says.
C．線索：搭配結構特點。
Either..or../neither…nor..
6.A．tiny B. large C. loud （干擾項） D. low
But when you grip Changes prototype latex（橡膠） cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap（包裹） around five __6__ speakers.
A．句意。 大
They vibrate __7__ your skin around 250 times per second.
7.A．against B. above C. over D. on
A．線索：介詞所使用的結構。在這里against的含義是“（貼）與…達成猛烈接觸”
e.g. waves dashing against the shore./拍岸的波濤”