答案及解析：
1． 文章标题分析：来源：考试大
squishy（易压扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震动声） to calls

2．直接看备选项（注意备选项的特点）和空格所在的搭配结构特点及/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 (需要参照前句确认They的指代内容) allow people to communicate by squishing (压扁，按压) the phone to transmit __1__ （仅仅凭借transmit无法直接确认答案）along with their spoken words.
C．分析：该题考察上下文的句意承接/篇章用词。来源：考试大
补充：来源：考试大
along with prep. 和...一起[一道], 随着; 除...以外(还)
e.g. Along with the letters there are answers written by people who are supposed to know how to solve such problems.
与这些读者来信一起还刊登对这些问题的回答,由那些被认为能够解决这些问题的人来撰写。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.线索：文章中心（squishy（易压扁的）cellphones (大哥大) add a buzz（震动声） to calls/phone的近义词） 来源：考试大

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. 线索：句意和备选项通常的使用特点。来源：考试大
补充：来源：考试大
e.g. I love English as much as I do mathematics
e.g.  The editors as well as (= in addition to) the proofreaders (校对者) 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 /旋转) an eccentric (离心的) 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：该题考察分词的语法意义。来源：考试大
补充：来源：考试大
Subtle adj.狡猾的, 敏感的, 微妙的, 精细的
Synonyms: clever, cunning, delicate, fine来源：考试大

5.A．never          B. seldom     C. either     D. neither
　　They are __5__ on or off, she says.来源：考试大
C．线索：搭配结构特点。来源：考试大
Either..or../neither…nor..来源：考试大

6.A．tiny          B. large   C. loud （干扰项）      D. low
　　But when you grip Changes prototype latex（橡胶） cellphone, your fingers and thumb wrap（包裹） around five __6__ speakers.   
A．句意。来源：考试大

　　They vibrate __7__ your skin around 250 times per second.
7.A．against            B. above       C. over          D. on
A．线索：介词所使用的结构。在这里against的含义是“（贴）与…达成猛烈接触”
e.g. waves dashing against the shore./拍岸的波涛”