Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节,满分40分)
第一节阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并存答题卡上将该
项涂黑。
(A)
Increasingly over the last few years,we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices or  “smart” accessories (附件,饰品 ) . Pocket heart -rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways.
As a scientist at New York University . Rosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they go on the market.  One of these was the so-called " frown (皱眉)headband". Rosalind was shocked to realize just how often she frowned. Stuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead -each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signal.
Another computer scientist , Stevcn Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see .Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you're not familiar with the dishes on the menu.  If you are weanng a pair of Steven's glasses . all yau have to do is glance above the restauran’s doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Tntemet, offering you full details of the meals served inside. The glasses could also be used to help people make speeches,give chefs access to the latest recipes and even provide doctors with
patient information while they carry out operations.
At the moment, Steven's invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glasses.
It's a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning  System  ( GPS ) receiver, which tracks the wearer's position. But he says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller and lighter as technology improves.
And, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful application. A chemical engineer named Roben Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring,can give off different smells according to a person's mood. That, of course, may or may not appeal to you.  And,in the end , it is  shoppers . not scientiscs , who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are sure tO join history's long list of crazy inventions.
It is clear,however ,that as computers get smaller and cheapcr.  Lhcy will pop up in all sorts
of easily-wearable accessories . even in the buttons on your coat.  WhaCs morc, this is something that's going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect.
41. When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised a___________
A. how well the sensor worked           B. how she was affected by traffic
C. how strong the signal was            D. how uncomfortable it was
42.  For people eating out , Steven’ s glasses can___________      
A . give them a restaurant's location
B.  let them see a restaurant's environment
C.  inform them about a restaurant’s menu 
D.  tell them about a restaurant's quality
43. What is the current problem with Stevcn's glasses?
A. Limited function.                B. Inconvenience.
C. High cost.                       D. Poor Internet access.
44.  In general, what does the writer think about smart accessories?
A. They will soon be widely available.
B. Much more research is needed into them.
C. Only a few of them will appeal to shoppers.
D. Most of them are considered to be crazy inventions.
45. What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?
A. To advertise some smart accessories.
B .To tell interesting stories about smart accessories.
C. To argue that smart accessories are fashionable.
D. To introduce the idea of smart accessories.

I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m ?? the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death ?? going on a few feet away.

? There’s a small? ?? ?? burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an) ? ? to fly through the glasses of the window. ? ?? ? , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is ?? ?? for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in? ?? ?? through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will ? ?? ? there on the windowsill.

? Across the room, ten steps? ? , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it? ?? ? . With only a small effort now being ?? ? , it could be free of this self-set ?? ? . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so? ?? ? .

? Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, ? ?? ?? dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea? ?? ? this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?

? No doubt this way makes? ?? to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.

? Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution? ? ? achieving your goal. It may not offer any real ??? for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.

? If you? ?? ?? your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may? ?? ?? your chances for success.

1.A. seeing?????????? B. crying out????????? C. watching?????????? D. listening to?

2.A. struggle????????? B. cry?????????????? C. yell??????????????? D. test

3.A. bird???????????? B. fly??????????????? C. insect????????????? D. worm

4.A. experience??????? B. direction????????? C. force?????????????? D. attempt

5.A. Thus??????????? B. So??????????????? C. Although??????????? D. However

6.A. usual??????????? B. likely???????????? C. impossible?????????? D. uncommon

7.A. digging????????? B. breaking?????????? C. pushing???????????? D. jumping

8.A. kill????? ?????? B. die??????????????? C. lie???????????????? D. stick

9.A. away??????????? B. far??????????????? C. near?????????????? D. distant

10.A. dreams to??????? B. thinks of?????????? C. looks after?????????? D. longs for

11.A. done??????????? B. owned???????????? C. wasted????????????? D. planned

12.A. tunnel?????????? B. trap?????????????? C. cave??????????????? D. goal

13.A. easy??????????? B. necessary?????????? C. hard??????????????? D. obvious?

14.A. attempt????????? B. anything??? ??????? C. struggle??????????? D. something

15.A. that???????????? B. what?????????????? C. which????????????? D. where

16.A. sense??????????? B. trouble???????????? C. room?????????????? D. effort

17.A. of????????????? B. from?????????????? C. off???????????????? D. to

18.A. advice?????????? B. support??????????? C. hope??????????????? D. power

19.A. risk???????????? B. get??????????????? C. make?????????????? D. take

20.A. fail???????????? B. kill??????????????? C. overlook?????????? ? D. fulfill

 

 Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and    language barriers instead.

         High-tech Company NEC has    a device that it says will    users to communicate with people of different    .

         Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses    without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would    a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the    retina(视网膜). The text, provided instantly      voice recognition and    programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” (字幕) during a conversation between two people    the glasses.

         “You can keep the    flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition (展览会)    the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks     with secret information,” says Omino, stating that there would be no      for translators.

         Each user’s    words would be    by microphone, translated, and be instantly    for conversation partners in    visual text and as audio delivered through headphones.

         Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is    onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.

         The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,     at the beginning without the translation mode.

1.A. cut off            B. cut down                  C. cut in                                D. cut up

2.A. come up with     B. come across C. come through                 D. come down

3.A. force          B. promise                  C. allow                                 D. leave

4.A. backgrounds      B. cultures                  C. customs                            D. languages

5.A. so                         B. but                           C. or                             D. while

6.A. adopt                   B. admit                       C. agree                                D. adapt

7.A. designer’s  B. translator’s             C. user’s                          D. producer’s

8.A. through               B. during                     C. within                          D. beyond

9.A. inventiong         B. invitation                C. preparation                D. translation

10.A. bearing             B. wearing                   C. carrying                            D. taking

11.A. discussion         B. argument                C. conversation                   D. translation

12.A. which                B. where                     C. why                              D. how

13.A. connected        B. satisfied                  C. joined                               D. covered

14.A. hope                  B. doubt                      C. need                                 D. wonder

15.A. expected   B. imagined      C. written                               D. spoken

16.A. picked up         B. made up                 C. turned up                        D. brought up

17.A. agreeable         B. acceptable             C. believable                        D. available

18.A. either                B. neither                    C. both                                  D. none

19.A. placed               B. passed               C. got                             D. knocked

20.A. therefore         B. while                       C. however                          D. although

 

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