题目内容
______ made things worse, Peter said, was that his parents stopped supporting him in developing the “flying car”.
A.It | B.Which | C.As | D.What |
D
解析试题分析:考查what引导的主语从句,what在主语从句中做主语,Peter said是插入语,句意:皮特说:使事情更糟糕的是父母不再支持他的飞车。选D。
考点:考查主语从句
点评:主语从句要分析句子成分,如果是完整的句子,就用that,如果缺少主语,宾语和表语就用what,固定词组要多记多背。
A Japanese toy maker declares that they have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language and plans to begin selling the gadget——under the name of Bowlingual——in U. S. pet stores and gift shops this summer.
Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd. says about 300, 000 of the dog translator gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. It is forecasting far bigger sales once an English language translation for dogs comes to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.
"We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don't think they will mind spending $ 120 on this product, " the Takara marketing manager said during an interview at a recent pet products conference in Atlanta.
Regarded as one of the coolest inventions of 2002 by Time magazine, Bowlingual is made up of a 3 - inch long wireless microphone that is fastened to a dog collar and sends out sounds to a small console (控制台) that is connected to a database (数据库). The console divides each bark into six emotional types——happiness, sadness, disappointment, anger, threat and desire——and shows common phrases, such as "You're ticking me off," that fit the dog's emotional state.
Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget in cooperation(合作)with famous sound experts and animal behaviorists.
One thing that does appear certain is that the markets for animal translation products will likely remain a dog's world since Takara has no plans to develop a similar gadget for cats. "They are too unpredictable (反复无常) , " the marketing manager said.
【小题1】This passage mainly tells us that Bowlingual ___________.
A.was invented in Japan | B.has developed quickly |
C.will be sold in America | D.sells well for its price |
A.markets | B.products | C.plans | D.cats |
A.proud of | B.satisfied with | C.confident of | D.worried about |
If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice. There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills, you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening. For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve quickly, and you can be a fluent English speaker one day.
【小题1】According to the writer, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A.Reading and listening. | B.Reading and writing. |
C.Writing and speaking. | D.Speaking and listening. |
A.look up all the new words in the dictionary |
B.think about what you are reading actively |
C.spend more time studying grammars |
D.copy as many words and sentences as possible |
A.meet | B.discover | C.hear | D.look for |
A.choose suitable listening materials |
B.deal with new words in reading |
C.improve your reading ability as quickly as possible |
D.become fluent in speaking and writing English |