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 ___________.

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　　As the country's economy continues to steam ahead,once popular forms of entertainment,such as Karaoke(卡拉OK),card games and even boxing bars,appear to be losting their attractiveness.Stressed out white - collar wokers are camping out on rooftops,smashing(砸）up restaurants,pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a effort to ease the pressure of modern life.

　　Consider the members of Shanghai's Cat Rain club.By day,this group of young women work executive (决策管理的) jobs,but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof."You feel relaxed when you're sitting on the roof,looking up to the sky and chatting with friends," said Gong Ying,25.

　　The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai.A recently opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers(顾客) to smash plates --- as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.Some workers even wish to return to their childhoods.Recently,hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children.It was an adultsonly event,and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.

　　Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective.But a cemetery?

　　Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed - out workers in March.The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could think about life and their futures."Pressure may bring us unhappiness,but it doesn't mean we can't find ways out,"says Chen Bin,a rooftop camping fan with still some other interests."Life should be imaginative."

　　68.Peopel are going to those new activities mainly for ______.

　　　A.recreation   B.new ideas   C.physical refreshment   D.psychological relaxation

　　69.The underlined phrase "put things in perspective"in the 4th paragraph possibly means______.

　　　A.have a good rest          B.get over negative feelings

　　　C.take physical exercise      D.judge things correctly

　　70.When Chen Bin says:"Life should be imaginative",she means______.

　　　A.life should be lived in imaginations

　　　B.the dead can be alive in our imagination

　　　C.people should create new ways of life

　　　D.we should view life positively

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.

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

2.The underlined word "they" in the last paragraph refers to ___________.

A．markets           B．products          C．plans             D．cats

3.From the passage, we can see that Takara Co. Ltd. is ___________ the sale of its new product.

A．proud of          B．satisfied with       C．confident of       D．worried about

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　　If you want to stay young, .sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who said that most of our brains are not getting enough 1 ; and as a result, we are growing old unnecessarily 2 .

　　Professor Matsuzsawa wanted to fund out why quite 3 farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to 4 and reason (推理) at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be 5 down.

　　With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about 6 brain volumes (容量) of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.

　　Computer technology helped the researchers to get most 7 measures of the volume of the front and side parts of the brain, which 8 something to do with intellect (智力) and feelings, and 9 the human characters. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which 10 tasks like eating and breathing, does not contract (萎缩)with ages.

　　Contraction of front and side parts was 11 in some people in their thirties, 12 it wag still not found in some sixtyyearold.

　　Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to 13 the contraction 14 the head.

　　The findings show that contraction of the brain begins 15 in people in the 16 than in the towns, Those with 17 possibility are lawyers, 18 by university professors and doctors. 19 workers doing the same work 20 in government offices are as likely to have contracting brains as the farm workers.

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　　As the country's economy continues to steam ahead,once popular forms of entertainment,such as Karaoke(卡拉OK),card games and even boxing bars,appear to be losting their attractiveness.Stressed out white - collar wokers are camping out on rooftops,smashing(砸）up restaurants,pretending to be children and even visiting cemeteries in a effort to ease the pressure of modern life.
　　Consider the members of Shanghai's Cat Rain club.By day,this group of young women work executive (决策管理的) jobs,but by night they climb buildings so they can spend the night on the roof."You feel relaxed when you're sitting on the roof,looking up to the sky and chatting with friends," said Gong Ying,25.
　　The stress of work is not just limited to people in Shanghai.A recently opened restaurant in Beijing encourages customers(顾客) to smash plates --- as long as they are willing to pay to replace them.Some workers even wish to return to their childhoods.Recently,hundreds of people took part in a festival in which adults pretended to be children.It was an adultsonly event,and participants could read comics and eat sweets all day.
　　Scenic places such as parks and rivers can also help people relax and put things in perspective.But a cemetery?
　　Cemetery companies in Shanghai organized visits to local graveyards for stressed - out workers in March.The participants were taken to quiet spots in the cemetery where they could think about life and their futures."Pressure may bring us unhappiness,but it doesn't mean we can't find ways out,"says Chen Bin,a rooftop camping fan with still some other interests."Life should be imaginative."
　　68.Peopel are going to those new activities mainly for ______.
　　　A.recreation   B.new ideas   C.physical refreshment   D.psychological relaxation
　　69.The underlined phrase "put things in perspective"in the 4th paragraph possibly means______.
　　　A.have a good rest          B.get over negative feelings
　　　C.take physical exercise      D.judge things correctly
　　70.When Chen Bin says:"Life should be imaginative",she means______.
　　　A.life should be lived in imaginations
　　　B.the dead can be alive in our imagination
　　　C.people should create new ways of life
　　　D.we should view life positively