A. hands     B. qualities      C. worked     D. curiosity    E. pretty

F. looks      G. ashamed     H. applied     I. taste        J. information

When I succeeded in becoming a part-time employee of Nokia China last summer, many friends asked me how I survived the interview.

I once asked myself the same questions. Many of my peers also __1._ for the job, including some very competitive and intelligent students from famous universities.

But why did the interviewer pick me instead of them?

Finally, _2.__ pushed me to ask the interviewers after we became colleagues. The answer was that I appeared confident but humble, responsible and communicative. They evaluated people not just on their academic certificates, but on the base of their __3.__ and abilities. I happened to be the right person.

To be frank, I once felt __4.__ of being a student from an unknown college, and I think this may apply to some of you. I thought my future was ruined. It was only at the time of my successful interview that I finally understood the famous saying --- “You decide where you go.”

A wide range of skills is important these days. I used to work for Master Kong. My job was to cook instant noodles for customers. I had regarded it as a piece of cake, but I failed constantly. I had to cook the noodles for the right amount of time to make them __5.__ good. Moreover, the noodles could only remain in a plastic cup of five minutes, or the taste would be ruined.

This experience taught me never to look down on anything, and always remain humble.

I also __6.__ as a volunteer for a beach volleyball event. My job was to help foreign visitors experience the beach. I thought it would be very easy because my oral English was __7.__ good. But when I went to talk with a group of foreign guests, I suddenly realized that I did not know a single beach volleyball term. I was embarrassed.

After this, I read brochures in both Chinese and English every day to learn the terms for facilities and related words. This allowed me to deliver accurate __8.__ to foreigners, and I was happy to work responsibly.

After these experience, I’m more confident and I strongly believe that my fate is in my  __9.__. It has certainly helped me make a giant step closer to my dream of graduating with prospects for the future. I hope my advice will benefit you as well.

In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English―and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.

One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.

Another prototype(雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.

Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display(LCD) screen.

Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.

During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed―without speaking aloud―a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”

This particular gadget(器械),when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.

With spontaneous(自发的,自愿的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.

68. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.

B. Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.

C. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.

D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.

69. What's the final destination of inventing the language translators?

A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.

B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.

C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.

D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.

70. What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?

A. The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.

B. The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.

C. With the help of the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all.

D. The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.

In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University （CMU） and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.?

One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.?

Another prototype（雏形机） can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.?

Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe（转录） the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal（液晶） display（LCD） screen.?

Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.?

During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin（普通话） to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”?

This particular gadget（器械）,when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.?

With spontaneous（自发的,自愿的） translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.?

1．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.?

B．Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.?

C．There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.

D．The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.

2．What's the final destination of inventing the language translators??

A．To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.?

B．To help students learn foreign languages more easily.?

C．To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.?

D．To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.

3．What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?

A．The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.?

B．The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.?

C．With the help of the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all.?

D．The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very   1   .Some stories are told   2   they were true. Real people who live in a   3   world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not   4   .They characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be   5   for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only   6  . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we   7   seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than   8   . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of   9   . When we read or write something, we do much more than simply look at words on a page. We use our   10   which is real--–and our imagination – which is real in a different way–--to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy（幻想）  11   the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read   12   realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we   13   that we are real and they are   14   .It sounds   15   , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and   16   about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by   17   that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on our   18   , when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose   19   in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel   20   we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1．A．possible                B．easy                    C．new                    D．different

2．A．that                      B．what                   C．whether              D．as if

3．A．usual                    B．normal                C．certain                D．common

5．A．difficult                 B．impossible           C．important            D．necessary

6．A．thinkable               B．designed              C．imagined             D．planned

7．A．do                        B．can                     C．wish to               D．should

8．A．lessons                 B．dreams                C．experience           D．magic

9．A．working                B．thinking               C．living                  D．understanding

10．A．knowledge           B．skills                   C．words                 D．grammar

11．A．  make                 B．get                      C．use                     D．have

12．A．somebody           B．something            C．everything           D．nothing

13．A．find                    B．learn                   C．know                  D．hope

14．A．too                     B．not                      C．all                       D．so

15．A．dangerous           B．serious                C．strange                D．terrible

16．A．talk                     B．learn                   C．read                    D．think

17．A．telling                  B．pretending           C．promising            D．guessing

18．A．mind                   B．life                      C．world                  D．society

19．A．heart                   B．time                    C．money                D．ourselves

20．A．what                 B．how                    C．when                 D．why

　　 A boy and a girl glance about the crowded room. Their eyes meet. Embarrassed, they look away.The boy acts cool even though his heart is beating wildly. The girl, obviously nervous, is afraid that the boy will see her looking at him. A few seconds passes. He looks at her again. Her face becomes red. They continue their cat-and-mouse game for a long time. Will they ever talk to each other?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 The fact is that they have already communicated a lot, without ever saying anything. Nonverbal elements form a major part of any communication. People pick up more from nonverbal communication than from the words a person says. When we study a foreign culture, it just makes sense to pay attention to how people use nonverbal cues (暗示).

　　 Gestures consist of a major form of nonverbal communication. But often these gestures are culture-bound. For example, when the Maoris of New Zealand stick out their tongue at someone, it is a sign of respect. When American schoolchildren make the same gesture, it means just the opposite. Also, Americans often indicate "OK' with their thumb and forefinger touching to form a circle. The same gesture means "money" to the Japanese and "zero" to the French. For that reason,people in a foreign culture must use gestures with caution.

　　 Another part of nonverbal communication is the one that you might not think about--space.When someone comes too close, he feels uncomfortable. When he knocks into someone, he feels obligated (有义务的 ) to apologize. But the size of a person's "comfort zone" varies, depending on his cultural or ethnic (种族的) origin. For example, in casual conversation, many Americans stand about four feet apart. People in Latin or Arabic cultures, instead, stand very close to each other and touch each other often.

　　 Considering the effects of nonverbal communication, we never really stop communicating.How we walk, how we stand and how we use our hands all send a message to others. That's why it's possible to "read someone like a book".

64. The underlined word "nonverbal" in Paragraph 2 means" _____ ".

　 A. not using eyes　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. not using gestures

　 C. not using words　　　　　　 D. not using hands

65. In America, sticking out one's tongue means "_______" ,

　 A. OK　　　　　　 B. zero　　　　　　　 C. money　　　　　 D. disrespect

66. It can be inferred from the passage that_______ .

　 A. it's hard for boys to speak to girls

　 B. the Maoris of New Zealand are funny

　 C. the same gesture may have different meanings in different culture

　 D. if you want to learn more gestures you should read more books

67. The passage mainly tells us that

　 A. nonverbal elements play an important part in communication

　 Bi nonverbal communication conveys less information

　 C. reading a man like a book has been proved to be true

　 D. space is a necessary part of nonverbal communication