41. The written record of our conversation doesn’t correspond with what was actually said.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. 通讯　　　　 　　　 B. 相一致　　　 　 C. 矛盾　　　 　 D. 回答　　　

40. This passage centres on ___________.

A. a new hazard on the road

B. different kinds of telephones

C. a safer car telephone

D. Voice Control Systems, Inc

Part B Meaning Guessing (5 items, 1 point for each item)

Directions In this part of the test, there are five sentences taken from the above three passages. For each sentence there is an underlined word, which might be unfamiliar to you. You are required to choose its most appropriate Chinese equivalent from A, B, C and D. Blacken the letter corresponding to your answer on the Answer Sheet.

39. The Voice Dialer unit is programmed to respond to ____________.

A. what the user wants to say

B. a special vocabulary used by the driver

C. various commands spoken by the user

D. only the telephone numbers and specific control commands

38. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The Voice Dialer unit is a device which dials numbers by human voice, rather than by hand.

B. The Voice Dialer allows drivers to pay more attention on driving while dialing.

C. The Voice Dialer unit can make cellular mobile phones completely "hands free."

D. The Voice Dialer was developed by Voice Control Systems, Inc.

37. Drivers using cellular mobile telephones are prone to accidents because _______.

A. telephone conversation distracts users from driving

B. drivers are often not skillful enough to use them

C. they are not reliable

D. they are not "hands free"

36. Cellular mobile telephones are telephone sets _________.

A. used in cars

B. capable of being moved in offices or at home

C. shaped like cells

D. controlled by human voices

35. According to the author, how can one develop one's common sense?

A. To become a businessman.

B. To learn how to debate and learn from mistakes.

C. To become famous.

D. To be simplifying.

Text C

Automobile drivers and passengers now face a new, unseen danger on the road: the users of cellular mobile telephones. Looking at the phone while dialing or speaking can prevent drivers from keeping their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road; industry experts agree that drivers are more likely to have an accident while using their phones. That fact has excited concern among highway safety organizations in the United States, and some want to ban cellular phones altogether. While manufacturers have not yet come up with a cellular mobile phone that is completely "hands free", several companies have recently developed components that could make mobilephones less distracting -- and their users less accident prone.

Voice Control Systems, Inc., based in Dallas, Tex., has developed a microprocessor unit that allows standard cellular telephones to "dial" numbers at the sound of a human voice. The Voice Dialer unit is attached to the phone's transmitter and receiver in the car's trunk. Programmed with a limited vocabulary, it can respond only to digits and specific control commands spoken by the users, who must pause a quarter of a second between each digit or command. (Frequently dialed numbers can

be preprogrammed into simple, single command codes.) The driver picks up the hand set, and begins calls by saying "Dial," followed by the number or command code; a synthesized voice will repeat the number sequence and place the call told to "Send." A unique aspect of the Voice Dialer is that it is speaker independent; the unit will respond to any voice regardless of gender, accent or tone.

34. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.

A. organizational ability and good work habits

B. the way to obtain big profits and achieve fame and success

C. knowledge and interest which are primary to success

D. what successful people have in common

33. It can be inferred from the passage that a successful businessman _____.

A. tries to get experience through practice

B. pays attention to the essence of a problem when he tries to solve it

C. keeps on learning in order to be successful

D. has strong willpower, extensive interest and intelligence

32. According to the author, common sense _____.

A. is something that common people like best

B. is a popular quality a person is born with

C. is something that enables one to form correct opinions

D. is a quality that is possessed by common people