In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal：A dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give happiness to people’s lives. Some people regard their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf people. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, animals are brought into hospitals for “visit”.
Americans hold “Be---Kind-to-Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pets shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? First, think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food. Also, be sure to keep your pet from those unwanted babies.
f you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to stop them. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves

1. 1.

   “A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” means that__________

   1. A.
      pets have the right to inherit (继承) money
   2. B.
      money can give pets happiness
   3. C.
      it’s the best way to spend money
   4. D.
      some pets are treated as children
2. 2.

   Why are dogs brought to hospitals?

   1. A.
      Because they are ill and need to see doctors
   2. B.
      Because they can make the patients happier
   3. C.
      Because they can find out the problems of the patients
   4. D.
      Because doctors can do experiments on them
3. 3.

   What’s the most popular activity in the “Be-Kind-to-Animals Week”?

   1. A.
      Holding a pet show in the week
   2. B.
      Playing with pets the whole week
   3. C.
      Cooking delicious food for pets
   4. D.
      Making friends with other people’s pets
4. 4.

   What’s the passage mainly about?

   1. A.
      A lot of people are interested in dogs
   2. B.
      Dogs can help people do many things
   3. C.
      Pets are lovely and need care and protection
   4. D.
      We have done a lot of things for pets
5. 5.

   The words“man’s best friends”shows____________

   1. A.
      the friendship between people
   2. B.
      the friendship between people and animals
   3. C.
      the friendship between animals
   4. D.
      the friendship between men and women

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) 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.?

51. 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.

52. What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. Lecture Translation.                B. Multiple Translator.

C. Muscle Translator.?                D. Translation Prototype.

53. 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.

54. 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.

55. Where can this passage probably be excerpted from?

A. A newspaper.                B. A magazine on science.?

C. A fairy tale.                  D. A scientific fantasy book.

     In the city of Fujisawa, Japan, lives a woman named Atsuko Saeki When she was a teenager, she 36  of going to the United States. Most of what she knew about American  37  was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a  38  in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living  room,Mummy  39  cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend."

    Atsuko  40  to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her  41  world.'"People were struggling with problems and often seemed  42  ," she said. "I felt very alone."

    One of her hardest  43  was physical education. "We played volleyball." she said."The other students were   44  it, but I wasn't."

    One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to   45   the ball to her teammates so they could knock it  46  the net.No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face  47  she failed.

    A young man on her team  48  What she was going through." He walked up to me and  49  , 'Come on. You can do that'".

    "You will never understand how those words of  50  made me feel…Four words: You can do that I felt like crying with happiness."

    She made it through the class. Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not  51  .

    Six years have passed. Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk. "I have  52  forgotten the words." she said. "When things are not going so well, I think of them."

    She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness   53  to her.  "He probably doesn't even remember it," she said. That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will  54  . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four  55  words: You can do that.

36. A. learned                     B. spoke                      C. dreamed                  D. heard

37. A. way                          B. life                                C. education               D. spirit

38. A. photo                       B. painting                         C. picture                           D. drawing

39. A. baking                     B. frying                            C. steaming                        D. boiling

40. A. hoped                      B. arranged                        C. liked                             D. attempted

41. A. described                  B. imagined                C. created                   D. discovered

42. A. tense                        B. cheerful                         C. relaxed                          D. deserted

43. A. times                       B. question                         C. classes                           D. projects.

44. A. curious about      B. good at                   C. slow at                          D. nervous about

45. A. kick                       B. pass                          C. carry                             D. hit

46. A. through                    B. into                               C. over                           D. past

47. A. after                        B. if                                  C. because                     D. until

48. A. believed            B. considered                  C. wondered            D. sensed

49. A. warned                     B. sighed                    C. ordered                          D. whispered

50. A. excitement         B. encouragement         C. persuasion               D. suggestion

51. A. interested          B. doubtful                         C. puzzled                          D. sure

52. A. never                      B. already                   C. seldom                   D. almost

53. A. happened           B. applied                   C. seemed                   D. meant

54. A. continue            B. stay                               C. exist                       D. live

55. A. merciful            B. bitter                      C. simple                    D. easy

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 Stan Jou 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) 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.?

Which of the following statements is not TRUE?

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

B. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.?

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

D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.

What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. Lecture Translation.                       

B. Muscle Translator.?

C. Multiple Translator.                       

D. Translation Prototype.

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.

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.

Where can this passage probably be excerpted from?

A. A newspaper.                         

B. A magazine on science.?

C. A fairy tale.                                

D. A scientific fantasy book.