1、1阅读理解训练题（四十一）AThe next time you try for a high-ranking post, you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending（推荐） phone call “made” by US President George W. Bush or British Prime Minister Tony Blair.Of course, neither of them could really do that for youyou would just “borrow” their voices
2、.AT & T labs will start selling speech software that, it says, is so good at reproducing the sounds of a human voice that it can recreate voices and even bring the voices of long dead famous people back to life.The software, which turns printed text into speech, makes it possible for a company to us
3、e recordings of a persons voice to say things that the person never actually said.Possible customers for the software, which is priced at the thousands of dollars, include telephone call centers, companies that make software that reads digital files aloud, and makers of automated voice devices. The
4、advances raise several problems. Who, for example, owns the rights to a famous persons voice? (Some experts even believe that new contracts will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses.)And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud（假冒）, would the synthesized
5、（合成的）voices at last be able to trick people into thinking that they were getting phone calls or digital audio recordings from people they knew?Even Mr Fruchterman, one of AT & T labs possible first customers, said he wondered what the new technology might bring. “Just like you cant trust a photograp
6、h any more,” he said, “you wont be able to trust a voice either.”56With the help of the speech software, it is most possible .Ato improve a famous persons speech Bto say what you want in anothers voiceCto make a speech much more easily Dto help you to find a better job57If the speech software is wid
7、ely used, .Apeople would no longer believe each otherBit would not be necessary to go for a speech by a famous personCno radio or TV broadcasters would be neededDrecording a voice alone would not be taken as a proof in the court58According to the passage, you can infer that .Athe software will turn
8、out to be an immediate success in the marketBthe government will forbid the sale of the software in the marketCits hard to decide whether the software will enjoy popularityDthe software will soon prove to be nothing but rubbish59The passage mainly wants to .Aintroduce a new software Bexplain the dis
9、advantage of a new inventionCadvertise a new kind of product Ddescribe the future market of a new productBMillions of women use cosmetics, often called make-up. The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling
10、 them cheaply.The word cosmetics refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.Some people even have cosmetic
11、surgery to make their faces look different. They have the shape of their noses and eyes changed.The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any 2other make-up will often put on a little lipstick.Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. This
12、 mixture is then allowed to get hard and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand
13、years ago, who made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.The Romans also u
14、sed cosmetics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes. They also used a kind of lipstick.In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were of
15、ten very dirty because they did not wash very often or change their clothes.At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin, and some of the lipsticks and powders that people used were even poisonous. Nowadays, people in the cosmetics industry take great care to make sure that
16、everything they use is completely safe.60People use cosmetics .Aonly at airports Bto color their feetCto make themselves look better Dinstead of surgery61 Cosmetics refers to .Alipstick B make-up Ccreams Dsurgery62In earlier times, cosmetics were .Anever used in milk baths Bnever used on the eyesCne
17、ver used on the skin Dsometimes harmful to the skinCHave you ever noticed, when looking at a map of the world, that the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa look as though they might fit together? If you have, you are not alone. In 1965 the English scientist Sir Edward Bullard us
18、ed a computer to Text the fit of the two continents and found that at an ocean depth of 2000 meters the match was very close indeed.It seems too remarkable to be possible, but there is a lot of evidence to suggest that Africa was once joined to South America. For example, there is a belt of ancient
19、rocks along the east of Brazil which corresponds with the rocks across the South Atlantic in West Africa.There is further evidence that existing land masses were once linked. The remains of a 400-to-500-million-year-old mountain chain has been found running down the eastern part of Greenland, wester
20、n Scandinavia, and through north-west Scotland and Ireland, into western Canada, eventually finding their way to north-west Africa.Then there is the evidence from life itself. In various parts of the world today the same animals and plants can be found on land masses separated by, in some cases, tho
21、usands of miles of oceans. Did they evolve（进化）at the same time in two different places? It seems unlikely. Biologists believe that there must have been land bridges which have now sunk beneath the sea. Also fossils found in sedimentary rocks(fossils are the preserved remains of life forms)have allow
22、ed geologists to trace the same plants from South America, and Antarctica in rocks perhaps 300 million years old.The ice that is now confined to the polar regions has always been so limited in extent. Indeed, during a period of the Earths history known as the permocarboniferous（二叠石灰纪）age about 250-3
23、50 million years ago there is evidence from the rocks that there were glaciers covering South America, parts of Africa, and India Australia. On the other hand, in the northern hemisphere（北半球） there were deserts. If the continents were distributed（分布）as they are today, it is hard to understand how th
24、is could be.So there is considerable evidence to show whole continents moved apart, and naturally 3many people have tried to discover how and why whole land masses moved.63According to the authors opinion, Africa and South America didnt move apart until .A500 million years ago B350 million years ago
25、C200 million years ago D300 million years ago64The sentence “eventually finding their way to north-west Africa” means AWe can find a way from the eastern part of Greenland to north-west Africa.BWe can also find these remains in north-west Africa.CThe mountain chain goes from the eastern part of Gree
26、nland to north-west Africa.DIt is a long way from the eastern part of Greenland to north-west Africa.65The best title for this passage would be .AThe Evidence of the Continental Drift BThe Movement of the Two ContinentsCThe Continental Drift DThe History of the Earth.66Which of the following is NOT
27、true according to the passage?AWe can find the same animals and plants on the two continents.BWe can find the same remains of a 400-to-500-million-year-old mountain chain.CThere are deserts in the northern hemisphere.DThe same animals and plants evolved at the same time in two different places.DExch
28、ange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer and you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold
29、a persons gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up（打量）and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since
30、being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to send out a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contacts what sociologist Erving Goffiman（1963）calls “a dimming of the lights”. You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhe
31、re but into another passengers eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person extremely uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.If you hold eye contacts for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person
32、? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, and then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a
33、3-second-plus stare, he signals, “I know you”. “I am interested in you.” or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you.” This type of stare often produces hostile feelings.67It can be inferred from the first paragraph that .Aevery glance has its significance(meaning or importance)Bstaring at a pe
34、rson is an expression of interestCa gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptableDa glance carries more meaning than words68If you want to be left alone on an elevator the best thing to do is .Ato look into another passengers eyes Bto avoid eye contacts with other passengersCto signal you are not a thr
35、eat to anyone Dto keep a distance from other passengers69By “a dimming of the lights”, Erving Goffiman means .Aclosing ones eyes Bturning off the lightsCstopping glancing at others Dreducing gaze-time to the minimum.70The passage mainly discusses .Athe limitations of eye contacts Bthe exchange of id
36、eas through eye contacts4Cproper behavior in situationsDthe role of eye contacts in interpersonal communicationEIn Europe people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right throughout the meal, a system that is generally agreed to be more efficient than the American zigzag（曲折的）method.
37、Americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal, so they continually change their forks to the left hand when they have to cut their meat. It seems to be funny for the Europeans to see Americans busy changing their dinner sets, making a lot of noises. A few explan
38、ations for this American style are as follows:(1)Americans are practical and efficient. Since most of us are right-handed, it is reasonable to keep our working tools at all times in the right hand that can use them most efficiently.(2)Americans, the master of the New World are rebels（判逆者）. They use
39、the zigzag method to break the rules in the Old World and in this way they are thumbing their nose at Mother England. Americans are a restless kind. They do not like to sit in one spot for very long when dining.(3)Forced to do so, they respond by “playing” with the silver.Whatever the reason for the
40、 practice, it is now certainly as American as apple pie. Europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of American innocence（无知）of form. Arguments against the zigzag method rest not only on grounds of efficiency but also on those of tradition. In Old World Dining, the knife is held
41、 in the right hand continually because it can serve as an instant defense against the uninvited intruders（入侵者）. However, such alertness（警觉）is out of place in the New World, as every American believes that this is the home of the brave. Americans juggle their silverware, perhaps, to show that they ar
42、e not afraid and that one of them holding a fork is worth any number of them holding blades（刀）.71Americans use to hold their fork to pick up the salad.Athe right hand Bthe left hand Cboth hands Deither of the two hands72As the masters of the New World, Americans use a different cutting method from t
43、hat in the Old World to .Ashow their independence of Mother England Bshow their disrespect to Mother EnglandCadd a new tradition to those in Mother EnglandDshow off their creativeness to Mother England73In the sentence, the word “juggle” probably means .Ahold B play with Cpick up Dlay down74Also in
44、the last sentence, the two “them” refer to .AAmericans BEuropeansCAmericans and Europeans separately DEuropeans and Americans separately75Which of the following statements is NOT true? .AEuropean people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand.BThe zigzag eating method is related to American characteristics.CThe Zigzag eating method has become an American feature.DEuropean people will use the American method because of its efficiency.5阅读理解训练题（四十一）答案56-60BDCAC 61-65BDCBC 66-70DABCD 71-75ABBCD
