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1、2015河北省高邑县高考英语阅读理解一轮查漏补缺练习（4）及答案阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Inafewyears,youmightbeabletospeakChinese,Korean,Japanese,French,andEnglish—andallatthesametime.Thissoundsincredible,butAlexWaibel,acomputerscienceprofessoratUS’sCarnegieMellonUniversity(CMU)andGermany’sUniversityofKarlsru
2、he,announcedlastweekthatitmaysoonbeareality.Heandhisteamhaveinventedsoftwareandhardwarethatcouldmakeitfareasierforpeoplewhospeakdifferentlanguagestounderstandeachother.Oneapplication,calledLectureTranslation,caneasilytranslateaspeechfromonelanguageintoanother.Currenttranslationtechnologiesty
3、picallylimitspeakerstocertaintopicsoralimitedvocabulary.Usersalsohavetobetrainedhowtousetheprogramme.Anotherprototype(雏形机)cansendtranslationsofaspeechtodifferentlistenersdependingonwhatlanguagetheyspeak.“Itislikehavingasimultaneoustranslatorrightnexttoyoubutwithoutdisturbingthepersonnexttoyo
4、u,”Waibelsaid.Prefertoread?So-calledTranslationGlassestranscribe(转录)thetranslationsonatinyliquid-crystal(液晶)display(LCD)screen.Thenthere’stheMuscleTranslator.Electrodescapturetheelectricalsignalsfromfacialmusclemovementsmadenaturallywhenapersonismouthingwords.Thesignalsarethentranslatedintos
5、peech.Theelectrodescouldbereplacedwithwirelesschipsimplantedinaperson’sface,accordingtoresearchers.DuringademonstrationheldlastThursdayinCMU’sPittsburghcampus,aChinesestudentnamedSangJunhad11tinyelectrodesattachedtothemusclesofhischeeks,neckandthroat.Thenhemouthed—withoutspeakingaloud—afewwo
6、rdsinMandarin(普通话)totheaudience.Afewsecondslater,thephrasewasdisplayedonacomputerscreenandspokenoutbythecomputerinEnglishandSpanish:“Letmeintroduceournewprototype.”Thisparticulargadget(器具),whenfullydeveloped,mightallowanyonetospeakinanynumberoflanguagesor,asWaibelputit,“toswitchyourmouthtoaf
7、oreignlanguage”.“Theideabehindtheuniversity’sprototypesistocreate‘goodenough’bridgesforcross-culturalexchangesthatarebecomingmorecommonintheworld,”Waibelsaid.Withspontaneous(自发的)translators,foreigndriversinGermanycouldlistentotrafficwarningsonthera
