Most glasses help people see better, but a new invention from Japan may soon improve language skills and       language barriers instead.

         High-tech Company NEC has       a device that it says will      users to communicate with people of different      .

         Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses      without the lenses(鏡片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would      a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the      retina（視網(wǎng)膜）. The text, provided      through voice recognition and      programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” (字幕)during a conversation between two people      the glasses.

         “You can keep the      flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition      the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks     with secret information,” says Omino,       that there would be no need for translators.

         Each user’s      words would be      by microphone, translated, and be instantly      for conversation partners in      visual texts and as audio delivered through headphones.

         Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is      onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.

         The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year,       at the beginning without the translation mode.

1.A. cut off                         B. cut up                          C. cut in                                  D. cut down

2.A. come across           B. come up with          C. come through                 D. come down

3.A. allow               B. promise                    C. force                                 D. leave

4.A. backgrounds                B. cultures                            C. languages                         D. customs

5.A. so                                   B. or                             C. but                                    D. while

6.A. admit                   B. adopt                           C. agree                                 D. adapt

7.A. designer’s           B. translator’s                      C. producer’s                       D. user’s  

8.A. instantly              B. strangely                          C. suddenly                          D. slowly

9.A. admission            B. translation                       C. preparation                     D. permission

10.A. bearing                       B. carrying                            C. wearing             D. taking

11.A. discussion                  B. argument                         C. conversation                   D. translation

12.A. where                         B. which                                C. why                                   D. how

13.A. connected                 B. satisfied                            C. joined                               D. covered

14.A. stating                   B. noticing                    C. realizing                           D. criticizing

15.A. spoken                  B. imagined                           C. written                             D. expected

16.A. made up           B. picked up                         C. turned up                        D. brought up

17.A. agreeable                  B. acceptable                       C. believable                        D. available

18.A. either                         B. neither                             C. none                                 D. both

19.A. placed                        B. got                                     C. passed                         D. knocked

20.A. therefore                   B. although                           C. however                     D. While

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.A

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了日本NEC公司推出的一款狀如眼鏡卻可同聲翻譯不同語言的新產(chǎn)品。

1.考查詞組。 cut off切斷；cut up切碎；cut in插入；cut down 削減。句意是：大多數(shù)的眼鏡幫助人們看得更好的，但是日本發(fā)明的眼鏡可以很快提高語言技能和減少語言障礙，選D。

2.考查詞組。come across偶遇；come up with提出；come through經(jīng)歷；come down下來，降落。句意是：NEC高科技公司推出一種可以讓使用者和不同語言的人交流的設(shè)備。故選B。

3.考查動詞。 Allow允許；promise允諾；force促使，強(qiáng)迫；leave離開。根據(jù)上一句句意選A。

4.考查名詞。Backgrounds背景；cultures文化；languages語言；customs風(fēng)俗。根據(jù)句意選C。

5.考查連詞。 So因此；or或者；but但是；while然而。句意是：狀如一副眼鏡，但沒有鏡片。故選C。

6.考查動詞。 Admit承認(rèn)；adopt接受；agree同意；adapt適應(yīng)。句意是：計(jì)算機(jī)輔助的Tele Scouter采用一種圖片成像設(shè)備把同聲翻譯呈現(xiàn)在使用者的視網(wǎng)膜上�？芍颂庍xB。

7.考查名詞。designer’s   設(shè)計(jì)師的；translator’s翻譯人的；producer’s制作人的；user’s使用者的。根據(jù)句意可知此處選D。

8.考查副詞。Instantly立即地；strangely奇怪地；suddenly突然地；slowly慢慢地。

句意是：立刻提供語音識別和翻譯項(xiàng)目。選A。

9.考查名詞。 Admission成人；translation翻譯；preparation準(zhǔn)備；permission許可。根據(jù)句意選B。

10.考查動詞。Bearing忍受；carrying搬運(yùn)；wearing穿著，戴著；taking拿。句意是：將為戴著眼睛的對話雙方有效提供字幕。選C。

句意是：然而，當(dāng)它低頭聞時(shí)，地面上散發(fā)出一種熟悉的氣味。選D。

11.考查名詞。Discussion討論；argument爭論；conversation       交談；translation翻譯。

句意是：NEC市場研發(fā)部高管小美野孝在設(shè)備展出的東京博覽會上向記者說：“你可以保持交談的流暢”。選C。

12.考查狀語從句。從句意可只是地點(diǎn)狀語，故選A。

13.考查動詞。 Connected連接；satisfied是滿意；joined參加；covered覆蓋。句意是： Omino說“這也可以用于秘密信息的交談”，意在說明不需要翻譯在場。選A。

14.考查動詞。 Stating說明，陳述；noticing注意；realizing實(shí)現(xiàn)；criticizing批評。根據(jù)句意選A。

15.考查形容詞。Spoken口語的；imagined想象的；written書面的；expected預(yù)期的。句意是：在使用這款智能眼鏡時(shí)，使用者的談話內(nèi)容會被一個麥克風(fēng)收錄，翻譯后能以可視文本的形式或通過耳機(jī)以聲音的形式即時(shí)傳送給對方。所以A正確。

16.考查動詞詞組。made up制成；picked up撿起，獲得；turned up出現(xiàn)，找到；brought up長大，教育。根據(jù)句意“使用者的談話內(nèi)容會被一個麥克風(fēng)收錄”，四選項(xiàng)中只有B項(xiàng)貼近，故選B。

17.考查形容詞。Agreeable令人愉快的，適合的；acceptable       可接受的；believable可信的；available有效的，可得的。根據(jù)句意“翻譯后能以可視文本的形式或通過耳機(jī)以聲音的形式即時(shí)傳送給對方”，故選D。

18.考查副詞。Either也（用于否定句或否定詞組后），根本；neither既不…也不；none決不，一點(diǎn)也不；Both并，又，兩者都。根據(jù)句意“在使用這款智能眼鏡時(shí)，使用者的談話內(nèi)容會被一個麥克風(fēng)收錄，翻譯后能以可視文本的形式或通過耳機(jī)以聲音的形式即時(shí)傳送給對方”可選D。

19. 考查動詞。Placed放置；got    得到；passed通過；傳遞；knocked敲，碰擊。句意是：使用者仍可看見交談著的臉時(shí)應(yīng)為文本至傳送到部分視網(wǎng)膜上。選C。

20.考查連詞。 Therefore因此，所以；although盡管； However然而，可是；While然而。句意是：該公司計(jì)劃將在明年11月Tele Scouter投放市場,盡管開始時(shí)沒有翻譯模式。根據(jù)句意選B。

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