2015年高二英语课时作业：Unit3SectionⅡ（Word版含答案）（新人教版选修八）.docVIP

Ⅰ.阅读理解 It has happened to almost everyone.You’re sitting on a train or a bus，and someone right next to you is annoyingly shouting into his or her mobile phone. But those days could soon be over due to “silent sounds”，a new technology shown at the CeBIT fair this week that transforms lip movements into a computer-generated voice for the listener at the other end of the phone. The device，developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology(KIT)，uses electromyography(肌动电流描记术) to monitor the tiny muscle movements that occur when we speak and transform them into electrical pulses that can then be turned into speechrrently use electrodes(电极) glued to the skin.In the futureillness or accidents to telling a trusted friend your PIN number over the phone without anyone eavesdropping(偷听)—assuming no lip-readers are around.e universal，they can be immediately transformed into the language of the user’s choice. “Native speakers can silently utter sentences in their own languages，and the receivers hear the sentences translated into their languages，”says Wand. The translation technology works for languages like English，French and German，but for languages like Chinese，where different tones convey different meanings，may be a problem，he adds. Noisy people in your office? Not any more.“We’re also working on technology to be used in an office environment，”the KIT scientist told AFP. The engineers have got the device working to 99 percent efficiency，which means the mechanical voice at the other end of the phone gets only one word in 100 wrong，explains Wand. “We’re working to overcome the remaining technical difficulties.In five ，maybe ten years，this will be useable，everyday technology，”he says. 【语篇解读】　本文介绍了一种新的手机技术——“无声电话”。________．解析：选C。根据第二段中的“...a new technology...that transforms lip movements into a computer-generated voice for the listener at the other end of the phone.”可知这项新技术可以把唇部的运动转化成电脑发声使对方能够听到。C项简略地概括了此意故选C项2．We can conclude from Paragraph 5 that the device ________．ead to il