2010年高考英语阅读理解模拟题01.docx

2010年高考英语阅读理解模拟题01·有详解

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YouareaGermanlivinginBerlin.Onedayyou’rewalkingdownthestreet,mindingyourownbusiness,whensuddenlyastrangercomesupwithasmileonhisface.Afterstoppingyou,heholdsasmallelectronicdevice(装置)closetohisfaceandspeaksslowlyintoit,saying,inEnglish,CanyoutellmewhereIcanbuysomesauerkraut?Whatshouldyoudo?

Runaway;(b)Callthepolice;or(c)ListencloselyforthedevicetosayinGerman,KonnenSiemirbittesagen,welchessauerkrauthaufenkann?

Themostproperanswerwouldbe(c)becausethepersoninfrontofyouisonlyatouristtryingtoenjoyhimself.Thedeviceissaidtobetheworld’sfirstportable(便携的)translator—ahand-heldmicrocomputerthatatthesametimetranslatesonespokenlanguageintoanother.Thefour-pound,battery-operatedproductiscalledtheVoice,anditistheinventionof

AdvancedProductsandTechnologies,anAmericanelectronicscompany.WhentheVoiceisintroducedintheUniteStatesinlateApril—atapriceof(1,500—itwillbeusedtotranslatespokenEnglishintoItalian,German,FrenchandSpanish.Theproductcomeswithseparatecartridges(盒式存储器)foreachofthefourlanguages,whichcanbechangedwhentheusertravelsfromonecountrytoanother.ItwillbesoldinEuropesoonaftertheUSintroduction,withcartridgesthattranslateItalian,German,FrenchandSpanishintoEnglish.

TheVoiceusesamicrochip(微型集成电路片)totranslatelanguages.ItisStartedbyvoicecommandandproducesvoiceoutputthroughabuilt-inspeaker.Whentheusermakesastatementorasksaquestion,theVoiceimmediatelyrepeatswhathasbeensaidinanotherlanguage.

Thedeviceheldbythestrangerisprobablyakindof .

A.atwo-wayradio B.languagetranslator

C.easily-carriedspeaker D.amulti-functionedcomputer

Whatdoesthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphmean?

CanyoutellmewhereIcanbuysomesauerkraut?

CanIaskforsomeinformationfr