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Of course, neither of them could really do that for you--- you could just “borrow” their voices. 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 use recording of a person’s voice to say things that the person never actually said.
Possible customers for the software, which is priced in the thousands of dollars, include telephone call centers, companies that make software that automated(使…自动化) digital files voice devices. The advances raise severe problems. Who, for example, owns the rights to a famous person’s voice? Some experts even believe new contracts will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses(条款).
And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud(打假), would the synthesized(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 know?
Even Mr. Fruchterman, one of AT&T labs’ possible first customers, said he wondered what the new technology might bring. “Just like you can’t trust a photograph any more,” he said, “you won’t be able to trust a voice, either”.
1. The passage mainly wants to _______.
A. introduce a new software
B. describe the future market of a new product
C. advertise a new kind of product
D. explain the disadvantage of a new invention
2. With the help of the speech software, it is most possible to _______.
A. help you to find a better job
B. say what you want in another’s voice
C. make a speech much more easily
D. improve a famous person’s speech
3. If the speech software were widely used, ______.
A. no radio or TV broadcasts would be needed
B. people would no longer believe each other
C. it would not be necessary to go for a speech by a famous person
D. recording of a voice alone would not be taken as proof in the court
4. According to the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. the software will soon prove to be nothing but rubbish
B. the government will forbid the sale of the software in the market
C. it’s hard to decide whether the software will enjoy popularity
D. the software will turn out to be an immediate success in the market
The 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 you--- you could just “borrow” their voices. 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 use recording of a person’s voice to say things that the person never actually said.
Possible customers for the software, which is priced in the thousands of dollars, include telephone call centers, companies that make software that automated(使…自动化) digital files voice devices. The advances raise severe problems. Who, for example, owns the rights to a famous person’s voice? Some experts even believe new contracts will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses(条款).
And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud(打假), would the synthesized(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 know?
Even Mr. Fruchterman, one of AT&T labs’ possible first customers, said he wondered what the new technology might bring. “Just like you can’t trust a photograph any more,” he said, “you won’t be able to trust a voice, either”.
1. The passage mainly wants to _______.
A. introduce a new software
B. describe the future market of a new product
C. advertise a new kind of product
D. explain the disadvantage of a new invention
2. With the help of the speech software, it is most possible to _______.
A. help you to find a better job
B. say what you want in another’s voice
C. make a speech much more easily
D. improve a famous person’s speech
3. If the speech software were widely used, ______.
A. no radio or TV broadcasts would be needed
B. people would no longer believe each other
C. it would not be necessary to go for a speech by a famous person
D. recording of a voice alone would not be taken as proof in the court
4. According to the passage, we can infer that ______.
A. the software will soon prove to be nothing but rubbish
B. the government will forbid the sale of the software in the market
C. it’s hard to decide whether the software will enjoy popularity
D. the software will turn out to be an immediate success in the market
信息匹配
A．A collection of articles
This is a collection of articles about different online learning applications in schools and provides a good overview of what teachers and students are doing in real situation．
B．Reliable introduction to distance learning
This is a very reliable introduction to distance learning which focuses on the use of television．The principles and ideas discussed really apply to any form of distance education．
C．A good introductory book for teachers
A good introductory book for teachers that explains what distance learning is and how to put it into practice．
D．A useful discussion
A useful discussion of the issues associated with distance training and how to avoid the shortcomings of online teaching and how to deal with the problems caused by online teaching．
E．An excellent summary
An excellent summary of past research and current practice in online learning written by a group of pioneers in the field．They have written a number of important books about their work before．
F．A scholarly textbook
A scholarly textbook about distance education that presents the history and theory of the field．It also covers the basic principles and issues of distance education．
请阅读以下远程教育学习者的个人信息，然后匹配他/她的项目：
Jack is writing an article about distance teaching．He doesn’t care when the book was written but he hopes the book covers all the topics about it．
Mrs Hill is a teacher．She doesn’t know how to make her online teaching better and how to deal with some unexpected problems during online teaching．
Mr Lincoln is an old teacher．He knows nothing about distance learning．He hopes to find a book that can teach him all the things－from basic knowledge to advanced knowledge．
Cathy is a new teacher．She wants to learn to use TV in her teaching．She is not good at technology．
George is a new teacher and he wants to know how other teachers are carrying out online learning．
阅读理解
The following table shows some results of a survey (调查) in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked to give their impressions (印象) of their classroom teachers. The pupils' impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new (with less than three years' experience), middle-standing (ten to twenty years), or a veteran (有经验的人) (twenty to thirty years). The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied” or" extremely satisfied” for each question item (项目).
(1) As for Question Items ________, pupils' evaluations (评价) can be said to rise at a steady rate (比率) as their teacher's experience increases.
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A．1 and 4 |
B．3 and 5 |
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C．6 and 8 |
D．9 and 10 |
(2) In contrast (对比) to the new teaches, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable (显著的) improvement in their ability to ________.
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A．be fair to any pupil
B．evaluate pupils' progress
C．present materials clearly
D．understand and play with pupils
(3) Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ________ than the veterans.
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A．relaxed in class
B．interested in pupils' ideas
C．neat in appearnce
D．skillful at explaining
(4) According to the table, which of the following is right? ________.
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A．In the new teachers' classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely
B．Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with the amount (量) of time their teachers spend with them between classes
C．The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items
D．Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly
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