In America,where labor costs are so high, do-it-yourself is a way of life.Many people 36 their own car,build their own garages,even rebuild their own 37 .Soon they may also be writing their own books.In Hollywood there is a company 38 publishes(出版) Children’s books 39 the help of computers.Although other book 40 also publish that way,this particular company is very 41 .It “personalizes”（使个性化）the book by having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story.Here is 42 they do it.Let us say your child 43 Jenny.She lives on Oak Drive in St. Louis,has a dog named Spot,a cat named Tabby,and three playmates 44 names are Betty,Sandy ,and Jody.The computer uses this 45 to fill out a story that has 46 been prepared and illustrated（发行）.The story is then printed（印刷） with standard equipment 47 a hard-cover book.A child who 48 such a book might say,”This book is about me”;the company therefore calls 49 the Me-book Publishing Company”.

　　 Children like the Me-books because they like to see their own names in print and 50 of their friends and their pets. 51 more important ,”personalization” has been 52 to be important tool（工具） in 　__53 enthusiasm（热情） for reading.So Me-books are helping 　54 to learn how to read, 　55 appealing to（吸引） that natural desire to see his own name in print.

36.A.drive　　 　　　　 B.buy　　　 　　　 C.repair　　　　　　　　　　 D.notice

37.A.houses　 　　　　　 B.buses　 　　　　　　 C.TV sets　 　　　　　　 D.computers

38.A.where　　　 B.不填　　　 　　　　 C.that　　　　 　 D.what

39.A.under　　 　　　 B.with　　　 　　　 C.in　　　　 　　　　　 D.by

40.A.stores　　 　　　　 B.libraries　　 　　　 C.sellers　　　 　 D.companies

41.A.common　 　　　　 B.important　 　　　 C.unusual　　 　 D.ordinary

42.A.how　　　 　　　 B.why　　　 　　　 C.what　　　 　 D.where

43.A.names　　 　 B.to be named 　 C.naming　　 　　 D.is named

44.A.who　　　 　　　 B.who’s　　　 　　 C.whose　　　 D.that

45.A.news　　 　　　　 B.information　 　　 C.condition　 　　　　 D.direction

46.A.already　 　　　　 B.really　 　　　　 C.carefully　　 　 D.fully

47.A.as　　　 　　　　 B.that　　　　 　 C.like　　　　 　 D.such

48.A.gives　　 　　　　 B.borrows　　 　　 C.looks for　　 D.receives

49.A.them　　　 　　　 B.itself　　　 　　 C.yourself　　 D.it

50.A.that　　　 　　　 B.what　　　 　　 C.which　　　 D.those

51.A.But　　　 　　　 B.And　　　　 　　 C.So　　　　 　 D.Therefore

52.A.founded　 　　　 B.invented　　 　　 C.found　　　 D.heard of

53.A.developing 　　　 B.working　　 　　 C.seeing　　　 　 D.improving

54.A.a boy　　　 　　　 B.a girl　　　 　　 C.a student　　 D.a child

55.A.by　　　　 　　　 B.for　　　　 　　 C.with　　　　 D.about

A. 一种钢笔　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 一种工具

C. 一种材料　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. 一种武器

A soldier must have a nomeep, just as a writer must have a pen.

A. 一种钢笔　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. 一种工具

C. 一种材料　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. 一种武器

In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, and English -- and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor at US' s Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany' s University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.

One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.

Another prototype (雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. "It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you," Waibel said.

Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe (转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display (LCD) screen.

Then there' s the Muscle Translator. Electrodes (电极) capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted (植入) in a person' s face, according to researchers.

During a demonstration (演示) held last Thursday in CMU' s Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed -- without speaking aloud -- a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: "Let me introduce our new prototype".

This particular gadget (器械), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, "to switch your mouth to a foreign language". "The idea behind the university' s prototypes is to create 'good enough' bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world," Waibel said.

With spontaneous (自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.

1. What kind of prototype did the Chinese student named Stan Jou try?

A. Lecture Translation.　 　　　 B. Translation Glasses.

C. Muscle Translator.　　 　　　　D. We don' t know.

2. What is the purpose of inventing the translators?

　 A. To help students to learn English.

　 B. To help people to watch foreign TV programs.

　 C. To help people travel in foreign countries.

　 D. To promote cultural exchanges between countries.

3. What is the best title of this text?

　 A. Speak different languages at the same time?

　 B. Flow to learn to speak foreign languages?

　 C. New ways to learn foreign languages

D. You' re welcome to learn foreign languages