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1、阅读理解训练题（四十一）AThe 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 youyou would just “borrow” their voices.A
2、T & 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
3、recordings of a persons voice to say things that the person never actually said.Possible customers for the software, which is priced at the thousands of dollars, include telephone call centers, companies that make software that reads digital files aloud, and makers of automated voice devices. The ad
4、vances raise several problems. Who, for example, owns the rights to a famous persons voice? (Some experts even believe that new contracts will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses.)And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud（假冒）, would the synthesized（合
5、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 knew?Even Mr Fruchterman, one of AT & T labs possible first customers, said he wondered what the new technology might bring. “Just like you cant trust a photograph
6、any more,” he said, “you wont be able to trust a voice either.”56With the help of the speech software, it is most possible .Ato improve a famous persons speechBto say what you want in anothers voiceCto make a speech much more easilyDto help you to find a better job57If the speech software is widely
7、used, .Apeople would no longer believe each otherBit would not be necessary to go for a speech by a famous personCno radio or TV broadcasters would be neededDrecording a voice alone would not be taken as a proof in the court58According to the passage, you can infer that .Athe software will turn out
8、to be an immediate success in the marketBthe government will forbid the sale of the software in the marketCits hard to decide whether the software will enjoy popularityDthe software will soon prove to be nothing but rubbish59The passage mainly wants to .Aintroduce a new softwareBexplain the disadvan
9、tage of a new inventionCadvertise a new kind of productDdescribe the future market of a new productBMillions of women use cosmetics, often called make-up. The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling them
10、cheaply.The word cosmetics refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.Some people even have cosmetic surger
11、y to make their faces look different. They have the shape of their noses and eyes changed.The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any other make-up will often put on a little lipstick.Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. This mixtur
12、e is then allowed to get hard and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand years a
13、go, who made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.The Romans also used cos
14、metics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes. They also used a kind of lipstick.In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were often ver
15、y dirty because they did not wash very often or change their clothes.At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin, and some of the lipsticks and powders that people used were even poisonous. Nowadays, people in the cosmetics industry take great care to make sure that everything they use is completely safe.60People use cosmetics .Aonly at airportsBto color their feetCto make themselves look betterDinstead of surgery61Cosmetics refers to .AlipstickBmake-upCcreamsDsurgery62In earlier times, cosmetics were .Anever used in milk bathsBnever used o
