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1、閱讀理解訓(xùn)練題（四十一）AThenexttimeyoutryforahigh-rankingpost,youcouldletyourpossiblebosslistentoarecommending（推薦）phonecall“made”byUSPresidentGeorgeW.BushorBritishPrimeMinisterTonyBlair.Ofcourse,neitherofthemcouldreallydothatforyou—youwouldjust“borrow”theirvoices.AT&Tlabswillstartsellingspeechsoftwarethat,
2、itsays,issogoodatreproducingthesoundsofahumanvoicethatitcanrecreatevoicesandevenbringthevoicesoflong–deadfamouspeoplebacktolife.Thesoftware,whichturnsprintedtextintospeech,makesitpossibleforacompanytouserecordingsofaperson’svoicetosaythingsthatthepersonneveractuallysaid.Possiblecustomersfortheso
3、ftware,whichispricedatthethousandsofdollars,includetelephonecallcenters,companiesthatmakesoftwarethatreadsdigitalfilesaloud,andmakersofautomatedvoicedevices.Theadvancesraiseseveralproblems.Who,forexample,ownstherightstoafamousperson’svoice?(Someexpertsevenbelievethatnewcontractswillbedrawnthatin
4、cludevoice-licensingclauses.)Andalthoughscientistssaythetechnologyisnotyetgoodenoughtocommitfraud（假冒）,wouldthesynthesized（合成的）voicesatlastbeabletotrickpeopleintothinkingthattheyweregettingphonecallsordigitalaudiorecordingsfrompeopletheyknew?EvenMrFruchterman,oneofAT&Tlab’spossiblefirstcustomers,
5、saidhewonderedwhatthenewtechnologymightbring.“Justlikeyoucan’ttrustaphotographanymore,”hesaid,“youwon’tbeabletotrustavoiceeither.”56．Withthehelpofthespeechsoftware,itismostpossible.A．toimproveafamousperson’sspeechB．tosaywhatyouwantinanother’svoiceC．tomakeaspeechmuchmoreeasilyD．tohelpyoutofindabe
6、tterjob57．Ifthespeechsoftwareiswidelyused,.A．peoplewouldnolongerbelieveeachotherB．itwouldnotbenecessarytogoforaspeechbyafamouspersonC．noradioorTVbroadcasterswouldbeneededD．recordingavoicealonewouldnotbetakenasaproofinthecourt58．Accordingtothepassage,youcaninferthat.A．thesoftwarewillturnouttobean
7、immediatesuccessinthemarketB．thegovernmentwillforbidthesaleofthesoftwareinthemarketC．it’shardtodecidewhetherthesoftwarewillenjoypopularityD．thesoftwarewillsoonprovetobenothingbutrubbish59．Thepassagemainlywantsto.A．introducea
