每日一练:职称英语卫生类每日一练(2015-1-21)
【单选题】
Every Dog Has Its Say
Kimiko Fukuda,aJapanese girl,always wondered what her dog was tryingto say Whenever she put on makeup,it would pull at hersleeve.______(46)When the dog barks,she glances at asmall electronic gadget(装置)Thefollowing"human"translation appears on its screen:"Please take me with you.""I realized that'S how hewas feeling."said Fukuda.The gadget is called Bowlingual,and it translates dog barks into feelings.People laughed when theJapanese toymaker Takara Company made the world'S first dog-human translationmachine in 2002 But 300,000 Japanese dog owners boughtit______(47)
"Nobody else had thought about it,"said Masahiko Kajita,who works for Takara.'We spend somuch time training dogs to understand our orders;what would it be like if wecould understand dogs?"
Bowlingual has two parts_____(48)Thetranslation is done in the gadget using a database(资料库)containingevery kind of bark.
Based on animal behaviour research,these noises are divided into six categories:happiness,sadness,frustration,anger,declaration and desire._____(49)Inthis way,the database scientifically matches a bark toan emotion,which is then translated into one of 200phrases.
When a visitor went to Fukuda'S houserecently,the dog barked a loud''bow WOW".This translated as"Don'tcome this way"_______(50)
The product will be available in US pet storesthis summer for about US$120 It can up to 100 barks,evenrecording the dog'S emotions when the owner is away.
A A wireless microphone is attached to thedog'S collar,which sends information to the gadget held by the owner,
B Nobody really knows how a dog feels
C It was followed by"I'm stronger thanyou"as the dog growled(嗥叫)and sniffed(嗅) at the visitor.
D More customers are expected when the Englishversion is launched this summer
E Now,the Japanese girlthinks she knows.
F Each one of these emotions is then linked to aphrase like"Let'S play"."Look at me'' or"Spend more timewith me".
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