Machines know your voice Computers，smartphones，and other machines are the perfect servants.We usually "tell" them to do things by using a mouse or keyboard.But what if we could just talk to them and tell them what to do？
In the 1960s TV series Star Trek，spaceships could reply to human voice orders.In the film 2001：A Space Odyssey，HAL 9，000 is a computer that humans can talk to.It can play chess with humans and fix their spaceship.
This type of technology，which helps machines understand people speech and act as what people say，is known as voice recognition （识别）.Today，voice recognition is widely used in people's daily life.Siri and Alexa，the voice recognition software made by Apple and Amazon are two examples.You can ask them to do many things，from setting alarms and playing music to placing online grocery orders and turning on household devices.
One of the nice things about voice recognition is that it can be used when we're on the go.When you're driving a car or walking down the sidewalk，it is not convenient or even hazardous to pick up your smartphone and type on the keyboard.With voice recognition，you can focus on whatever you're doing at the moment while still finishing other tasks.
Speech recognition can also help people with hearing disabilities a lot.It can be used to "listen'' to spoken words and turn them into text that deaf people can read.Advanced speech recognition software can even hear words spoken in one language and then translate it into another language.
As voice recognition software becomes more advanced，it will be able to help us in even more ways.So far，most voice recognition technology is not able to recognize specific （特定的） voices.That is to say，your voice "sounds" the same to the software as your friend's voice.However，many companies are already working to develop voice recognition software that replies only to specific voices.
（1）According to the passage，voice recognition CC.
A．came into service in the 1960s
B．is usually used in high-tech areas
C．can understand and act what people say
D．could help people send and fix the spaceship
（2）The word "hazardous" in paragraph 4 probably means CC.
A．comfortable
B．nervous
C．dangerous
D．natural
（3）What can voice recognition do in the real world？ AA
A．Turn spoken words into text for the deaf.
B．Recognize a certain voice at certain time.
C．Help the drivers to slow down their car safely.
D．Lead the blind people walk down the sidewalk.
（4）What's the last paragraph mainly about？ DD
A．Why the voice sounds the same.
B．Why the technology is important.
C．What was found in the software.
D．What else is needed to study.
【答案】C；C；A；D
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发布：2024/4/20 14:35:0组卷：5引用：2难度：0.5
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