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考研英语（二）模拟试卷 152 (总分：136.00，做题时间：90 分钟) 一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00) 1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. （分数：40.00 ） __________________________________________________________________________________________ Any sufficiently advanced technology, noted Arthur C. Clarke, a British science-fiction writer, is indistinguishable from magic. The fast-emerging technology of voice computing proves his 【C1】______Using it is just like casting a spell: say a few words into the air, and a nearby device can 【C2】______your wish. The Amazon Echo, a voice-driven cylindrical computer that sits on a table top and answers to the name Alexa, can 【C3】______music tracks and radio stations, tell jokes, answer trivia questions and control smart 【C4】______; even before Christmas it was already resident in about 4% of American households. Voice assistants are 【C5】______in smartphones, too:Apples Siri 【C6】______over 2 billion commands a week, and 20% of Google 【C7】______on Android powered handsets in America are input by voice. Dictating e-mails and text messages now works 【C8】______enough to be useful. Why type when you can talk? This is a huge shift. Simple 【C9】 ______it may seem, voice has the power to transform computing, by providing a natural means of interaction. Windows, icons and menus, and then touchscreens, were welcomed as more 【C10】 ______ways to deal with computers than entering complex keyboard 【C11】______But being able to talk to computers 【C12】______the need for the abstraction of a user interface at all. 【C13】 ______mobile phones were more than existing phones without wires, and cars were more than carriages without horses, so computers without screens and keyboards have the 【C14】______to be more useful and powerful than people can imagine today. Voice will not wholly 【C15】______other for