81. cellular mobile telephones are telephone sets _________.
a) used in cars
b) capable of being moved in offices or at home
c) shaped like cells
d) controlled by human voices
82. drivers using cellular mobile telephones are prone to accidents because
_____________.
a) telephone conversation distracts users from driving
b) drivers are often not skillful enough to use them
c) they are not reliable
d) they are not "hands free"
83. which of the following statements is not true?
a) the voice dialer unit is a device which dials numbers by human
voice, rather than by hand.
b) the voice dialer allows drivers to pay more attention on driving
while dialing.
c) the voice dialer unit can make cellular mobile phones completely
"hands free."
d) the voice dialer was developed by voice control systems, inc.
84. the voice dialer unit is programmed to respond to ____________.
a) what the user wants to say
b) a special vocabulary used by the driver
c) various commands spoken by the user
d) only the telephone numbers and specific control commands
85. this passage centres on ___________.
a) a new hazard on the road
b) different kinds of telephones
c) a safer car telephone
d) voice control systems, inc
questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage:
having no language, infants cannot be told what they need to learn. yetby the age of three they will have mastered the basic structure of theirnative language and will be well on their way to communicative competence.acquiring their language is a most impressive intellectual feat. studies ofhow children learn language generally agree that the most remarkable aspectof this feat is the rapid acquisition of grammar. nevertheless, the ability
of children to conform to grammatical rules is only slightly more wonderfulthan their ability to learn words. it has been estimated that the averagehigh school graduate in the united states has a reading vocabulary of 80,000words, which includes idiomatic expressions and proper names of people andplaces. this vocabulary must have been learned over a period of 16 years.from the figures, it can be calculated that the average child learns at arate of about 13 new words per day. clearly a learning process of greatcomplexity goes on at a rapid rate in children.
a) used in cars
b) capable of being moved in offices or at home
c) shaped like cells
d) controlled by human voices
82. drivers using cellular mobile telephones are prone to accidents because
_____________.
a) telephone conversation distracts users from driving
b) drivers are often not skillful enough to use them
c) they are not reliable
d) they are not "hands free"
83. which of the following statements is not true?
a) the voice dialer unit is a device which dials numbers by human
voice, rather than by hand.
b) the voice dialer allows drivers to pay more attention on driving
while dialing.
c) the voice dialer unit can make cellular mobile phones completely
"hands free."
d) the voice dialer was developed by voice control systems, inc.
84. the voice dialer unit is programmed to respond to ____________.
a) what the user wants to say
b) a special vocabulary used by the driver
c) various commands spoken by the user
d) only the telephone numbers and specific control commands
85. this passage centres on ___________.
a) a new hazard on the road
b) different kinds of telephones
c) a safer car telephone
d) voice control systems, inc
questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage:
having no language, infants cannot be told what they need to learn. yetby the age of three they will have mastered the basic structure of theirnative language and will be well on their way to communicative competence.acquiring their language is a most impressive intellectual feat. studies ofhow children learn language generally agree that the most remarkable aspectof this feat is the rapid acquisition of grammar. nevertheless, the ability
of children to conform to grammatical rules is only slightly more wonderfulthan their ability to learn words. it has been estimated that the averagehigh school graduate in the united states has a reading vocabulary of 80,000words, which includes idiomatic expressions and proper names of people andplaces. this vocabulary must have been learned over a period of 16 years.from the figures, it can be calculated that the average child learns at arate of about 13 new words per day. clearly a learning process of greatcomplexity goes on at a rapid rate in children.