One day a friend asked my．wife Jill if I wanted a hearing aid．“He certainly does．”replied
Jill．After hearing about a remarkable new product．Jill finally got up the nerve to ask me if I’d
ever thought about getting a hearing aid．“No way,”I said．“It would make me look 20 years
older．”  “No。no。”she replied．”This is entirely different．It’s Crystal Ear!”
    Jill was right．Crystal Ear is different—not the old. Styled body worn over-the．ear aid。but
all advanced personal sound system so small that it’s like contacts(隐形眼镜)for your ears．And
Crystal Ear is super-sensitive and powerful．too．You will hear sounds your ears have been
missing for years．Crystal Ear will make speech 10uder,and the sound is pure add natural．
    I couldn’t believe how tiny it is．It is smaller than the tip of my little finger and it’s almost
invisible When worn．There are no wires。no behind—the．ear device．Put it in your ear and its
ready—to-wear mold(形状)fits comfortably．Since it’s not too loud or too tight，you may even
forget that you’re wearing it! Use it at work or at play．And if your hearing problem is worse in
certain situations，use Crystal Ear only when you need it．
    Hearing loss，which Occurs typically prior to teenage years，progresses throughout one’s
lifetime．A1though hearing loss is now the world’s number one health problem，nearly 90 percent
 of people suffering hearing 10SS choose to leave the problem untreated．For many millions，
treating hearing 10SS in a conventional way can involve numerous office visits，expensive testing
 and adjustments to fit your ear．Thanks to Crystal Ear，the“sound solution”is now convenient．
Almost 90 percent of people with mild hearing loss，and millions more with just a little hearing
 drop-off(下降)，can be dramatically helped with Crystal Ear．More over, its superior design is
energy-efficient，so batteries can last months．Crystal Ear is now available to help these people
treat their hearing loss with a small hearing amplifier(放大器)．
36 Initially the writer did not want t0 buy a hearing aid because
    A  it would make him look old．
    B  it would make him nervous．
    C  it was too expensive．
D  it was old-styled．
Which of the following is NOT true of Crystal Ear7
A It is highly sensitive．
B It is powerful．
C It is invisible．
D  It is wireless．
38 One special feature of Crystal Ear is that
  A you can control its volume．
  B you needn’t take it off everyday．
  C it is solar-powered．
  D it saves power．
39 According to the passage，hearing loss is
A only a minor health problem．
B the world’s most common health problem．
C merely a teenage disease．
D an incurable disease．
40 Many people leave their hearing problem untreated because
    A it is not serious．
    B Crystal Ear is not yet available．
    C it is not easy to have it treated．
    D they don’t want to look old．

第三篇
Technology Transfer in Germany

    when it comes to translating basic research into industrial success，few nations can match
Germany．Since the 1940s，the nation’s vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream
of new ideas and expertise from science．And though German prosperity(繁荣)has faltered(衰
退)over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global
economic decline，it still has an enviable(令人羡慕的)record for turning ideas into profit．
    Much of the reason for that success is the Fraunhofer Society, a network of research
institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create sought。after technologies·But
today the Fraunhofer institutes have competition．Universities are taking an ever larger role in
technology transfer，and technology parks are springing up all over．These efforts are being
complemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-up companies·
  Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic success，but 1t is not without its crities,
These people worry that favouring applied research will mean neglecting basic science，
eventually starving industry of flesh ideas．If every scientist starts thinking like an entrepreneur
(企业家)，the argument goes，then the traditional principles of university research being
 curiosity．driven：free and widely available will suffer．Others claim that many of the
programmes to promote technology transfer are a waste of money because half the small
businesses that are promoted are bound to go bankrupt within a few years·
  While this debate continues，new ideas flow at a steady rate from Germany’s research
networks，which bear famous names such as Helmholtz，Max Planck and Leibniz．Yet it is the
fourth network，the Fraunhofer Society，that plays the greatest role in technology transfer．
    Founded in 1949.the Fraunhofer Society is now Europe’s largest organisation for applied
technology，and has 59 institutes employing 1 2，000 people．It continues to grow．Last year’it
swallowed up the Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology in Berlin．Today,
there are even Fraunhofers in the US and Asia．
41 What factor can be attributed to German prosperity?
  A Technology transfer．
  B  Good management．  
  C Hard work．
  D  Fierce competition．
42 Which of the following is NOT true of traditional university research?
    A  It is free．
    B  It is profit-driven．
    C  It is widely available．    ．
    D  It is curiosity—driven．
43 The Fraunhofer Society is the largest organisation for applied technology in
    A  Asia．
    B  USA．
    C  Europe．
    D  Africa．
44 When was the Fraunhofer Society founded?
    A  In 1940.
    B   Last year．
    C  After the unification．
    D  In 1949.
45 The word “expertise’ ’in line 3 could be best replaced by
  A  “experts”．
  B  “scientists”．
  C  “scholars”．
  D  “special knowledge”．

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