Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance，but also answer your questions in En
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Nowadays robots can not only talk and dance，but also answer your questions in English.They are “____”．The following is the first Chinamade “beauty”____.
A new 168cm high “beauty” robot who has not yet been____looks wonderful in a red wedding____.She can act as a tour guide，a receptionist，____a hostess.
Her face____the beautiful facial characteristics of many girls.And her eyes can move.
“The robot is the first human simulation(仿真)____in China，and she is____with the most advanced voice and movement control technologies and____communicate with humans，” said Li Chengrong，chief____of the robot，who works for the Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Automation.“She replies ‘____’ if you praise her by saying ‘You are so____’．”
The sentences that the robot can understand and say are____at present.“We will improve her in the future，to make her talk___with human beings，” Li said.
___the “beauty” will work as a receptionist and tour guide in Sichuan Science Museum，she has been programmed to____the southwestern dialect that is popular in inland Sichuan Province.
Li said the lab____for designing and making the robot was 300,000 yuan (37,500 U．S.dollars)．The robot is equipped with interactive technologies.It is____to most advanced robot in the world—Asimo，____by Japanese automaker Honda.Asimo，____can walk at a speed of one mile per hour and climb up and down stairs，costs about one million U．S.dollars.
| 小题1: | | A．receptionists | B．hostesses | | C．beauties | D．guides |
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| 小题2: | | A．robot | B．cushion | | C．carpet | D．fingernail |
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| 小题3: | | A．invented | B．designed | | C．made | D．named |
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| 小题4: | | A．dress | B．clothes | | C．shoes | D．skirt |
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| 小题6: | | A．contains | B．includes | | C．connects | D．combines |
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| 小题8: | | A．desired | B．piled | | C．equipped | D．scanned |
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| 小题10: | | A．designer | B．declarer | | C．junior | D．haircutter |
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| 小题11: | | A．Go ahead | B．Thank you | | C．Sorry | D．With pleasure |
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| 小题12: | | A．holy | B．pretty | | C．elegant | D．outgoing |
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| 小题13: | | A．developed | B．complicated | | C．limited | D．improved |
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| 小题14: | | A．happily | B．slowly | | C．particularly | D．freely |
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| 小题15: | | A．Since | B．If | | C．Unless | D．When |
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| 小题16: | | A．study | B．speak | | C．ignore | D．understand |
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| 小题18: | | A．familiar | B．similar | | C．opposite | D．reasonable |
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| 小题19: | | A．produced | B．obeyed | | C．envied | D．tested |
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| 小题20: | | A．which | B．where | | C．when | D．who |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
小题1: C
解析 由下句中的“beauty”可知，这里强调这些机器人也是美人。
小题2: A
解析 从上文看出本文谈论的是机器人。
小题3: D
解析 由下文可知该美人还没有名字。name作动词时意为“给……取名，为……定名”，符合语境。
小题4: A
解析 a red wedding dress一套红色的结婚礼服。
小题5: A
解析 or表示“或者”。
小题6: D
解析 combine兼具，融合。此处指她有众多漂亮女性的面部特点。
小题7: A
解析 考查代词，one指a robot。
小题8: C
解析 be equipped with装备有……。
小题9: B
解析 can能，会，表示能力，符合语境。must必须；should应该；may也许。
小题10: A
解析 chief designer of the robot机器人的主要设计师。
小题11: B
解析 由空后的“if you praise her...”可知对别人的表扬要用“Thank you”应答。
小题12: B
解析 从上文的“beauty”看出应选pretty。
小题13: C
解析 由常识和下一句可知，现在机器人能理解和说的句子还很少，故用limited有限的，不多的。
小题14: D
解析 talk freely with sb.与某人自由自在地谈话。
小题15: A
解析 since因为，既然，鉴于。
小题16: B
解析 既然是导游必然要会讲四川话，故选speak。
小题17: C
解析 从后面的“300,000 yuan”看出是花费。cost在这里作名词，意为“成本，费用”。
小题18: B
解析 be similar to与……类似。
小题19: A
解析 由上下文可知，Asimo是由Honda制造的。
小题20:D
解析 从上文的she和her看出，把机器人看作人，故用who引导定语从句。 |
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The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults.Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September，three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community.The course titles will be Yoga(瑜伽) for Teenagers；Hip Hop Dance：Learning the Latest Moves；and Creative_Journaling_for_Teens：Discovering_the_Writer_Within.The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.
Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes.Ms.Cousins is a skilled choreographer (舞蹈指导) as well as an experienced dance educator.She is a Master of Arts in dance education from Teachers College，Columbia University.The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford.Ms.Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist(专栏作家) for the professional journal Library Focus.
The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen，which was organized by Leah Martin，Director of the Cultural Center.According to Martin，this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more necessary part of the Allendale community.Over the last several years，the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined.Project Teen is primarily funded by the McGee Arts Foundation，an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults.The other members of Project Teen are two students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School and three adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.
The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School，and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal works in Pulse，Brookdale’s student literary magazine.Students who complete the hip hop class will be qualified to participate in the Allendale Review，an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors，musicians，and dancers.
All classes are scheduled to begin immediately after school，and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library.For more information about Project Teen，contact the cultural center’s programming office at 9880099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog.The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.
小题1:The underlined title of the course in Paragraph 1 implies that ________.| A．teenagers do not have enough hobbies | | B．all young people should write in a journal daily | | C．teenagers are in need of guidance and direction | | D．writing in a journal can help teenagers become creative writers |
小题2:What is the cause of setting up Project Teen?| A．More and more people are coming to the center. | | B．Tricia Cousins is available to teach courses in the fall. | | C．Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers. | | D．Leah Martin wants to make the center more important for the community. |
小题3:What does the text mainly tell us?| A．The needs of young adults in Allendale. | | B．Leah Martin’s personal ideas about Project Teen. | | C．The center adds three new classes for young adults. | | D．The center is granted by the McGee Arts Foundation. |
小题4:Which of the following ways is the text organized?| A．In order of space，from the near to the far. | | B．In order of time，from the past to the future. | | C．The most important information first，followed by background and details. | | D．The background first，followed by the most important information and details. |
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Life in space will certainly take some getting used to！But the space station has been designed to keep the astronauts as comfortable as possible—the modules(舱) are roomy，bright，and kept at a constant 70 degrees Fahrenheit.It’s important the crew members are comfortable because they’ll be busy aboard the station.In a typical workday，crew members will spend 14 hours working and exercising,1.5 hours preparing and eating meals，and 8.5 hours sleeping.Here are some other fun facts about life aboard the station：
Food
Come mealtime，astronauts will have a special dining kitchen.Space food just keeps getting better—and more like food we enjoy here on Earth.In early space missions，astronauts could eat only freezedried food that didn’t require any preparation.But the space station is equipped with water，microwave ovens，and refrigerators，allowing the folks on board to eat more “normal” types of food，including fruit，vegetables，and ice cream!
Sleep
Each crew member has a private room.With no gravity，they’ll need to tie themselves to their beds，or they will float away！That might sound like a strange way to sleep，but astronauts from past space missions report that sleeping in space is actually pretty great!
Exercise
You might not think it，but exercise is even more important on the station than it is on Earth.There is not much gravity in space.Astronauts don’t stand up，sit down or walk in space，so their muscles and bones don’t have to work much—and this muscle and bone loss can be dangerous back on Earth.To fight this，astronauts on the station will exercise on bikes，rowing machines，and other equipment about two hours every day.
Clothing
Astronauts will have to wear special space suits while traveling aboard the U．S.shuttle or Russian rockets.But once they’re safe inside the space station，crew members can wear regular clothing.Of course，a specially designed，pressurized space suit is required for space walks.It has to withstand(经受住) flying pieces and protect the astronauts from dramatic temperature changes.It can range from 120 degrees below Fahrenheit in the shadow of the station to 250 degrees in the hot sun.
Personal Cleanliness
Simple tasks like brushing your teeth can be challenging in a weightless environment.A little water doesn’t flow in a stream—it suspends in a bubble！Astronauts will use a freshwater hose(软管) to take showers，shampoo，and wash off—then a second vacuum hose to suction(吸) off the dirty water.And how do you go to the bathroom in space？With a special “air toilet” that uses flowing air instead of water to dispose of waste.
小题1:The facts about life in space are all mentioned EXCEPT ________.| A．clothing | B．entertainment | | C．sleep | D．exercise |
小题2:What can be learned from the paragraph “Clothing”？| A．The temperature is quite different in different places in space. | | B．Astronauts must wear special space suits all the time in space. | | C．Astronauts can wear regular clothing for space walks now. | | D．Astronauts wear pressurized space suits just to keep warm. |
小题3:Why is exercise more important in space than on earth?| A．It can make astronauts feel relaxed in space. | | B．It can help astronauts spend their spare time happily. | | C．Astronauts’ lives are more important in space than on earth. | | D．It can prevent astronauts from causing muscle and bone loss. |
小题4:What do we know about space food from the text?| A．Astronauts could eat apples in space in the past. | | B．Astronauts eat only fruit，vegetables and ice cream now. | | C．Fresh food isn’t available to astronauts in space. | | D．Space food is getting better now than before. |
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When author Nicholas Carr began researching his book on whether the Internet is ruining our minds，he restricted his online access and email.His new book argues the latest technology renders us less capable of deep thinking.Carr found himself so distracted(分心的) that he couldn’t work on the book while staying as connected.After first feeling confused by his sudden lack of online connection，he was able to stay focused on one task for a long period within several weeks.
Reading on the Internet has changed how we use our brains.Facing a lot of texts，video，music and links to other web pages and blogs，our minds have become used to skimming and scanning information.As a result，we have developed sharper skills at making fast decisions，particularly visual ones，Carr wrote.
But now most of us seldom read books or long articles that would help us focus.We are becoming more like librarians—able to find information quickly and see clearly the best nuggets(有价值的资料)．That lack of focus hinders(阻碍) our longterm memory，leading many of us to feel distracted，he wrote.
“What we are losing is a whole other set of mental skills，which require not the shifting of our focus but the maintaining of our focus，” Carr said，adding that for centuries books protected our brains from distraction and focused our minds on one topic at a time.
But with devices such as Apple’s iPad becoming common，Carr predicts books also will change.“New forms of reading always require new forms of writing，” he said.Carr has a suggestion for those who feel web surfing has left them incapable of concentration—slow down，turn off the Internet and practice the skills of contemplation(沉思) and reflection.“It is pretty clear from the brain science that if you don’t exercise particular cognitive skills，you are going to lose them，” he said.“If you are constantly distracted，you are not going to think in the same way that you would think if you paid attention.”
小题1:What topic is Nicholas Carr’s new book mainly concentrating on?| A．Whether there is any need for us to surf the Internet. | | B．How the Internet changes our way of thinking. | | C．What we should do when we are surfing the Internet. | | D．Whether our minds are being influenced by the Internet. |
小题2:How did Nicholas Carr feel after he limited his time online several weeks later?| A．Anxious. | B．Relaxed. | | C．Concentrated. | D．Puzzled. |
小题3:The underlined word renders in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.| A．prevents | B．causes | | C．protects | D．sharpens |
小题4:What’s Nicholas Carr’s suggestion for people who are often distracted by the Internet?| A．They should read more books besides surfing the Internet. | | B．They should often slow down their pace of modern living. | | C．They should often get away from the disturbing of the Internet. | | D．They should spend more time thinking while surfing the Internet. |
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A book review tells not only what a book is about，but also how successful it is at what it is trying to do.Professors often assign book reviews as practice in careful analytical(分析的) reading.
As a reviewer，you bring together the two strands of accurate，analytical reading and strong，personal response when you indicate(指出) what the book is about and what it might mean to a reader(by explaining what it meant to you)．In other words，reviewers answer not only the WHAT but the SO WHAT question about a book.Thus，in writing a review，you combine the skills of describing what is on the page，analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose，and expressing your own reactions.
Most book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book，like：
Title.
Author.
Place of publication，publisher，date of publication.
Number of pages.
Like most pieces of writing，the review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say.The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again，so your readers don’t have to look up to find this information.You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book，the purpose or audience for the book，and your reaction and evaluation.
Then you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book.Next，you should give a summary of the main points，quoting(引用) and explaining key phrases from the author.Finally，you get to the heart of your review—your evaluation of the book.In this section，you might discuss some of the following issues：
•How well the book has achieved its goal.
•What possibilities are suggested by the book.
•What the book has left out.
•How the book compares with others on the subject.
•What specific points are not convincing.
•What personal experiences you’ve had related to the subject.
It is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author’s，so that you don’t confuse your readers.
Then，like other essays，you can end with a direct comment on the book，and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.
There is，of course，no set form，but a general rule is that the first onehalf to twothirds of the review should summarize the author’s main ideas and at least onethird should evaluate the book.
小题1:According to the text，personal response of a book reviewer refers to “________”．| A．accurate and analytical reading | | B．the reviewer’s indication of what the book is | | C．the reviewer’s indication of what the book meant to a reader | | D．skills of describing what is on the page |
小题2:What is the most important part of a book review?| A．The heading. | B．The evaluation. | | C．The conclusion. | D．The introduction. |
小题3:Readers will get puzzled if ________.| A．there is no heading in a book review | | B．the book review is not complex enough | | C．the reviewer’s point of view is mixed with the author’s | | D．there are some different issues listed in the book review |
小题4:What does the text mainly tell us?| A．Steps to read a book. | | B．Tips for writing a book review. | | C．The way to develop your idea. | | D．Things not to be avoided in a book review. |
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Founded in 1966，Seacamp，the first program dedicated to the education of youth in marine(海洋的) sciences，is the result of a cooperative effort of parents，scientists，businessmen and camp leaders.Preservation practices and a respect for the marine environment are the philosophy of the Seacamp.
Seacamp’s tropical marine location in the lower Florida Keys enables it to offer a truly unique marine science program.This program is the heart of Seacamp.Young scientists participate in a variety of courses under the guidance of academically trained marine science instructors and biologists.All science activities include studies in both the field and the laboratory.Each session,140 to 160 campers come to Seacamp，mostly from the US，but also from across the world.There are about 30 international campers each summer from an average of twelve countries.Many Seacamp program graduates have gone on to careers as environmental educators and marine scientists.
One of Seacamp’s unique aspects is that campers create their schedules.In addition to science classes，campers choose from a variety of programs to ensure that there is something interesting and exciting for everyone.Campers interested in journalism may work on the camp newspaper，SEASCOPE，which is published periodically during camp sessions.Arts activities are also included.Photography allows campers to take home memories of friends，wildlife，and underwater experiences.
Seacamp teaches the fun and skills of sailing.It’s an excellent way for future marine scientists to become familiar with the winds，tides and currents that are of primary concern in oceanography.Basic Red Cross certification is offered to beginners in sailing.The Red Cross course in advanced lifesaving is taught at Seacamp.The course is designed to increase the campers’ ability to recognize and avoid dangerous water conditions and practices and to use selfrescue skills to get out of dangerous situations.
Parents may bring campers by car to Big Pine Key.Counselors(辅导员) also meet participants at the Miami International Airport on the opening day of camp and accompany them to Big Pine Key on a bus.The fee for roundtrip service is $90.To join the Seacamp adventure，interested campers should contact Seacamp for an application.
We love to talk about camp！For more information or to ask any questions you might have，please give our friendly staff a call and we’ll be glad to help!
小题1:According to the text，Seacamp is designed to help campers ________.| A．have a good time at the seaside | | B．develop a sense of marine protection | | C．make a further study about sea life | | D．complete a course about marine wildlife |
小题2:It can be learned from Paragraph 3 and 4 that ________.| A．Seacamp offers many programs apart from science classes | | B．Seacamp is responsible for training marine scientists | | C．beginners in sailing should learn the advanced Red Cross course | | D．Seacamp provides traditional camp activities such as arts and crafts |
小题3:The main purpose of the text is to ________.| A．attract the young to Seacamp | | B．present Seacampers’ experiences | | C．introduce the programs of Seacamp | | D．explain the aim of Seacamp |
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