阅读理解 As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the
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As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic
essentials of life-food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using
technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other
hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a
given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for
comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours.
I shall take it for granted that mankind has, by that time, chosen the latter alternative. Men will be
working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. It follows that the housewife will also expect
to be able to have more leisure in her life without lowering her standard of living. It also follows that human domestic servants will have completely ceased to exist. Yet the great majority of the housewives will wish
to be relieved completely from the routine operations of the home such as scrubbing the floors or the bath of the cooker, or washing the clothes or washing up, or dusting or sweeping, or making beds.
By far the most logical step to relieve the housewife of routine is to provide a robot which can be
trained to the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or more standard operations, when switched by the housewife.
1.As civilization develops in the direction of technology,________.
A. the basic essentials of life must be supplied
B. it is important to supply the basic essentials of life
C. it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life
D. it is not necessary to supply the basic essentials of life
2. According to the author, we are faced with________.
A. the choice of providing and fulfilling our needs
B. the choice of using technology
C. the choice of earning a standard of living
D. a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs to reduce the number of working hours
3. What alternative will mankind have chosen in future?
A. To leave our standard of living at this level and work shorter hours.
B. To raise our standard of living.
C. To fulfill needs which have been regarded as unnecessary.
D. To lower our standard of living and work shorter hours.
4. Now most housewives wish to________.
A. stop doing their housework
B. do more housework to improve their life
C. get rid of the heavy burden of their housework
D. do only simple and light housework
5. It can be inferred that robots will be invented _________.
A. to take the place of housewives
B. to help manage a family
C. to do the routine of housework instead of human
D. to provide the daily necessities for man
答案
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An article in China Daily gave no reason for this other than the usual blaming of the post-80s generation. According to a high level official, young people suffering from discouragement are mostly “spoiled（溺爱）and have not been taught to be independent, responsible and express ‘thank-you’.” Well, how do you like that? First, I don’t think China’s youth are exactly spoiled. They certainly have more things than their parents did, but a lot of the money spent on them is for their education including various extra classes.
Discouragement and anxiety are now the fastest growing challenges in modern societies. We sense a lack of close friends who can talk to honestly and openly. In 1985, a US study found that one in ten people did not have such a friend. In 2006, it was one in four. It’s easy to see the connection between loneliness and discouragement. But what actually causes this increasing loneliness?
Surely, with Internet social networking sites such as Kaixin, we have more friends than ever. A new study has shown that the more time teenagers spend in front of computers, the less close they are to friends and family. Kaixin or QQ may be fun but it lacks meaning, compared to personal connections in the real world.
And then there are those endless online games popular with young Chinese but increasingly there are more interesting choices. For example, new sports such as skateboarding are starting to catch on in bigger cities, as is playing music in a band. These creative hobbies are done in a group and thus friendship can be stronger. Hopefully young people will also be drawn out of the Internet cafes and interactive computer games that in fact fail to recreate a real and interactive experience.
1. According to the high level official, it is easy for teenagers lacking independence and responsibility to
_______.
A. suffer from loneliness and anxiety
B. play endless online games
C. cause adoption of self-destruction
D. worry about life’s pressures
2. What does the writer think of the Internet social networking site Kaixin?
A. Open but ridiculous.
B. Funny but meaningless.
C. Real and interesting.
D. Honest and responsible.
3. It can be inferred in Paragraph 3 that _______.
A. young people have no idea of expressing appreciation because of being spoiled
B. parents focus mostly on children’s education rather than the personality building
C. there is a tendency that it’s harder to find close friends to have an honest chat with
D. teenagers will recreate a real and interactive experience to strengthen friendship
4. According to the text, which of the following can help us avoid being lonely in the crowd?
A. To stay long in Internet cafes.
B. To play music in a band.
C. To abandon our own hobb
ies.D. To focus on extra courses.
Well, first and most obviously, lock the car when you leave it. That includes locking the boot for
luggage and closing all the windows. Even a tiny break allows a thief to insert a wire to force open the lock button. Of course, don’t leave the keys hanging in the ignition（点火器）. And don’t hide a
spare key inside or outside the car - thieves know all the hiding places. If your car breaks down, lock up before you go for help. Even if you can’t start the car, a thief may be able to.
Now since chances of losing cars are greater from dusk to mid-night, make sure you park in a
well-lighted area, preferably where there are plenty of passers-by, say, near a busy store or a restaurant.
Avoid leaving your keys with a garage or parking-lot assistant: choose the place you park yourself.
Keep your driver’s license in your wallet or purse, not in the separate divisions of your car. You should also have a record of your car’s vital statistics both in your wallet and somewhere at home. This can help with recovery in case of stealing.
And finally, it’s a good idea to fix some kind of safety devices. There is a range available from alarm
systems that set off a siren（警报）if an attempt is made to interfere with the car in any way, to fuel
shut-off systems and time delay ignition systems. Displaying a warning sign will also help discourage
would-be thieves. They don’t want to waste time on trying to steal a protected car.
So, help yourself put car thieves out of business by always locking your car, fixing anti-stealing systems and co-operating with the police by reporting any attempt at stealing.
Put car thieves out of 1
| Problem | Car stealing may 2 everywhere at any time. | |
| Solutions | Locking the car Parking cars in safe places | ★A tiny break is an 3 to car stealing. ★A thief knows where the spare key is 4 inside the car. ★If your car 5 down, you should lock it before going for help. ★Hours from dusk to mid-night are the 6 ones for car thieves. ★Well-lighted areas are good for car parking. |
| 7 licenses in wallets | Important car files should be 8 to help with recovery in case of stealing. | |
| Fixing anti-stealing devices | A 9 of safety systems can stop would-be thieves. | |
| Conclusion | It’s a waste of time trying to steal a 10 car. | |
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| A new book claims to have definitive evidence of a long-suspected technological crime-that Alexander Graham Bell stole ideas for the telephone from a competitor, Elisha Gray. In The Telephone Gambit:Chasing Alexander Graham Bell"s Secret,journalist Seth Shulman argues that Bell-aided by aggressive lawyers and a corrupt patent examiner-got an improper glance at patent documents Gray had filed,and that Bell was incorrectly credited with filing first. Shulman believes the smoking gun is Bell"s lab notebook,which was limited by Bell"s family until 1976, then digitized and made widely available in 1999. The notebook details the false starts Bell met as he and assistant Thomas Watson tried transmitting sound electromagnetically over a wire.Then,after a 12-day gap in 1876-when Bell went to Washington to sort out patent questions about his work-he suddenly began trying another kind of voice transmitter.That method was the one that proved successful. As Bell described that new approach,he drew a diagram of a person speaking into a device.Gray"s patent documents,which described a similar technique,also featured a very similar diagram. Shulman"s book describes other elements that have angered researchers" suspicions. For instance,Bell"s transmitter design appears hastily(草率地) written in the margin of his patent; Bell was nervous about demonstrating his device with Gray present; Bell resisted testifying(作证) in an 1878 lawsuit solving this question; and Bell,as if ashamed,quickly distanced himself from the telephone patent right bearing his name. Perhaps the most instructive lesson comes when Shulman explores why historical memory has favoured Bell but not Gray-nor German inventor Philipp Reis.who beat them both with 1860s telephones that employed a different principle. One reason is simply that Bell,not Gray.actually demonstrated a phone that transmitted speech.Gray was focused instead on his era"s pressing communications challenge:how to send multiple messages simultaneously(同时地) over the same telegraph wire.As Gray shouted to his lawyers,"I should like to see Bell do that with his instruments." | ||
| 1.The phrase"the smoking gun"in Paragraph 3 means" ". | ||
| A.the cause of a series of things B.something proving what one has done C.the conclusion of a complex case D.something used to confuse people | ||
| 2.According to Shulman,how did Bell steal the idea for telephone from Gray? | ||
| A.He secretly looked at Gray"s patent documents. B.He watched secretly while Gray was experimenting. C.He was told the new technique by Gray"s assistant. D.He learned the new technique from the patent examiner. | ||
| 3.How many examples are given by Shulman to prove that Bell stole the idea? | ||
| A.3. B.4. C.5. D.6. | ||
4.History treats Bell as the inventor of telephone because . | ||
| A.he had written transmitter design in his patent B.he founded a telephone company bearing his name C.he proved how to send many messages at the same time D.he made an actual demonstration of transmitting speech | ||
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| If you want to improve your child"s results at school, you could do a lot worse than ensuring that they do plenty of exercise．Scientists have already shown that physical activity can make you brainier．But a team in America has used scans to show that an important part of the brain actually grows in children who are fit．These youngsters tend to be more intelligent and have better memories than those who are inactive． Scientists also found that one of the most important parts of their brains was 12 percent larger than those of unfit children．They believe that encouraging children to take exercise from a very young age could help them do better at school later．Researchers from the University of Illinois, in the U．S．, studied the brains of 49 children aged nine and ten using a magnetic resonance imaging scan (核磁共振 摄影扫描), a technique which provides very detailed pictures of organs and tissues in the body． They also tested the fitness levels of the children by making them run on a treadmill (跑步机)．The scientists found that the hippocampus, a part of the brain responsible for memory and learning, was around 12 percent larger in the fitter children． Professor Art Kramer, who led the study published in the journal Brain Research, said the findings had important implications for encouraging individuals to take part in sport from a young age．"We knew that experience and environmental factors and socioeconomic status all impact brain development," he said． "If you get some terrible genes from your parents, you can"t really fix that, and it"s not easy to do something about your economic status．But here"s something that we can do something about．" | ||
| 1．If you want to improve your children"s result in school, ____________． | ||
| A．it is worse to ensure that they do plenty of exercise B．you can have their brain scanned C．it could be better to make sure that they do a lot of exercise D．you can do a lot except ensuring that they do exercise | ||
| 2．According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? | ||
| A．The fitness level of the children is linked to their intelligence． B．Children who have a larger hippocampus will probably have better memories． C．You can do something about the genes from your parents． D．Unhealthy children will probably have a smaller hippocampus than others | ||
| 3．All the following factors that have some influence on one"s brain are mentioned EXCEPT ____________． | ||
| A．genetic factor B．economic status C．physical fitness D．economic development | ||
| 阅读理解 Some scientists say that animals in the oceans are increasingly threatened by noise pollution caused by human beings. The noise that affects sea creatures comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions, ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves. Decibels (分贝) measured in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety-five would have the same effect. Some scientists have suggested setting a noise limit of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have observed that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales. A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whales" ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed(流血)and become infected (感染). Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds are against a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research. Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists suspect(怀疑)that noise is a greater danger than they believed. They want to prevent noises from harming creatures in the ocean. 1. According to the passage, which of the following is increasingly dangerous to sea creatures? A. The noises of human activities. B. The noises made by themselves. C. The sound of earthquakes. D. The sound of the ice-breaking. 2. Which of the following is discussed in the third paragraph? A. Different places with different types of noises. B. The very human ears sensitive to all types of noises. C. The same noise measured differently on land and in the ocean. D. The ocean animals" reaction to noises. 3. According to the passage, what will scientists most probably do in the future? A. They will try their best to decrease noise. B. They will work hard to cut down noise pollution. C. They will study the effect of different noises. D. They will protect animals from harmful noises. | ||