I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing

I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing

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I visited the nearby car factory today with my uncle, who works there. One thing I noticed was that most of the work is now done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing, and many other jobs are performed by robots now.
The whole dashboard (仪表板) of the car is now put into the car from above, through the windshield, by a robot. It would have taken two men to do this in the past, and it would have hurt their backs quite a bit. It got me thinking: is it a good thing that robots are replacing factory workers? On one hand, robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They aren’t likely to make many mistakes, and if something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing, every time, without fail. A human worker is never able to do exactly the same thing every time. On the other hand, robots also reduce costs for companies. Companies don’t have to pay robots wages or injury compensation (补偿) if they’re broken. If something in a robot does go wrong, it won’t have to take time off work for a year, or even forever, as could happen to a real person if he breaks his back or burn himself while welding.
The obvious downside to all of this is that it increases the unemployment rate. The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots. Unlike regular factory workers, these intelligence workers usually demand a higher pay.
小题1:We can learn from the first paragraph that _______.
A.all the workers are replaced by robots now
B.robots do much of the work instead of workers now
C.there were no workers in the car factory
D.the author’s uncle made robots in the factory
小题2:According to the text robots _______.
A.can do work as accurately as workers
B.never break down
C.can do exactly the same thing repeatedly
D.ask for less money from companies
小题3:The underlined word "downside" in the last paragraph probably means "_______".
A.weaknessB.favorC.assistanceD.strength
小题4:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A.companies refuse to pay for intelligence workers
B.robots have helped all of the workers
C.robots can help solve the problem of unemployment
D.using robots in factories widely will have a long way to go
小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards using robots in factories?
A.He is doubtful about it.B.He thinks it necessary.
C.He is strongly against it.D. The text doesn’t mention it.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
解析

试题分析:本文主要讲述了在现代社会中机器人的使用越来越普遍,详细分析了使用机器人的优点和缺点。
小题1:B 细节题。根据文章第一段后两句One thing I noticed was that most of the work is now done by robots. Welding (焊接), painting, testing, and many other jobs are performed by robots now.可知本段主要讲述的是现在的很多工作都由计算机来完成的。故B正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段4,5,6行robots generally do a more accurate job than people. They aren’t likely to make many mistakes, and if something goes wrong with one car, an alarm goes off. They do exactly the same thing, every time, without fail.可知机器人可以机械地重复地完成一样的工作,故C正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据本句The obvious downside to all of this is that it increases the unemployment rate. The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots可知使用机器人以后,公司所雇佣的工人会变少,只有就增加了失业率。故这也是机器人对社会的影响中的一个缺点。故A正确。
小题4:D 推断题。根据文章最后一段The company will have to bring in some very talented individuals who know how to operate the robots. Unlike regular factory workers, these intelligence workers usually demand a higher pay.可知使用机器人也有一些问题和困难,所以也有一段困难的路要走。故D正确。
小题5:D 态度意图题。在本文中作者很客观地分析了使用机器人的优点和缺点,并没有给出自己的个人观点。故D正确。
点评:本文主要讲述了在现代社会中机器人的使用越来越普遍,详细分析了使用机器人的优点和缺点。测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点。
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The education of thousands of children with reading and sight trouble is being held back because of a lack of awareness of their legal rights, say campaigners.
They are calling for greater efforts to increase awareness of the rights of such children to have text books in design other than standard (标准) print. The campaign is being supported by five times Olympic gold medalist, Sir Steve Redgrave, who has reading trouble.
Pupils have the right to receive text in another way, and parents can take action under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) if they feel their children are being treated in a different way through a lack of support. But new research suggests 89 per cent of print disabled pupils and their parents are unaware of software which changes standard print into other substitutes like combined text and audio files (音频) which can be read or listened to.
Sir Steve has teamed up with software company Dolphin Computer Access to raise awareness of software turning tools. He said: "I recognize that schools have competing priorities (优先权) for their resources (资源), but I would like to see a much greater effort on the part of the government and schools to raise awareness among parents that these additional solutions exist and that their children have a right to use them."
Mike Foster, Dolphin"s local MP in Worcester, is backing the campaign. "There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I"ll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation", he said.
小题1:What is the best title of this text?
A.Awareness of legal rights among parentsB.Campaign started for disabled children
C.Problems of disabled childrenD.Steve — Olympic gold medalist
小题2:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 5?
A.holding backB.objecting toC.supportingD.controlling
小题3:Most print disabled pupils and their parents ________.
A.don’t know anything about such software
B.must cooperate with the software company
C.prefer combined text and audio files more
D.must take action to receive text in another way
小题4:Sir Steve Redgrave suggests that ________.
A.government and schools raise awareness of disabled children’s legal rights
B.parents take greater efforts to ask the government and schools for help
C.parents should take action to raise awareness of software turning tools
D.software company work with him to make the products
小题5:What Mike Foster said in Paragraph 5 means ________.
A.the ministers should be responsible for improving the situation
B.the software for special needs has got well along
C.the problem about software for special needs is to be dealt with
D.how to use the software is a big problem

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A recent study, which was published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers has three times the possibility of a serious accident, compared with a teenager driving alone.
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled driving is.” he says.
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence(在场)of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions (限制) before graduating to full driving rights.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.
小题1:Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?
A.Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.
B.Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
C.A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
D.A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.
小题2:According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _______.
A.their frequent driving at night B.their lack of driving experience
C.their wrong way of driving D.their driving with passengers
小题3:According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.
B.Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn.
C.Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses.
D.The licensing department is partly responsible for teenagers’ driving accidents.
小题4:A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers’ driving accidents is that ______.
A.driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule
B.they should be forbidden to take on passengers
C.they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm
D.the licensing system should be improved

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Celebrity endorsements
Despite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers, researchers have discovered that this does not seem to be the case. British and Swiss researchers carried out a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary people.
In a sample of 298 students, researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that was endorsed (为…做广告宣传) by a fictional student claiming the camera was “hot” and his “preferred choice”. The same advertisement was shown to other students, but with a difference: The camera was endorsed by a famous person in Germany.
While the students said that both advertisements were beneficial, the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases (购买). More than half of the students, who admitted purchasing products that would impress others, said they were influenced by the student’s advertisement. Only 20% said the celebrity one would affect their buying decision.
Professor Brett Martin of the University of Bath’s School of Management, explained that the findings could be used not only in Germany, but in other countries as well. “ Our research questions whether celebrities are the best ways to sell products,” said Prof Martin.“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow student. This is because many people feel a need to keep up with the Jones when they buy.”
小题1:Some companies think the celebrities endorsement          
A.is popular with the consumers
B.can pull all the consumers into the shops
C.can affect the consumers’ purchasing
D.is as effective as an endorsement from common people
小题2:Which of the following ads would be more effective to common consumers, according to
the experiment?
An ad featuring lovely pandas.
An ad made by David Beckham.
An ad made by fictional common people.
An ad with beautiful natural scenery.
小题3:The underlined words “the Jones” in the last paragragh refer to“     ”.
A.someone called Jones B.common people
C.the Jones family D.celebrities
小题4:We can infer from the passage that       
A.celebrities cheat consumers in advertisement
B.the researchers here are against celebrity endorsement
C.the student’s ads are more reliable than those made by celebrities
D.companies needn’t spend so much money on celebrity endorsement
小题5:We can probably read the article in       
A.a local newspaperB.a science report
C.an academic journalD.a textbook

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Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in   1  work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work   2  for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always   3  in hotels and restaurants.
But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well, there will be very   4  openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will   5  you to speak French. British students only have a language   6  for jobs in the USA and Australia.
Not every one   7  the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children in Europe. During the   8 , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the   they made. Sarah says, “It really was a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never   10 ! And the pay was awful. It wasn’t worth it.”
The trouble is that   11  expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a  12 . In practice, though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are   13  only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment   14 . As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn’t like them, they’ll be   15 , too.
小题1:
A.seasonalB.mentalC.professionalD.formal
小题2:
A.hardB.voluntarilyC.abroadD.continuously
小题3:
A.jobsB.visitorsC.customersD.parties
小题4:
A.goodB.newC.attractiveD.few
小题5:
A.teachB.expectC.allowD.forbid
小题6:
A.programB.lessonC.advantageD.exam
小题7:
A.hasB.enjoysC.forgetsD.remembers
小题8:
A.tripB.flightC.discussionD.ceremony
小题9:
A.promiseB.progressC.complaintD.noise
小题10:
A.criedB.studiedC.sleptD.helped
小题11:
A.childrenB.studentsC.employersD.parents
小题12:
A.jobB.lessonC.holidayD.shame
小题13:
A.countlessB.availableC.interestingD.boring
小题14:
A.experiencesB.rulesC.plansD.rights
小题15:
A.dismissed B.chargedC.finedD.punished

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In today"s Internet age, the demand for online games continues to grow. Online computer game centers exist in many cities and towns throughout Asia. Facing the pressures of school and life, people tend to the virtual world, expecting a diversion from these problems. Too often, however, they can lead to problems and unhealthy addictions.
This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. The country has the world"s highest percentage of high­speed Internet services. It also has a high number of online game players and related problems. It was once reported that a young man collapsed (突然晕倒) and died while playing online games. He had been playing almost nonstop for 86 hours at an Internet cafe. Another young man killed his sister after becoming confused between the online world and real life. A 12­year­old boy stole US $ 16000 from his father and ran away from home. He did this to continue his obsession  (着迷) with online game. Such problems, however, don"t just happen in South Korea. They are spreading to other parts of Asia, as well.
What kinds of people develop online game addiction? What does the problem look like? Dr SueHuei Chen, a clinical psychologist, researches Internet addiction. She discovered some signs of at­risk individuals such as lack friendship and good social skills. Those problem individuals feel it so compulsive to play online games that they could sacrifice things such as school and family. They feel the need to spend more and more time online. And they become upset if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.
How many problem game players are there? In mainland China, the potential number of problem online gamers is alarming. Just in 2004, China has had 13.8 million online game players according to China Daily. Furthermore, it stated that 80 percent of these were under 25 and had signs of addiction. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.
Make sure to keep control over your online game playing. If you don"t control it, it can get control of you.
小题1:The underlined word “diversion” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A.solution B.comfort C.escapeD.support
小题2:The examples in the second paragraph tell us that ________.
A.the side effects are caused by high­speed Internet services
B.online game playing can even cause death
C.online games have caused much damage to young people
D.the teenage boy can"t resist the temptation of the online games
小题3:According to Dr SueHuei Chen, what can we do to prevent game addiction?
A.Limit the speed of the Internet services.
B.Sacrifice things such as school and family.
C.Spend more and more time online.
D.Care much for the young and improve their ability to get along with others.
小题4:We can conclude from the passage that ________.
A.the demand for online services continues to grow
B.China is fighting a battle against online games
C.the problems caused by online games don"t just exist in South Korea
D.in the year 2004 there were a total of 13.8 million Chinese visiting the Internet
小题5:What"s the best title for the passage?
A.Internet ProblemB.Addiction to online Game
C.Problem People in the WorldD.Online Game Can Control People

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