When you think of a robot, what do you see? A...

When you think of a robot, what do you see? A machine that looks a bit like you and me?

1. They don’t need to look like humans — in fact, most don’t.

What a robot looks like depends on its purpose. Cleaning robots often look like little vacuums. 2. Robots that are meant to interact with people often have a face, eyes, or a mouth — just like we do!

Whether they look like us or not, most robots have three essential parts that make them a robot: sensors, actuators and programs.

Together, these parts are what make a robot different from other gadgets you might have around your house, like your computer or your washing machine.

3. Just like we have eyes to sense light, ears to sense sound, robots have light sensors and cameras so they can “see,” microphones so they can “hear”.

Second, a robot has actuators that allow it to move around. 4. And we might use our hands to pick up an orange and peel it. A robot might use actuators such as motors and wheels to drive to places, and finger-like grippers (机器人手爪) to grasp objects and control them or turn them around.

Third, a robot needs a program that lets it act on its own based on what it is sensing.5. When a robot is autonomous, it’s not quite the same as a person being autonomous, because a person still has to write the computer program that tells the robot what to do.

A.Flying robots might have wings like birds.

B.The past robots were not artificially intelligent.

C.We might use our legs and feet to walk and run.

D.This ability to act on one’s own is called autonomy.

E.First, a robot has sensors that allow it to “see” the world.

F.We would need some actuators so that the robot could move.

G.The reality is that robots can have different shapes and sizes.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many Americans are busy preparing lists of what to give friends or loved ones. This season, people will be able to buy a cargo-carrying (载货) robot that follows them around like a dog. But it is unclear if the robot will be a popular gift.

Large companies like Amazon, FedEx and Ford have already been experimenting with sending delivery robots to homes across the United States. Now an Italian company is offering robots directly to consumers (顾客). The new robot, called “the Gita”, weighs about 23 kilograms and costs $ 3,250.

The robot's creators had short trips in mind when they designed it. “The Gita” is a “hands-free carrier" that can hold fruits, vegetables and other things as it follows its owner down the street. “The Gita” does not. require use of a telephone; it also does not use GPS technology or facial recognition.

Whether the robot will be a success is not yet clear. Tech experts say “the Gita” may fail. They hope the company finds more purposes of using it to contribute to its success. Examples include carrying tools around hospitals, factory floors or places where products are stored. The robots can carry up to 9 kilograms, So far, the best places to find the company' s six wheeled robot are US colleges: The University of Houston and the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Sadie Garcia is a student at the University of Houston. “I love them. I think they're so cute," she said, as one of the machines arrived carrying a sandwich for her in the dining hall. Garcia said she was so cold that she did not want to leave her room. Starship co-founder Ahti Heinla said his company once thought about selling the machines directly to consumers. But the business dropped the idea after discovering it would have to sell them for more than $ 3,000 each.

1.What is"the Gita"designed to do?

A.Fight with other robots. B.Buy things for its owner.

C.Carry things for its owner. D.Help college students do homework.

2.What do tech experts expect the company to do for“the Gita”?

A.Find more uses for it. B.Keep advertising it.

C.Improve its reaction rate. D.Encourage hospitals to use it.

3.What stops“the Gita”from being sold directly to consumers?

A.The low quality. B.The high price.

C.The limited number. D.The poor performance.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A science magazine. B.A detective story.

C.A travel guide. D.A life diary.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many Americans are busy preparing lists of what to give friends or loved ones. This season, people will be able to buy a cargo-carrying（载货）robot that follows them around like a dog. But it is unclear if the robot will be a popular gift.

Large companies like Amazon, FedEx and Ford have already been experimenting with sending delivery robots to homes across the United States. Now an Italian company is offering robots directly to consumers（顾客）. The new robot, called "the Gita", weighs about 23 kilograms and costs $ 3,250.

The robot's creators had short trips in mind when they designed it. "The Gita" is a "hands-free carrier" that can hold fruits, vegetables and other things as it follows its owner down the street. "The Gita" does not require use of a telephone；it also does not use GPS technology or facial recognition.

Whether the robot will be a success is not yet clear. Tech experts say "the Gita" may fail. They hope the company finds more purposes to contribute to its success. Examples include carrying tools around hospitals, factory floors or places where products are stored. The robots can carry up to 9 kilograms. So far, the best places to find the company's six-wheeled robot are US colleges：The University of Houston and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sadie Garcia is a student at the University of Houston. "I love them. I think they're so cute," she said, as one of the machines arrived carrying a sandwich for her in the dining hall. Garcia said she was so cold that she did not want to leave her room. Starship co-founder Ahti Heinla said his company once thought about selling the machines directly to consumers. But the business dropped the idea after discovering it would have to sell them for more than $ 3,000 each.

1.What is "the Gita" designed to do?

A.Fight with other robots. B.Buy things for its owner.

C.Carry things for its owner. D.Help college students do homework.

2.What do tech experts expect the company to do for "the Gita"?

A.Keep advertising it. B.Find more uses for it.

C.Improve its reaction rate. D.Encourage hospitals to use　　 it.

3.What stops "the Gita" from being sold directly to consumers?

A.The high price. B.The low quality.

C.The limited number. D.The poor performance.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A detective story. B.A science magazine.

C.A travel guide. D.A life diary.

高一英语阅读选择简单题查看答案及解析

The other day, my wife and I were in Kent County when we saw smoke on the horizon. We went about our business for a little while, and then curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to go over and check out the fire. It turned out there was a brush fire that got out of control and grew from 25 acres to 100 acres.

What struck me most about that day was the word “volunteer” written on almost every piece of emergency equipment that I could see. No one was getting paid to fight the fire that day. They were there because they chose to be, not because they had to be.

How many of us would wake up early one fine Sunday morning, get dressed in hot, bulky(笨重的) clothing and risk our lives for no money and little reward? These folks do that all the time. I live in a densely populated(人口稠密的) area, and our local fire department is volunteer. Most of the time when we see these individuals, they are either on the way to or back from an emergency. We also occasionally see them collecting money on the side of the road. With either boots or helmets in hand, they ask for donations to keep them in the latest life-saving equipment. I think very few people give them the amount that’s equal to, say, a basic cable(缆绳) bill.

As a small business owner, I really can’t give these people enough money. And I don’t think our communities do enough to honor these people who risk their lives and volunteer. If you ever lose your faith in people, follow one of these trucks to a disaster and watch who jumps off and what they do. I believe you’ll be amazed by what total strangers are willing to do to protect you.

1.When the author was in Kent County the other day, he __________.

A.lost his business B.had a quarrel with his wife

C.witnessed a big fire D.acted as a volunteer firefighter

2.What does the question in Paragraph 3 mainly show?

A.Volunteer firefighters are really selfless.

B.Most of brush fires break out on Sundays.

C.Volunteers firefighters often get up earlier than others.

D.More and more people are ready to be volunteer firefighters.

3.How does the author feel about people’s donations to volunteer firefighters?

A.Disappointed. B.Confident. C.Curious. D.Excited.

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Do what we can to prevent fires B.Don’t put yourself at risk of a fire

C.Keep a warm heart in volunteer work D.Don’t take volunteer firefighters for granted

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Chinese researchers have developed a robot designed to help doctors treat the new coronavirus and other highly contagious (传染的)diseases.

The machine has a long robotic arm attached to a base with wheels. It can perform some of the same medical examination tasks as doctors. For example, the device can listen to sounds made by patients'hearts and lungs.

Cameras record the robot's activities, which are controlled at a distance so doctors can avoid coming in close contact with infected patients. Doctors and other medical workers can run the machine from a nearby room, or from much farther away.

The robot's main designer is Zheng Gangtie, an engineer and professor at China's Tsinghua University in Beijing. He told Reuters news agency that he got the idea for the machine when the number of cases of the COVID-19 virus was rising quickly in the city of Wuhan.

One of Zheng's friends, head of Bering's Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, told him that one of the biggest problems in dealing with COVID-19 was that healthcare workers treating patients were getting themselves infected. Zheng said he wanted to do something to help this situation.

So the engineer gathered a team and went to work on the robot. Zheng said the team was able to change two robotic arms. The new robot is almost completely automated (自动化的), Zheng said. It can even disinfect itself after performing actions involving patient contact.

"Doctors are all very brave," Zheng told Reuters. "But this virus is just too contagious…We can use robots to perform the most dangerous tasks."

However, Zheng said he had heard from some doctors that it would be better not to build such robots. This is because many patients still desire a personal presence to help calm them during treatment.

The team now has two robots and both have been tested by doctors at hospitals in Beijing. One machine was once taken to Wuhan's Union Hospital, where doctors there were trained to use it.

Zheng would like to build more of the robots, but money from the university has run out, each robot costs about$72,000 to make. He does not plan to commercialize the design, but hopes that a company can begin that process.

1.What are Paragraph 4 and 5 mainly about?

A.When the robot was designed. B.How the robot is controlled.

C.Who the robot is intended for. D.Why the robot was invented.

2.The underlined word"disinfect"in Paragraph 6 most probably means _____.

A.clean B.destroy C.decorate D.break

3.What difficulty is Zhang Gangtie faced with?

A.Patients refusing to use the new robot.

B.Healthcare workers getting themselves infected.

C.Being short of money to produce more of the robots.

D.Having no teammates to commercialize the design.

4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A.Doctors are Fighting against Coronavirus

B.Coronavirus is Under Control in China

C.Chinese Robot is Invented to Replace Doctors to Cure Diseases

D.Chinese Robot is Designed to Help Doctors Fight Coronavirus

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Don’t know how to take care of your plants? A little spider-like robot will chase the sunlight, run to shade, dance when it’s doing well and stomp (跺脚) when it needs to be watered.

It’s called the HEXA Plant, a six-legged machine created by Vincross, a robotics company in Beijing, China.

The robot plant will crawl toward the sunlight when it needs it, then will rotate (转动) when it enjoys the sun in order to absorb its rays on all sides. When it needs to cool off, it will look for shade. It also plays with humans and dances when it is happy, moving its legs up and down. But it gets “angry” when it’s thirsty by stomping its legs.

With six legs, the HEXA Plant can move anywhere-in any direction and around any objects in its path. It’s even nimble enough to navigate (导航) unexpected drops, like if it had to suddenly step over a gap between two tabletops. It has a variety of “eyes”, including an infrared sensor (红外线感应器), a distance sensor, and a 720p camera with night vision, which could be very handy if you want it to send it out like a guard dog at night, to go check on any sudden noises. It has a built-in Wifi as well as various ports (USB) to expand its many talents.

So sure, it’ s not as cute as a garden gnome (守护精灵), but it can do a lot more than just stand there and look cute.

The inventor of the cute robot, Sun Tiangi, was inspired by a dead sunflower. He had idea why it died-whether it was because of the lack of sunshine or water. That’s when he had the idea for the walking plant. He says plants are passive. He wants to allow plants to experience movement.

1.What can’t the HEXA Plant do?

A.Find a cool place when it feels hot.

B.Play with people.

C.Drink water when it’s thirsty.

D.Move in any direction.

2.What does the underlined word “nimble” in the forth paragraph mean?

A.Happy. B.Clever. C.Angry. D.Passive.

3.What inspired Sun Tianqi to invent the HEXA Plant?

A.A walking plant. B.A dead sunflower.

C.Sunshine and water. D.A strange animal.

4.Where can we most probably read the passage?

A.In an advertisement. B.In a novel.

C.In a science magazine. D.In a storybook.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

The stars arrived stylishly in a boat, waving to onlookers and photographers waiting on the shore of Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong.

The “Lust, Caution” famous and respectable star, Tony Leung said that there was a reason why he wanted to challenge himself to do comedy, even after he received countless accolades for his successful role of the Kung Fu master Ye Wen in “The Grandmaster.” “Basically after ‘The Grandmaster’ I don’t plan on shooting any more dramas. So I’ve been filming comedies. I think from here on now, the audience will see me more in comedies.”

In “See You Tomorrow,” Leung plays a bar owner, who’s also in the business of helping people to get back on their feet from failed marriages to falling out of love. Leung said that the role might be a far off from his past characters, but it’s a type of role that the fans will see more of from now on. He said, “I think audiences don’t get to see me in comedies a lot. I’ve spent a long time shooting dramas, so people think I’m very serious. I think people will see a huge contrast in the film.”

Co-star Eason Chan said that even though they’re old pals off screen, once they stepped onto the film set, it was strictly business. “ We could be in character instantly, that is ,the moment we arrived on set, we were the characters. So people asked us, ‘did you guys talk a lot when the cameras weren’t rolling?’ Not really because we were really into our characters. The mood on set was serious, relaxing but we were much focused. The film also stars Sandrine Pinna, Taiwan Hankaneshiro and Angela Baby.” said Eason. It is planned to be screened in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland over the Christmas period.

1.What does the underlined word “accolades” mean?

A.Praise. B.criticism.

C.comments. D.gratitude.

2.What is Tony Leung devoted to now?

A.Making dramas.

B.Filming something Funny.

C.Playing the role of Ye Wen.

D.Shooting “The Grandmaster”.

3.In “See You Tomorrow”, Leung helps 　　　　 .

A.people sage the failed marriage

B.people hurt to be independent of love

C.people who fail get back on their feet

D.people with their unsuccessful business

4.What can we infer from what Eason Chan said?

A.They were not friends anymore when cooperating.

B.The new film would make same stars more popular.

C.They focused on the performance the moment they were on set.

D.They had to keep silent due to the seriousness of the mood on set

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Learn your strengths and weaknesses. Specifically, learn when you are most likely to misbehave. 1.Don’t let yourself into situations where you misbehave, or find ways to stop your misbehavior. The more you know about yourself, the better prepared you are to control yourself.

●A great way to learn about yourself is through writing. 2.Be honest with yourself .When are you most in control and when are you least in control? When do you misbehave the most? What are the circumstances (情况) when you misbehave? Are you sad, stressed, hungry, or sleep-deprived? Once you find a pattern to your behavior, use that information and change your lifestyle to improve your behavior.

●3.Find a quiet place and just sit and focus on your breathing. After a while, you’ll feel everything slip away. What’s left is yourself. Ask yourself questions and answer honestly.

●Ask your friends and family what they see about you. Ask them .how they think you could improve your behavior, and where they think any outbursts come from.4.Just letting them know you want to improve can go a long way.

●Go to a behavioral specialist, or school counselor (辅导员) .Even if you’re doing better, this can be greatly helpful in learning about yourself and how to behave yourself.

5.Though these aren’t always accurate, they can help you realize things you already know about yourself.

A.Take an online personality test.

B.Remember that they’re there to help you.

C.Make lists of your strengths and weaknesses.

D.Take notes and commit to learning the material.

E.Another great way to learn about yourself is through meditation(冥想).

F.Use that information to stop your misbehavior before it happens.

G.Use what you learn about yourself 10 improve your behavior.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

What do you usually do when you have some free time? Do you take part in any form of hobby? If your answer is no, then you should think twice. Experiencing some type of interest or hobby might be the Ideal way to develop your brain an improve your creative thinking.

Here is a common problem that many older people have. They have spent such a great deal of time raising their family that once their children are grown and left home, they all of a sudden start to experience their age. Quite often, it is not their age that is the concern. It is the fact that they are unexpected offered more time on their hands.

When you put in too much time not doing anything, this can affect your brain. This is just where the expressions “If you don’t use it, you lose it” definitely is the truth. Your mind needs working out much like any other muscle in your body. This is why getting a hobby matters. It offers you something to do and is a perfect way to meet new people.

Enjoying a hobby is also a perfect way to improve creative thinking at any age. Even young children can profit from taking a new hobby. For retired people, enjoying a hobby which they can find entertainment in with their grandchildren will help keep them active and feeling young at heart.

Several hobbies that are terrific for both your mind and your body include yoga, biking, swimming and golf. If you aren’t fond of sports, even taking a walk regularly is a wonderful way to keep active. It helps you to appreciate fresh scenery and it has been suggested that the colors green and blue help make you more creative.

As you can see above, you can get pretty much from taking a hobby. With so many choices waiting for you, begin your journey right away!

1.What can be implied about many older people from Paragraph 2?

A.They used to have little free time. B.They concern about their age.

C.They lack creative thinking. D.They should develop their brain.

2.Why does getting a hobby matter according to the text?

A.It improves one’s living conditions. B.It strengthens one’s brain.

C.It helps build up one’s muscle. D.It enables one to make friends.

3.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.Feeling young at heart B.Spending your free time

C.Trying different hobbies D.Experiencing your hobby now

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Someone asked me, “What do you think of youth?” I showed him a can of COKE and said “See this C? It ______ courage.” I continued by saying that. There’s a seed in everyone’s heart. As long as you keep ______ it well, it will grow and produce a harvest. Courage gives us the ______ to follow our dreams. Believe in _______ and be prepared for anything in the future.

“O” ______ optimism (乐观的). When in trouble, some people feel ______ and give up, but some people ______ keep their dreams. Be ______ to follow the latter group. Life is very much like a ______. If you smile at　 it, it smiles ______ at you. If you cry you will get a similar look in ______ . Throw away the sadness in your heart while　 ______ it with brightness and hope.

“K” can be understood as “knowledge”. In order to keep up with the times, we should learn new things to enrich our ______ . Knowledge is the food of thought,_______ as long as it is put in our brain, we will grow ______ .

“E” is short for “enthusiasm ”. Enthusiasm is the sign of youth. We use _______ paints to make ______ in our youth. Let’s do the same with our lives by being enthusiastic. Let the sky and sea know we’re young. ______ your enthusiasm shine wherever you go.

Drink a can of COKE. You will ______ that your youth is as refreshing (有活力的) as a can of coke. Enjoy and ______ your youth.

1.A. pronounces　　 B. means　　 C. defends　　 D. introduces

2.A. water　　 B. to water　　 C. watered　　 D. watering

3.A. power　　 B. custom　　 C. ability　　 D. creation

4.A. myself　　 B. her　　 C. yourself　　 D. others

5.A. calls for　　 B. stands for　　 C. consists of　　 D. sends for

6.A. disappointed　　 B. astonished　　 C. unexpected　　 D. uneasy

7.A. yet　　 B. even　　 C. still　　 D. just

8.A. able　　 B. sure　　 C. likely　　 D. willing

9.A. picture　　 B. river　　 　　 C. mirror　　 D. dream

10.A. ahead　　 B. straight　　 C. forward　　 D. back

11.A. need　　 B. deed　　 C. size　　 D. return

12.A. filling　　 B. reaching　　 C. covering　　 D. touching

13.A. arms　　 B. legs　　 C. ears　　 D. minds

14.A. and　　 B. but　　 C. however　　 D. or

15.A. fatter　　 B. wiser　　 C. stronger　　 D. taller

16.A. colorful　　 B. careful　　 C. useful　　 D. meaningful

17.A. music　　 B. pictures　　 C. songs　　 D. stories

18.A. Approach　　 B. Contain　　 C. Let　　 D. Design

19.A. permit　　 B. invent　　 C. find　　 D. seek

20.A. save　　 B. depend　　 C. spare　　 D. value

高一英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析