A walking house is ______(有能力的) of using GPS ...

A walking house is ______(有能力的) of using GPS technology to travel to different places. (根据汉语意思及首字母完成句子)

高一英语根据汉语意思填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Ways to Track Your Personal Health Information on Your Phone

Your smartphone is a powerful and flexible tool for acquiring information related to your health. 1. There are other various ways that allow the user several approaches for acquiring health information.

● 2.The sensors (传感器) built in to your phone can automatically acquire selected types of health information when they are linked to suitable apps. Thus, the apps take advantage of the phone's stock hardware to deliver specialized health-related functions. 3. Numerous apps use the phone's GPS to track outdoor activities like running or walking. A handful of apps also use the accelerometer (加速度计) to track indoor activities like treadmill running，which would be impossible to measure with the GPS.

● Acquire information with a separate health sensor. The smartphone itself is a wonder of modern technology. 4. Here are a few devices you can connect with your phone to track health information: Activity trackers like the fitbit, blood pressure monitor, heart rhythm monitor. Comprehensive platforms like Apple's Health app make it easy to tie all this information together.

● Link to your electronic health records. Much of your health information may be stored in electronic health records maintained by your health care providers. 5.You can access your health records through a patient portal (入口) on your phone or download it with the Blue Button function.

A.See doctor with remote-controlled technology.

B.Acquire information with the phone’s sensors.

C.A popular example is tracking physical activity.

D.This is the most primitive way to track your health information.

E.Patients are now allowed to access information stored in electronic health records.

F.You can use your phone’s native apps or a cloud storage service to track your health information.

G.However, its greatest potential for health tracking may lie in the ability to connect to separate sensors.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Last summer, two nineteenth-century cottages were rescued from remote farm fields in Montana, to be moved to an Art Deco building in San Francisco. The houses were made of wood. These cottages once housed early settlers as they worked the dry Montana soil; now they hold Twitter engineers.

The cottages could be an example of the industry’s unusual love for “low technology”, a concept associated with the natural world, and with old-school craftsmanship（手艺）that exists long before the Internet era. Low technology is not virtual (虚拟的) —so, to take advantage of it, Internet companies have had to get creative. The rescued wood cottages, fitted by band in the late eighteen-hundreds, are an obvious example. Other companies are using a broader interpretation（阐释）of low technology that focuses on nature.

Amazon is building three glass spheres filled with trees, so that employees can “work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting.” At Google’s office, an entire is carpeted in glass. Facebook’s second Menlo Park campus will have a rooftop park with a walking path.

Olle Lundberg, the founder of Lundberg Design, has worked with many tech companies over the years. “Our tech engineers are the ones who feel impoverished, because they’re surrounded by the digital world,” he says. “We’ve found that introducing real crafts is one way to regain their individual identity.”

This craft-based theory is rooted in history. William Morris, the English artist and writer, turned back to pre-industrial arts in the eighteen-sixties, just after Industrial Revolution. The Arts and Crafts movement defined itself against machines. “Without creative human occupation, people became disconnected from life.” Morris said.

Research has shown that natural environments can restore our mental abilities. In Japan, patients are encouraged to “forest-bathe”, taking walks through woods to lower their blood pressure.

These health benefits apply to the workplace as well. Rachel Kaplvin, a professor of environmental psychology, has spent years researching the restorative effects of natural environment. Her research found that workers with access to nature at the office - even simple views of trees and flowers - felt their jobs were less stressful and more satisfying. If low-tech offices can potentially benefit the brains and improve the mental health of employees then, fine, bring on the cottages.

1.The writer mentions the two nineteenth-century cottages to show that _________

A.Twitter is having a hard time

B.Old cottages are in need of protection

C.Early settlers once suffered from a dry climate in Montana

D.Internet companies have rediscovered the benefits of low technology

2.Low technology is regarded as something that __________

A.is related to nature B.is out of date today

C.cosumes too much energy D.exists in the virtual world

3.The writer’s attitude to “low technology” can best be described as __________

A.Critical B.positive

C.worried D.doubtful

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

A.Past Glories, Future Dreams

B.The Virtual World, the Real Challenge

C.High-tech Companies, Low-tech Offices

D.The More Craftsmanship, the Less Creativity

高一英语阅读选择困难题查看答案及解析

Tired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again.

Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to see what you’ve taken off shelves and charge you as you walk out. Some companies are closely copying Amazon’s approach to using Al-powered cameras fixed in ceilings. But others are trying an entirely different way to skip the checkout: smart shopping carts. These companies have added cameras and sensors (传感器) to the carts, and are using AI to tell what you’ve put in them. Customers pay by entering a credit card, or through an online payment system. When a customer exits the store a green light on the shopping cart shows that their order is complete, and they’re charged.

The companies behind the smart carts, including Caper and Veeve, say it’s much easier to add technology to the shopping cart than to an entire store. Amazom’s Go stores rely on hundreds of cameras in the ceiling. The shelves also include sensors to tell when an item is removed. Ahmed Beshry, co-founder of Caper, believes the technology to run Go is too expensive to use in a large-format grocery store. Neither Caper nor Veeve have said how much their smart shopping carts will cost, making it difficult to compare the different formats. Shariq Siddiqui, CEO of Veeve, said, “We’re always happy when Amazon is doing something. They force retailers to get out of their old school thinking.”

Each time a business uses artificial intelligence and cameras, it raises questions about customers’ privacy and the effect on jobs. Beshry notes that the cameras in his shopping cart point down into the cart, so only a customer’s hand and part of their arm will be captured (拍摄) on camera.

1.What do we know about the smart shopping carts?

A.They are linked to the cameras fixed in the ceilings.

B.They are able to recognize goods put in them.

C.They flash the green light when the order is canceled.

D.They can tell customers where to find what they want.

2.What does Beshry think of the technology used in Amazon’s Go stores?

A.It is far more expensive than their shopping carts.

B.It is likely to help retailers to think differently.

C.It has attracted many more retailers than before.

D.It may reduce the cost of running a store greatly.

3.When it comes to AI and cameras, What makes the public worried most?

A.That somebody may know their privacy.

B.That they can only buy goods online.

C.That goods in the stores may be more expensive.

D.That they behave to wait in a line for a longer time.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.The new technology improves retail sale.

B.Smart shopping carts will let you skip the line.

C.Al-powered cameras are used in retail stores.

D.Artificial intelligence affects the future of job market.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

Electrical devices(仪器)could soon use power made by human energy. Scientists say they have developed an experimental device that produces electricity from the physical movement of a person walking , British scientist Max Donelan and other scientists in Canada and the United States developed the device.

The device connects to a person’s knee. As the person walks ,the device captures energy each time the person slows down. To do this ,the device helps with the slowing sown movement of the leg, the movements of the walking person push parts of a small machine that produces electricity. Using the device, an adult walking quickly could produce thirteen watts of electricity in just a minute. Donelan says walking at that speed could produce enough power to operate a laptop computer for six minutes.

There are several possible uses for the device. Developers say it could help people who work in areas without electricity to operate small computers. The device could also he used in hospitals to operate heart pacemakers(起博器), it could even be used to assist in the movement of robotic arms and legs.

The experimental version of the device weighs about one and a half kilograms, but it is too costly for most people to buy, but the researchers hope to make a lighter, less costly version, An improved version should be ready in one year.

The developers hope the device will one day help developing countries; nearly twenty five percent of people around the world live without electric power.

A similar product was invented in 2005 by Larry Rome of the University of Pennsylvania, He created a bag carried on a person’s back that also produces power from walking. The knee device does not produce as much electricity as the bag, but the bag requires the walker to carry a load of twenty to thirty kilograms.

1.The second paragraph mainly talks about　　

A.who developed the device

B.how the device works

C.several possible uses for the devices

D.how much electricity the device can produce

2.What is the disadvantage of the experimental version of the device?

A.It is too heavy for the walker to bear

B.It is too complex for people to use

C.It is too expensive for most people to afford

D.It will slow down one’s walking speed

3.Compared with the device designed by Larry Rome, this new device　　

A.produces power without adding more loads to the walker

B.can produce more power in a much shorter time

C.needs to be equipped with a battery

D.can help the walker walk faster

4.From the passage, we can learn that the electrical device can　　

A.help housewives operate the washing machine

B.make it much easier for us to go online

C.produce more electricity than that invented by Larry Rome

D.be applied in medical fields to operate heart pacemakers

5.What would be the best title for the passage

A.First device powered by walking will soon be on the market

B.Advanced technology brings in a new way to operate heart pacemakers

C.Device gives new meaning to the idea of power walking

D.Human energy will become a main source of electricity

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

For centuries, people have moved to and lived in cities. These urban centres are places to find work, friends and fun. It's no surprise that they continue to grow as more and more people flood in hoping to make the most of the chances they offer but adding to the congestion and pollution that already exist.

According to a report by the United Nations, 54 percent of the world's population lives in urban areas and it predicts that by 2050,this figure will have increased to around 70 percent. But as more and more people move from the countryside to the city to get better chances, they can end up with nowhere to live.

This is true in places such as Rio de Janeiro, where the people from the countryside can't rent or buy a home,and they end up building their own communities and houses on unoccupied land. These are called shanty towns— poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials—and often don't have any electricity or water supply.

These are, of course, not the future cities we want to see. Some serious urban planning is needed to make our cities of the future good, safe and modern places to live in. This involves improving the housing conditions, the chances for education and employment and so on.

Something urban planners are looking at now is the creation of“smart cities”. According to John Rossant, founder and chairman of the non-profit organisation New Cities Foundation, technology is the way forward. He thinks that it's generally accepted that “cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet, robust 5G networks etc, will change our cities”. He says technology is really “a game changer” in urbanization (城市化). It would collect large amounts of data about how a city is working and may improve how a city functions.

1.Why will a larger population be living in a city by 2050?

A.Because the government encourages the development of cities.

B.Because more people will have more children.

C.Because the countryside will disappear.

D.Because more people will move into the city to get more good opportunities

2.What can we know about shanty towns?

A.They have good quality housing built for poor people.

B.They are filled with people living under poverty.

C.They are built by the government.

D.They are developed and modern.

3.What name is given to a city that uses technology to help it function properly?

A.Traditional cities. B.Future cities.

C.Smart cities. D.Developing cities

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

During summer days, warmer temperatures bring pests like mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can cause lots of trouble for people.1.. They even can spread many serious diseases.

An easy way to protect yourself against mosquitoes is using repellents (驱虫剂). Joseph Conlon, an advisor of the American Mosquito Control Association, recommends using repellents that are registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, which ensures that they actually do no harm to humans. 2.. But some repellents can provide 4-6 hours of protection if the quality of them is excellent.

Mosquitoes are also very weak. A slight wind from a fan can help keep them away from you. It turns out that many mosquitoes are not very good fliers. 3..

Another way is to clear all the standing water (积水) every five days. Conlon explains that mosquitoes can produce young in water collected in areas as small as bottle caps. But they have a limited flight range, which means they can’t travel far. “The best way to avoid them is to not have them around in the first place.” he says. If you’ve got them in your backyard, it’s because you’re raising them in your backyard. 4.. “If you can’t avoid the standing water around your house, I suggest raising fish that will eat mosquito larvae (幼虫).”

5.. They’ve experimented with male mosquitoes containing some materials that stop females from producing larvae. “There are not a lot of companies producing new chemicals or treatments that we can use,” a researcher of the experiment adds. “We need new technologies and products to get rid of mosquitoes.”

A.They usually provide two hours of protection.

B.Do remember to keep children away from them.

C.So try to make sure your house doesn’t have standing water.

D.You can wear protective clothing and keep your windows closed.

E.You can set up a fan in your house so that mosquitoes can’t bite you.

F.Many people hardly sleep well at night with mosquitoes flying around.

G.The researchers also try to find high-tech solutions to mosquito population.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Countries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions. 1. Instead, we should feed the world’s poor and find immediate solutions to other problems. However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realize how exploring space helps us.

2. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. 3. After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations and advice for farmers.

Space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. High-end products around the world are made to a higher standard. Today space technologies are widely used in all kinds of industries. 4.

Sending astronauts into space has helped people think about the world’s problems and find ways to solve them. Our planet’s resources are limited. In order to provide for the rapidly increasing population, scientists are trying to find other planets that could one day be our new home. 5. In the future, humans may live on both planets.

Exploring space benefits us so much. So it should continue so as to provide new and better solutions to people’s short-term and long-term problems.

A.Then the data is transmitted to scientists on Earth.

B.Exploring space brings many difficulties to the world.

C.Some people think we should realize how exploring space helps us.

D.The greatest attention at present is on Mars because it is closer to Earth.

E.Some people argue we should stop wasting time and money exploring space.

F.Exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger.

G.GPS, memory foam pillows, smartphone cameras and so on are changing our lives.

高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

Researchers from the Institute for Human Ma succeeded in training a 165-pound human-like robot, called Atlas, to move across narrow blocks using a system called LIDAR.

At first sight, a robot walking across several blocks may look like a simple thing but many actions that humans can do easily are difficult for robots as heavy as Atlas.

Our joints （关节） and a natural balance system allow us to deal with different obstacles （障碍）easily. Besides, our small, narrow feet allow us to move around tight obstacles easily, or step over obstacles, while supporting ourselves.

With atlas, LIDAR uses a pulsed laser（脉冲激光器）to measure the distance between objects and this is done by the machine so it can step correctly on the blocks. It also builds a map of the area Atlas's going to travel across, and then uses a‘ path planning algorithm（算法）’to determine each step it should take. The robot is able to balance with its human-like feet and joints which give it ranges（范围）of movement.

Presently Atlas is successful with about half of its tests, according to IHMC, but the company is already working to increase that rate by improving the robot's balance and the range of movement in its joints.

Perhaps the most interesting setting for using human-like robots is outer space. The team say that when humans explore other planets, robots like Atlas could go before that to develop a habitat suitable for human beings to live in. But researchers believe they would be immediately useful in dangerous emergency situation. Their ability to walk on different types of land could make them perfect for searching a fallen building or an earthquake for people trapped, where a wheeled robot would get stuck.

1.Why is Atlas' weight mentioned?

A.To show the success of the research. B.To compare Atlas with other robots

C.To make readers interested in the topic. D.To tell how Atlas walks independently.

2.What does Atlas depend on to keep balance?

A.LIDAR. B.Its natural joints.

C.Narrow blocks. D.Its weight.

3.What can we learn about Atlas?

A.It can easily walk across different obstacles. B.It is still under improvement.

C.A pulsed laser decides each step it takes. D.It helps create a map of outer space.

4.What might Atlas do in the distant future?

A.Save lives in dangerous situations. B.Rebuild fallen houses

C.Forecast earthquake. D.Explore possible living space.

高一英语阅读选择中等难度题查看答案及解析

He is used to ________ to his office in spite of bad weather.

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析