Ralph W. Emerson would always ______ new idea...

Ralph W. Emerson would always ______ new ideas that occurred to him.

A. set off　　　　　　　　 B. set about

C. set up　　 　　　　 　　 D. set down

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Ralph W. Emerson would always ______ new ideas that occurred to him.

A. set off　　　　　　　     B. set about　　　　　　　     C. set up　　　　     D. set down

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Ralph Waldo Emerson once quoted that “Nothing great can ever be achieved without enthusiasm.” I have a lot of enthusiasm. This is Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey. Northlandz is the world’s largest model railroad. Well I guess, you know, everybody has a passion for something, my thing was trains.

I had trains around the Christmas tree as a kid. Wherever I lived I was planning track plans and then over 18 years I added five basements onto the house. And from that I got fairly good at making mountains and bridges and design work and we decided to give it to the world so we tore it all down, bought this land and built Northlandz.

Any given day we run between 85 and 90 trains. Here are some of the details in Northlandz inside—about 40,000 feet of track, and about 4,000 buildings over 400 bridges. Many of the mountains in here are three and a half stories high. Most things in here are scratch built. Underneath the entire superstructure there’s enough lumber to build about 42 large houses. It takes a few hours to go through for the average person to see everything.

We went millions into debt to build this place. Everybody thought we were nuts. The only one that believed in what I wanted to do was my wife and she was totally with me on this big time. It’s an artistic effort. It’s a gift to the world of what I can do and it makes a lot of people happy.

1.In Para. 1 the quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson is used to .

A.show that the author is as outstanding as Ralph Waldo Emerson

B.illustrate the author’s passion for the creation of Northlandz

C.draw readers’ interest in the model railroad called Northlandz

D.explain why the author is successful in his career

2.What can be inferred from Para. 2?

A.The author could drive trains around as a kid.

B.The author decided to donate the house to the world.

C.When he was 18. the author built five basements of the house.

D.The author’s hobby since childhood inspired his building Northlandz.

3.What can we learn about Northlandz?

A.It is the largest real railroad throughout the world.

B.There run 85 trains on the 40,000 feet of track every day.

C.People have to spend much time appreciating every detail of it.

D.Many mountains in it are so high as to reach three and a half meters.

4.What did people think of the author’s devotion to building the place?

A.Crazy and skeptical.

B.Artistic and admirable.

C.Ambitious and pleasant.

D.Frustrating and unbelievable.

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The idea that computers have some amount of “intelligence” is not new, says Ralph Haupter, the president of Microsoft Asia, pointing as far back as 1950 when computer pioneer Alan Turing asked whether machines can think. “So it has taken nearly 70 years for the right combination of factors to come together to move AI from concept to reality,” says Haupter.

It is predicted that the development of artificial intelligence will be the story of the coming generations, not just the coming year, but as 2019 gets underway, you’ll find AI will begin to touch your life in many ways according to some researchers.

“Personal assistant AIs will keep getting smarter. As our personal assistants learn more about our daily routines, I can imagine the day I need not to worry about preparing dinner. My AI knows what I like to eat, which days of the week I like to cook at home, and makes sure that when I get back from work all my groceries are waiting at my doorstep, ready for me to prepare that delicious meal I had been longing for.” ---Alecjandro Troccoli, senior research scientist, NVIDIA.

“Thanks to AI, the face will be the new credit card, the new driver’s license and the new barcode (条形码). Facial recognition is already completely transforming security with biometric capabilities being adopted, and seeing how technology and business are connected, like Amazon is with Whole Foods, I can see a near future where people will no longer need to stand in line at the store.” ---Georges Nahon, president, Orange Institute, a global research laboratory.

“2019 will be the year AI becomes real for medicine. By the end of the year we’re seeing solutions for population health, hospital operations and a broad set of clinical specialties quickly follow behind.” ---Mark Michalski, executive director, Massachusetts General Hospital.

1.What can we know about AI from the first two paragraphs?

A.People didn't expect AI to develop so rapidly.

B.The idea of AI just came up recently.

C.The concept of AI was put forward by Ralph Haupter.

D.It took more than 70 years to turn the concept into reality.

2.Who sees the future of AI doing housework instead of human being?

A.Alan Turing. B.Georges Nahon. C.Mark Michalski. D.Alejandro Troccoli.

3.What is Georges Nahon’s job?

A.Executive director of a hospital. B.President of a research laboratory.

C.Chairman of an energy corporation. D.Chief operating officer of a newspaper.

4.How is the passage developed?

A.By explaining cause and effect. B.By presenting research results.

C.By listing some predictions. D.By describing personal experiences.

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_________ to a lot of new ideas when studying in college, Mary always does something that others can’t understand to realize her dream.

A. Exposing   B. Exposed     C. Being exposed     D. Having exposed

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When Babbage was working at Cambridge, a new idea occurred to him. He wanted to construct a calculating machine to work out the solutions（解法）to maths problems not only with correctness but also with a speed beyond the power of any human mind. His machine could solve problems involving（涉及）long rows of figures in one continuous operation（运算）.

In 1822 Babbage exhibited his invention and won a prize from the government. After that, he immediately started to work on a larger machine designed to solve more difficult problems. Although he received some money left by his father, the money was not enough to support his design. He wrote to the government about his plan and was given ￡2500 to start with, a sum worth much more in those days than it is now.

Babbage continued his work in London for four years. Then his health broke down, and he had to take a long holiday abroad. When he returned to London in 1828, he was at the end of his resources. Many bills remained unpaid. His chief assistant and co-workers quarreled with him and left with many expensive tools. For one year no work was done. During this period, Babbage, whose mind was always active, suddenly thought of a completely new idea for the machine. He rushed to meet the government officials to explain his new idea. But this time, they were unwilling to help him. For eight years, they refused to say whether they wanted the machine or not, and their final answer was “No.”

From 1828 to 1839, Babbage held the position of professor at Cambridge very successfully. But his greatest work was the unfinished calculating machine which stood covered in dust in his house. It was the beginning of the modern computer.

1.The machine Babbage designed would solve difficult maths problems _________.

A. in one operation with few mistakes

B. in more than one operation without any mistakes

C. in more than one operation with slight mistakes

D. in one operation without any mistakes

2.Babbage failed to continue his research work in 1828 mainly because _______.

A. he was in poor health            B. he almost ran out of money

C. his co-workers argued with him   D. he spent all his money on his bills

3.Babage explained his new idea to the government officials, expecting that _________.

A. they would agree to his plan     B. they would pay for his new idea

C. they would support him with money                  D. they would exhibit his new design

4.From the passage, we can infer that __________.

A. Babbage failed to be a famous scientist at Cambridge

B. Babbage always had new ideas but gave them up easily

C. Babbage always needed support from the government officials

D. Babbage was the first designer of the modern computer

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I _______a cup of coffee when a new idea occurred to me.

A. drank　　　　　　 　　　　 B. was drinking

C. had drunk　　 　　　 　　 D. would drink

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A wonderful idea ________ me that day when I met with a tough problem，.

A. happened to　　　　　 B. occurred to

C. seemed to　　　　　　 　 D. compared to

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A wonderful idea ________ me that day when I met with a tough problem，.

A. happened to　　　　 　 B. occurred to

C. seemed to　　　　　　　 D. compared to

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Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand­up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their heads off. The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn't only funny, but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren't jealous of him.

In short, we don't laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person's emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.

1.What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A. Only good jokes make people laugh.

B. Many factors lead to people's laughing.

C. Funny things can make people laugh.

D. Laughter can make people healthy.

2.Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.

B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.

C. They could feel the pedestrians' happiness.

D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.

3.What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?

A. Annoy.　　 B. Blame.

C. Look down on.　　 D. Make up to.

4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A. 　　 B.

C. 　　 D.

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