It’s a safe bet that a robot made your car an...

It’s a safe bet that a robot made your car and made your computer. Pretty soon, they could be making your bed and breakfast too.

Increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to move out of research departments and into your home. Companies including Sony and General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba, a robot that can clean floors, are flying off the shelves.

What’s behind this new robot revolution? It’s partly a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, crawl or ride on wheels. Robots are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more energy efficient.

A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the day the television remote control was invented, people around the world have searched for new ways to be lazy. Take into consideration that more and more people can afford robots, and the time seems ripe to introduce robots to the average family.

To be sure, robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still a long way off. However, robots that do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening are sure to come out soon. One thing is certain---when these robots do come to our homes, it will change things forever.

1.According to the passage, robots can do the following things EXCEPT________.

A. cleaning floors　　 B. making cars　　 C. talking like people　　 D. making computers

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Smaller robots are less energy efficient.　　 B. Roomba has been out of date

C. People will become lazier than before.　　 D. People’s demand contributes to new robots

3.The underlined part in the 2nd paragraph probably means________.

A. new robots will soon come into people’s homes.　　 B. new robots can fly by themselves .

C. robot products are cheaper and cheaper　　 D. new robots have more functions than old ones

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Robots will soon be on sale　　 B. Robots are in great demand

C. Robots are coming into our families.　　 D. Robots help us a lot

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–Your robot has caught a virus and it no longer works properly.

–Wow, ______ mess it has made! I really don’t know _______ to do with it.

A. what, how　　 B. how, how　　 C. what a, what　　 D. how, what

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–Your robot has caught a virus and it no longer works properly.

–Wow, ______ mess it has made! I really don’t know _______ to do with it.

A.what, how B.how, how C.what a, what D.how, what

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Robot revolution

The day that a robot wakes you up, cleans your room and walks your dog might still be a few decades （十年）off. But increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to make the leap from the factory floor to your family room.

Companies like Sony and General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba, a robot that can clean floors, are flying off the shelves. On the cover of a recent issue of Scientific American magazine, Bill Gates predicted the “Dawn of the Age of Robots”.

What’s behind this new era (时代)? It’s partly a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, crawl or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more energy efficient.

A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the day Robert Adler invented the television remote control in the 1950s, people around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier.

Also take into consideration the increasing wealth of rich people, the time appears ripe to introduce robots to ease our daily lives.

To be sure, robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still too complex for our present engineering abilities. Today’s robot revolution is to make them for everyday use. Robots will do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening, or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.

What makes a robot different from an ordinary cleaning machine is not the presence of computer chips (芯片). Nowadays even your microwave has a computer chip. It is the ability to sense and make changes to the environment in real time.

For example, a floor-cleaning robot should be able to sense your scared cat and move out of the way. Today’s computing ability is, for the first time, able to make machines that could “think”, at least in certain limited ways.

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To make sure that you enjoy your visit to the Harper Hot Springs(温泉)and that you are safe during your visit, please take time to read the following:

Do not put your head under the hot water because it may be bad for your eyes.

Do not run around because the floors may be slippery

Do not leave your children alone.

Do not leave your things about. Just ask one of our workers to look after your things.

Do not eat or drink anything in the area because we want to keep the area clean .There is a place for you to eat and soft drinks when you need to have a rest.

Do not bring anything made of glass into the area, because it maybe easily to broken when you fall.

Do not bring any hard drinks into the area.

Do not smoke in the area.

Do not stay in the sunlight for too long.

We hope that you will enjoy your visit here

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1.The purpose(目的)of this notice is＿＿ .

A. to ask people to visit the Spring

B. to make people know the area

C. to tell visitors what not to do

D. to tell the visitors to have a rest

2.people are not allowed to＿＿ .

A. bring any things into the area

B. have soft drinks in the area

C. look after children in the area

D. sit in the sun for long in the area

3.＿＿is not mentioned(提到)in the notice.

A. How long visitors can stay in the area

B. What visitors cannot come to the area.

C. Who can take care of the visitors things

D. Whether smoking is allowed in the area

4.The Chinese meaning for“slippery” is＿＿

A.平坦的    B.湿滑的    C.狭隘的   D.冰凉的

5.The notice is Written for＿＿.

A. visitors       B. children      C. workers       D. managers

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__________car traffic in city centers and make the air cleaner, some countries made rules that drivers should pay extra money if they drive in the city centers.

A.Reduce　　 B.Reducing

C.To reduce D.Reduced

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—Why did your family buy a second-hand car?

—We couldn’t afford a new one, but even an old one is better than _________.

A. no B. none C. either D. neither

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—Why did your family buy a second-hand car?

—We couldn’t afford a new one, but even an old one is better than _________.

A.no B.none C.either D.neither

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You _______ drive your car so fast in such bad weather and that is not responsible for yourself and people around you.

A.wouldn't B.needn't C.couldn't D.shouldn't

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If you were asked what your body is made of, probably you would say that it is made of flesh(肉体) and bones and covered with skin. You also know something about the blood which flows through it, and that there is a very important part which we call the brain.

But the flesh and the bones make up the largest part of the body, and there is a good deal to be learned about them. You know the general appearance of both flesh and bone from the parts of animals which you see in the butcher’s shop.

Bone is hard, and of a white color; indeed, it looks more like a piece of wood or stone than a part of a living animal. But bone is a real part of the living body, and it grows and is nourished (滋养)just as the body is. If a man breaks the bone of his arm or his leg, it is firmly bound up, to prevent the broken parts from moving out of the proper places, and in time then bone grows together again and becomes quite strong.

The bones are fastened together by various kinds of joints(关节). They form the framework of the body, and give it strength to retain its proper shape. This framework is called the skeleton(骨架). Some animals, such as worms and slugs, have no skeleton; and others, such as shellfish, have a kind of hard covering or skeleton outside.

The most important part of the skeleton is the backbone. It is so important that naturalists divide all animals into two classes,--- those which have a backbone and those which have none. All the higher animals, including man, have a backbone, or vertebral column as it is called. They are therefore called vertebrate （脊椎的）animals. The others are called invertebrate animals.

1.What’s our body made of?

A. Flesh　

B. Flesh and bones.

C. Flesh, bones and flood.

D. Flesh, bones, flood and brain.

2.Where can we see flesh and bones from the parts of animals?

A. In the bookshop.　　　　　　　　 　 B In the butchers’ shop.

C. At home.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. In the shopping mall

3.Why should the bones bound up firmly if they were broken?

A.To make the bones strong

B. To protect our arms and legs

C. To fasten the joints.

D. To prevent the broken parts from moving out of the proper places.

4. From the passage, we know higher animals are called 　　　　　　 .

A. backbone　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. human beings

C. vertebrate animals　 　　　　　　 D. skeleton

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