What’s next after the smartphone?Humans can p...

What’s next after the smartphone?

Humans can play tricks today that magicians couldn’t have imagined 50 years ago. Armed with only a tiny device today, our smartphone allows us to access a lifetime’s worth of information, connect with anyone in real time even if they are miles away. But the most astonishing part of this technological “magic” is the speed at which new opportunities and experiences are coming out.

For generations, we have seen the inevitable connection between humans and technology as advancements are applied to serve us and improve our quality of life. And the rate of technological progress is doubling every year.

Twenty years ago, who would have thought that we would be walking with robots and cyborgs (半人半机器的生物)? With the development of technology, we humans are accepting digital technologies to improve and expand our senses and abilities. Take Moon Ribs and Neil Harbison for example. They are both cyborgs, with Ribs having a chip put into her arm so she can feel earthquakes all around the world in real time and Harbison, who is color blind, has an antenna (天线) put into his head to allow him to be aware of visible and invisible colors via sound waves.

This is only the beginning. As we continue to spend more time with machines, the more they will become embedded (嵌入) in our lives. Technology already feels like it has a mind of its own, and over the next two decades, this will become even more pronounced.

Machines will eventually become as intelligent as us, and, while today they may just live in our pockets, tomorrow they could be in our blood stream and our minds, linking us to the cloud. And as this gap separating humans and machines continues to close, we will reach a point where they can be hardly identified. Technology and humanity will fuse (融合) together some day in the near future.

1.The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell readers _____.

A.smartphone brings us convenience and lifetime’s worth of information

B.the magical and powerful functions of smartphone

C.the most astonishing technological magic of smartphone

D.new opportunities and experiences are approaching at a high speed

2.The writer of this passage takes Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson for example to _____.

A.make a comparison between the two of them

B.introduce the founders of the Cyborg Foundation

C.prove they are much more intelligent than human beings

D.show that machines has become embedded in human lives

3.Neil Harbison is a cyborg that can _____.

A.help human to create other cyborgs

B.sense colours by using sound waves

C.see both visible and invisible colours

D.feel earthquakes all around the world

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.The new technologies related to smartphone in the near future.

B.Machines will eventually become as intelligent as human beings.

C.The future tendency that technology and humanity will fuse together.

D.We are reaching a point where we can’t tell technologies and machines apart.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

We humans can play the piano . of course we play the piano with our ten fingers . But Teotronica can play with its 19 fingers . Teotronica is not a human . It is a robot . It is a special robot which can play the piano like humans .

Nattei Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronica . Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy and he is more than thirty years old . He was interested in science when he was young . He always likes to use his head to create amazing things . He spent four years making the musical robot . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about 4,700 dollars .

Teotronica is a special and great robot . It has more fingers than humans . It plays the piano faster than a human . Teotronica can sing as well when it plays the piano . It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it ,. Teotronica can even use its eyes to interact with humans because there are cameras in its eyes .Teotronica is amazing , isn’t it ?

1.How many fingers does Teotronica have ?

A. Ten　　　　 B. Fifteen　　　　　 C. Nineteen　　　　 D. Twenty

2.How long did it take Matteo Suzzi to make Teotronica ?

A. Two years .　　　 B. Three years .

C. Five years .　　 D . Four years .

3.How can Teotronica interact with humans ?

A. By using its eyes .　

B. By using its arms .

C. By moving around .

D. By playing music and singing .

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

A. Matteo Suzzi is only nineteen years old .

B. Matteo Suzzi was interested in music when he was young .

C. Matteo Suzzi spent 7,400 dollars creating Teotronica .

D. Teotronica can sing when it plays the piano .

5.What’s the best title for the passage ?

A. An Amazing Robot and a Musician .

B. A Musician Robot and Its Inventor

C. An Inventor from the USA

D. Differences Between Humans and Robots　

高二英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

What does the man want to do?

A. Play golf next Tuesday.　　 B. Visit his parents.　　 C. Take a day off.

高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

What does the man want to do?

A. Play golf next Tuesday.　　 B. Take a day off.　　 C. Visit his parents.

高二英语短对话简单题查看答案及解析

Some people can stay up all night and still get work done the next day. I’m not one of them. After a night without enough sleep, I feel bad-tempered. I have trouble remembering things. And all I want to do is go to bed.

How do you feel after you’ve stayed up late to finish schoolwork or the day after an overnight party? Scientists now say that your answers to these questions may depend on your genes.

New research suggests that a gene called “period 3” influences how well you function without sleep. The “period 3” gene comes in two forms: short and long. Everyone has two copies of the gene. So, you may have two longs, two shorts, or one of each. Your particular combination depends on what your parents passed on to you.

Scientists from the University of Surrey in England studied 24 people who had either two short or two long copies of “period 3”. Study participants (参与者) had to stay awake for 40 hours straight. Then, they took tests that measured how quickly they pushed a button when numbers flashed (闪过) on a screen and how well they could remember lists of numbers.

Results showed that the people with the short form of “period 3” performed much better on these tests than the people with the long form did. In both groups, people performed worst in the early morning.

After the first round of experiments, participants were finally allowed to sleep. People in the group that performed well on the tests (those with the short form of “period 3”) took about 18 minutes to nod off.

While people with the long “period 3” gene fell asleep in just 8 minutes. They also spent more time on deep sleep. That suggests that people with the long form of the gene need more and deeper sleep to keep their brains working in top form.

I think I must have the long form of “period 3”. What about you?

1.The purpose of this passage might be ___________

A.    to tell us the importance of plenty of sleep.

B.    to tell the result of a research on sleepy gene.

C.     to inform the harm of lacking sleep.

D.    to announce the sleeping rules of humans.

2.What kind of people need less sleep according to the research?

A.    Those with two short copies of the gene.

B. Those with two long copies of the gene.

C. Those with one short and one long copy of the gene.

D. Those with three short copies of the gene.

3.If one lacks enough sleep, one should avoid doing important or dangerous things ___________.

A. at noon               B. at night

C. in the afternoon           D. at dawn

4.Why did the writer think he or she had the long form of “period 3”?

A.    Because the writer could remain energetic without enough sleep.

B. Because the writer could do things correctly at dawn.

C. Because the writer needed more sleep to keep energetic.

D. Because the writer recovered quickly after sleep.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

We can see the blue sky and the shining sun. There is no possibility _____ it will rain or snow today.

A. which         B. where        C. that           D. whether

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What can people do in the center?

A. Play tennis.　　 B. Play basketball.　　 C. Play football.

2.How much will it cost to come to the center for a day?

A. $15.　　 B. $18.　　 C. $25.

3.What is the maximum of the group booking?

A. 5.　　 B. 8.　　 C. 18.

4.Who is Peter Wright?

A. A manager.　　 B. An operator.　　 C. A coach.

高二英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析

The little boys were 　　 tricks on the girl when their teacher came into the classroom.

A. to play with　　 B. playing to

C. going to play for　　　　 D. about to play

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

What To Do When You Break Your Smartphone?

As you pick the smartphone you just dropped from the pavement, your mind races. You can't afford a new one. How will you check your Wechat (微信)messages? Here are some of the things you can try if you break your phone.

1.

Smartphones are held together with screws(螺丝) and pins, which means in many cases, if you're handy enough, you can easily fix them. 2.

One site in particular, ifixit.com, offers guides for replacing and fixing nearly every part of a wide variety of smartphones, ranging from the very first iPhone all the way to the iPhone 7Plus.

Bring it to a repair shop

Smartphone repair shops are all over the place these days. 3.Depending on the damage to your phone, the price for repairs can range anywhere from﹩29 to more than﹩250.

Try selling your damaged phone

So your phone is damaged, and you don't want to spend the money to get it fixed. Why not try selling it? 4..Gazelle, for example, will pay you﹩40 for a 16GB iPhone 5s with a broken display, while Glyde will pay you﹩142 for an iPhone 6 with a cracked screen.

Buy a refurbished(翻新的) phone

So you've sold your broken smartphone and now you've got some extra spending cash, but it's still nowhere near enough to cover the full cost of a new smartphone, which can run more than $600. 5..

Well, if preowned(二手的)phones don't bother you, you can buy a refurbished handset from any number of carriers or stores at a modest discount.

A.What can you do?

B.Get insurance next time.

C.Try repairing it yourself.

D.So why not see if one of these stores can fix your busted(损坏的) handset?

E.In fact，there are entire websites designed to help you repair your own phone.

F.How much you get for your damaged phone depends on the model and what kind of issues it has.

G.And if they don't want your phone and you want to make sure that it's at least recycled，they'll do that too.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

The naughty boys would play ______trick on ______ neighbours who didn’t give them any sweets on Halloween.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析