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【题目】Amanda Kitts is one of “tomorrow’s people” people who have artificial (人工的) body pats. She has a bionic(电子操控的)arm.

Now, Kitts runs a day -care center. Children run up to her

happily as she comes into the classroom. She bends over to talk with a small girl. As she bends Kitts puts her hands on her knees. For most people, this would be easy. However, just a few years

ago, this was impossible for Kitts.

In 2006, Kitts was in a car accident. A truck crushed(挤坏) her left arm and the doctor had to

cut it off. "I was angry, sad, depressed. I just couldn't accept it," she says. But then she heard about a new technique that could use the remaining nerves(神经) in her shoulder to contort an artificial arm.

In a difficult operation, a doctor moved Kitts's nerves to different mens of her upper- arm muscles. For months, the nerves grew. Millimeter by millimeter, they moved deeper into their new homes. “At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐),”she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm. A research engineer worked with Kitts to make the computer programs match her real movements more and more closely.

Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect. She wants feeling in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is rough or smooth. She also needs feeling to do one of her favorite things-drink coffee "The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip,” she says. One time at a coffee shop, her hand kept closing until it crushed the cup. But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing”

【1】What is the difference between Kitts and normal people?

A. She has a bionic arm. B. She can bend C. She can put her hands on her knees

【2】Kitts got her first bionic arm _____________after the difficult operation.

A. almost three months B. over one month C. more than four months

【3】Kitts is able to ____________with her bionic hand.

A. clap her hands B. hold thing C. feel rough or smooth things

【4】Kitts's attitude toward her new arm is______________.

A. positive B. Angry C. perfect

【5】Choose the right order of the events

①Kitts heard about a new technique

②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup

③Kitts had two human arms

④A truck hit Kitts's car

⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm

⑥Doctors moved some of the nerves in Kitts’s arm

A. ④①⑥⑤②③ B. ③④⑤①②⑥ C. ③④①⑥⑤②

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】短文大意：文章介绍了阿曼达基茨在一次意外事故中失去了自己的左臂，在新技术的帮助下，她利用剩下的上臂神经，获得了新的仿生手臂。本文介绍了她的手臂的情况。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段的句子She has a bionic(电子操控的)arm.可知，阿曼达基茨她有一个仿生手臂。故选A。

【2】细节理解题。由第四段的句子At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐),”she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm.可知，在三个月的时候，她开始感觉到轻微的刺痛和抽搐。一个月后，她得到了她的第一个仿生手臂。因此一共是四个月，故选C。

【3】细节理解题。A. clap her hands 拍拍手；B. hold thing拿东西；C. feel rough or smooth things感觉得到粗糙或光滑的东西。根据短文的最后一段的句子The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip, 和句子But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing”说明，阿曼达基茨的仿生手臂可以拿东西，但是不能拍拍手和感受粗糙或光滑的东西。故选B。

【4】推理判断题。题干的意思是，阿曼达基茨对她的新手臂的态度是怎样的。A. positive 积极地；B. Angry生气的；C. perfect完美的。根据最后一段的句子But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing” 但阿曼达基茨积极地说，“有一天我能感觉到它，当我的孩子们唱歌的时候，我会为他们拍拍我的手鼓掌”。说明阿曼达基茨对于她的新手臂很积极乐观。故选A。

【5】细节理解题。排序题。选择事件发生的正确顺序。文章第一段“③Kitts有两个人的手臂”，一个是自己的，另一个是利用了别的男性的仿生手臂；第三段第一行④A truck hit Kitts's car知道作者在2006，Kitts遭遇车祸。一辆卡车碾碎了她的左臂。根据第三段的第二行①Kitts heard about a new technique可知她听说了一项新技术。再根据第四段的第一行⑥Doctors moved some of the nerves in Kitts’s arm可知，医生把Kitts的神经转移到她利用的不同男性的上臂肌肉的身上。由第四段的第四行可知⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm基茨获得了她的第一个仿生手臂。根据最后一段的第三行②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup可知，基茨把咖啡杯压碎了。因此事件的正确顺序是③④①⑥⑤②选择C。