The first robots were invented in the 1920s. Robots have appeared in Hollywood films such as Robocop and The Terminator. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and more intelligent than people.
In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too dangerous, difficult or boring for humans.
Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after themselves. For example, scientists are making a robot to help blind people. Nowadays many blind people have a dog to help them. This dog is called a guide dog. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
One robot guide dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” in front of its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by radio. The owner wears a special belt. This belt sends instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.
In the United States, another type of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot hears the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”. This robot will bring its owner tissue paper when he or she sneezes!
Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to the patients’ rooms. They never get lost because they have a map of the hospital in their computer memory.
1.Some robots in real life are .
A. dangerous B. boring
C. film stars D. factory workers
2.Some disabled people need robots to .
A. make robots B. become scientists
C. look after themselves D. do dangerous jobs
3.Meldog is a .
A. blind dog B. robot scientist
C. real dog D. robot guide dog
4.The robots used in American hospitals can do the following except .
A. make a map
B. shave patients
C. brush the patients’teeth
D.take meals from the kitchen to the patients’ rooms
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1.The publishing house is planning a new ________(系列) of school textbooks.
2.He ________ (弄开) the mud from his shoes before coming into the room.
3.In the past 20 years, my hometown has ________(完全地) changed.
4.She d________ all her life to looking after the homeless children.
5.He is a r_______ man. We can trust him.
6.After being looked after carefully, he has r________ from illness soon.
7.The experts are ________ / / every part of the island.
8.He was ________ / / to learn his wife was killed in a traffic accident.
9.He was / / educated at that university.
10.The excited audience / ??? / calmed down as soon as the concert began.
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More than half of Americans do not take all their vacation days,even though they think they need one more holiday. And nearly a third of workers who take a break check their e?mails from the boss every other day and some even keep in touch hourly.
“We’re workaholics(工作狂)’,”said Samuel Nahmias.“From a general perspective,this has a lot to do with the economic situation in the US. More and more people are unemployed.”
With jobless numbers reaching 9.6 percent,people who have jobs seem to be unwilling to take time off.“It is not a great picture and that affects vacations. People are not going on vacation as much and those who are going on vacation are being more selective about where they are going.”Nahmias explained.
Unlike European countries where four or more weeks of holiday each year is normal,27 percent of people questioned in the poll said they had 6 to 10 days of annual leave and 20 percent had less than 3 days.With more people on unemployment lists in America,those still with jobs are facing more responsibility at work,which is reflected in their lack of time off.
The majority of workers who did not take time off mentioned too many responsibilities or stress at work,while some people said they simply did not have time to plan a holiday.“People are more conscious of what they are doing and when they are going on vacation because they don’t want to look bad in this situation,”Nahmias explained.
Technology is also playing a part with smartphones enabling workers to keep in contact in ways that were not possible before.It has to do with technology and the level of concern about what is going on in the office.
1.Americans don’t take all their vacation days because ________.
A.they devote themselves to the whole work
B.they are afraid that they may lose their jobs
C.they are asked to keep in touch with their bosses
D.they aren’t in need of holidays at all
2.What does Nahmias mean by saying the underlined words in Paragraph 3?
A.Travelling makes people unwelcome.
B.People are unwilling to go on short vacations.
C.The economic situation remains at a low point.
D.People are more selective about places of interest.
3.We can infer from Paragraph 4 that ________.
A.Unemployment rate is higer in America than that in Europe
B.European economic situation is better than that in America
C.Americans are more hard?working than Europeans
D.More people are losing their jobs in Europe
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A.Americans are all workaholic.
B.Many Americans don’t choose to take vacations.
C.Unemployment is going from bad to worse.
D.US economic situation becomes worse and worse.
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A. introducing B. introduced
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体育运动是中学生的共同爱好。请你根据下列提示写一篇题为 What We Get from Sports 的短文,短文应包含以下要点:
学生参加体育运动的兴趣不同,理由各异。
多数学生学习疲倦时,通过运动来放松自己。
男孩们参加各项体育活动,希望运动能使自己更强壮。
女孩们也喜欢运动,希望运动能帮助自己减肥和保持苗条。
你对运动的观点。
注意:* 文中不能出现自己的姓名和学校名称。
* 短文开头已给出,不计入总词数。字数:80词左右,不可逐字翻译。
* 参考词语:lose weight,keep slim (保持苗条)
What We Get from Sports
Students in our school have one thing in common --- an interest in sports.
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Almost _______ of the students in this class wear glasses, that is, _______ of them.
A. two thirds; 60 percent B. two thirds; 60 percents
C. two third; 60 percent D. two third; 60 percents
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College students should be encouraged to use _____ Internet as _____ resource when planning a term paper.
A. the; a B. /; the
C. the; the D. a; a
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There have been so many school bus accidents recently._________, people are concerned about the school bus safety much.
A. As a resultB. After all
C. In spite ofD. Instead of
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It was the soldier did at the spot of the accident, not what he said,
moved all the citizens of the whole city.
A. that; what B. what; that
C. that; that D. what; which
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