Last week I was riding my special mo?torbike and then stopped at a convenience store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back,a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. "Well,do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?" I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, "OK,as long as I can follow you."
He introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked nonstop about what she wanted for Christmas. As we came back to the convenience store,she said,"This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn't know I could do this."I told her about some of the other things I do (ski,travel the world by myself,etc.) . As her father was taking her off my motorbike* she turned to him and said, "Oh,Daddy,I'm going to be OK. Mr Bryant does all kinds of things,and I will too." Her father turned away as a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He hugged me and said, "I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today."I believed what he said. Being kind and thoughtful to others,we can be an answer to prayer.
15. How did the father feel at first when the author invi- ted his daughter for a ride?
A. He was happy because his daughter could gain ex?citement.
B. He was moved because the author offered to help his daughter.
C. He felt surprised because he didn't know the author.
D. He felt nervous because he was worried about his daughter's safety.
16. According to the passage,the girl .
A. used to be a completely healthy person
B. was inspired by the author's experiences
C. was satisfied with her life
D. was unwilling to communicate with a stranger
17. What was the author's gift to Amy according to the girl's father?
A. The motorbike.
B. The wheelchair.
C. The blessing.
D. The ride.
18. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author usually drove too fast.
B. The author worked in a convenience store.
C. The author often offered strangers a ride on his motorbike.
D. The author was a man with disability.
[文章大意]作者来到一家便利店，在他拿轮椅的时候，他看到有一个人也带着轮椅。作者提议带这个陌生人的女儿骑摩托车，小女孩觉得这是她收到的最好的圣诞礼物。作者的经历让小女孩对生活充满了信心和希望。
15. C细节理解题。根据第一段的"He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this."可知，小女孩的父亲有点儿吃惊，因为他和作者素不相识，故选C项。
16. B细节理解题。根据第二段的"...'Oh,Daddy,I'm going to be OK. Mr Bryant does all kinds of things,and I will too.'"可知，小女孩了解到作者能骑摩托车、滑雪、一个人周游世界，她相信自己也能够做到，小女孩从作者那里得到了鼓舞，故选B项。
17. D细节理解题。根据第二段的"…'Tins ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive."'和"...'I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her.'" 可知，作者骑摩托车带小女孩走了一段路，小女孩认为这是最好的圣诞礼物，而小女孩的父亲刚好在祈祷有一个能够鼓励小女孩的礼物，故选D项。
18. D推理判断题。根据第一段的"As I was getting my wheelchair off the back-.' I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat-- it was for his daughter."和第二段的"Mr Bryant does all kinds of things…"可知，作者带着轮椅，那个陌生人也带着轮椅，轮椅是给他女儿用的，再从第二段小女孩说的话可以看出，她也要像作者一样，即使身体残疾，也能完成很多事情，故选D项。
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A group of students from England,who are1. (interest) in archaeology,have come to Zhoukoudian caves for a visit. An archaeologist gives them a brief 2. (introduce) to the life and habits of the earliest people in Zhoukoudian.
Early people lived in caves. There were fireplaces in the centre of caves 3. they made fires to keep them warm,cook the food and scare their enemies4. ，such as tigers and bears.
Early people made their own clothes from animal skins. They used5. (sharp) stone tools to cut up animals and remove their skins. Smaller scrapers were used6. (remove) the fat and meat from the skin. Finally they would use needles made of animal bones7. (sew) the pieces together.
Early people also paid attention to their 8. (appear) and wore necklaces. Some of the necklace beads were made of animal bones but some were made of shells,which told us that all the fields around Zhoukoudian caves used to be part of a large shallow lake. Early people didn't grow 9. own crops,but picked fruits10. they were ripe and hunted animals for food.
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After moving to the United States,immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose highcalorie and fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American―a new study finds. That's one reason why immi?grants approach US levels of obesity within 15 years of moving to America.
The researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing un-American influenced respondents' food choices. After being questioned about their ability to speak English,75 per cent of Asian-Americans identified a kind of typical American food as their favourite. Only25 per cent of Asian-Americans who had not been asked if they spoke English did the same.
When their American identity was called into question during a followup study,Asian-American participants also tended to choose typical American dishes,such as hamburgers and cheese sandwiches. In that experiment,55 Asian-Americans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant. Some pari ticipants were told that only Americans could participate in the study. Those who i chose the more typical American fare ended up consuming an extra182 calories,ini eluding 12 grams of fat and 7grams of saturated fat (饱和脂肪) .
"People who feel like they need to prove they belong to a culture will change i their habits in an attempt to fit in," said Sauna Cheryan,an author of the study and I assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington. "If immigrants I and their children choose unhealthy American food over healthier traditional food 1 across their lives?this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health," Cheryan added.
Social pressure,the study concluded,is at the heart of the problem. "In Ameri?can society today,being American is associated with being white. Americans,who don't fit this image even if they were born here and speak English,feel that pressure to prove that they're American," said Cheryan.
1. The author wants to show that .
A. more and more Asians enjoy highcalorie snacks
B. immigrants tend to eat American junk food to fit in
C. most Americans are at the risk of heart disease
D. all the American people have a bad eating habit
2. According to the survey,
A. Asian-Americans care less about their health
B. 25 per cent of Americans like junk food
C. choosing food is related to Asian-Americans' situation
D. immigrants are forced to eat junk food
3. The underlined word"fare" in Paragraph 3 most probably means"
A. food offered as a meal
B. a person taking a taxi
C. money spent on food,
D. an arranged thing to do
4. According to Sauna Cheryan, .
A. what immigrants have done is ridiculous
B. American traditional food is healthier
C. immigrants risk their health in order to fit in
D. American culture affects immigrants deeply
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注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 首句已给出，不计人总词数。
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I you. I will accompany you to the party tonight. (have sb/sth doing)
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Scientists have created a way to control a robot with signals from a human brain.
By generating the proper brainwaves―picked up by a cap with e-lectrodes (电极) that sense the signals and reflect a person's instruc?tions―scientists can instruct a humanoid robot to move to specific locations and pick up certain objects.
The commands are limited to moving forward,picking up one of two objects and bringing it to one of two locations. The researchers have achieved 94 per cent of accuracy between the thought commands and the robot's movements.
"This is really a proof-of-concept demonstration,"said Rajesh Rao,a researcher from the University of Washington who leads the project. "It suggests that one day we might be able to use semi-autonomous robots for such jobs as helping disabled peo?ple or performing routine tasks in a person's home.” The person wearing the electrode cap watches the robot's movement on a com?puter screen through two cameras installed on and above the robot.
When the robot's cameras see the objects that are to be picked up,they pass on the information to the user's computer screen. Each object lights up randomly on the computer screen. When a person wants something to be picked up and i[ hap?pens to light up,the brain registers surprise and sends this brain activity to the com?puter and then to the robot. The robot then proceeds to pick up the object.
A similar programme is used to decide where the robot will go.
"One of the important things about this demonstration is that we're using a 'noisy' brain signal to control the robot, "Rao said. "That means we can only obtain brain signals indirectly from sensors on the surface of the head,and not where they are generated deep in the brain. As a result,the user can only generate high-level commands such as indicating which object to pick up or which location to go to,and the robot needs to be autonomous enough to be able to execute such commands.” In the future,the researchers hope to make the robot more adaptive to the en?vironment by having them carry out more complex commands.
1. What is special about the robot introduced in the passage?
A. It is controlled by human thoughts.
B. It can be made humanoid,
C. It can be used to help the disabled.
D. It has high intelligence itself.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the robot?
A. It can move forward and backward and pick up two objects at the same time.
B. It can move forward,pick up both objects and bring them to either location.
C. It can only move forward,pick up one object and put it in one location.
D. It can read all human thoughts and do as instructed.
3. What Rao says in the eighth paragraph suggests that the new robot .
A. is still at its early stage of development
B. will be widely used in our daily routines soon
C. is autonomous enough to complete complex commands
D. is only limited to doing routine work at home
4. The sixth paragraph mainly describes .
A. how the robot controls a person's action
B. how the robot picks up the right object
C. how the person controls the robot
D. how the robot finds out where to go
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