【题目】根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Driving could soon be a far more pleasant experience thanks to a personal in-car robot being developed by researchers. The robot, which is called “Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)” will be able to tell you the best route home based on traffic reports, remind you to pick up petrol and suggest places you may like to visit. The robot, which sits on the dashboard, is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with Volkswagen.
AIDA communicates with the driver through an expressive robot screen and will even appear sympathetic if you're having a bad day. Cynthia Breazeal, director of MIT's Personal Robots Group, said: “We are developing AIDA to read the driver's mood from facial expression and other cues and respond in a proper way.”
AIDA works by analyzing the driver's mobility patterns, keeping track of common routes and destinations. The creators say the robot should be able to work out home and work locations within a week of driving. Soon afterwards, the system will direct the driver to their preferred supermarket, suggesting a route that avoids traffic-clogged roads. AIDA might recommend a petrol stop en route if the fuel tank is nearly empty. The robot will also incorporate real-time information about traffic jams, the weather report, commercial activity, tourist attractions, and residential areas.
“In developing AIDA we asked ourselves how we could design a system that would offer the same kind of guidance as an informed and friendly companion.”
“AIDA can also give you feedback on your driving, helping you achieve more energy efficiency and safer behavior,” Assaf Biderman from SENSEable City Lab added.
（1）What is AIDA in this passage?
A.A personal driver.
B.A traffic controller.
C.A traffic indicator.
D.A smart car robot.
（2）What's the most impressive about AIDA according to the passage?
A.It can stay away from traffic jams.
B.It can replace the driver to drive the car.
C.It can interact with the driver.
D.It can help the driver find the way.
（3）From the last paragraph we can know that _______.
A.it's possible to drive a car without any petrol
B.AIDA can help us to become better drivers
C.people can save a lot of energy by driving a car
D.It can help the driver find the way
（4）What would be the best title for the passage?
A.An Intelligent Device for Drivers
B.A New Model of Volkswagen
C.The Cooperation of Two Car Makers
D.Traffic Management in Big Cities

Offering a customizable (定制的) range of drinks and tastes, the Vocktail can change a glass of water into a cocktail at the press of a button. The world’s first technology tricks your brain into thinking it is experiencing a specific flavor by fooling your senses of sight, smell and taste.

Developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore, the glass’ three sensory components are controlled via a Smartphone App. Because the software can combine a number of smells, colors and tastes, the Vocktail can create almost any flavor.

Developer Nimesha Ranasinghe said: “Our approach is to increase drinks flavor experience by overlaying outer sensory stimuli (刺激物). For example, in the Vocktail we overlay color, taste and smell sensations to create an adjustable flavor experience. Flavor is mainly how we feel food and that is achieved through the use of these senses. Therefore, by changing the color of the drink, using different smells and changing the taste through electricity, we are able to copy the flavor of a drink without it actually changing the liquid.”

The glass houses three fragrance containers connected to micro-air pumps. The pumps release smell that change your feeling of the drinks, flavor. For example, a lemon fragrance will trick your brain into believing it is tasting lemon-flavored drink.

On the outside edge of the glass are two electrode strips (电焊条) that send electric pulses into your tongue to stimulate your sense of taste and flavor differs with different pulses.

【1】What controls the sensory components?

A. An electrode strip. B. A Smartphone App.

C. Fragrance container. D. A micro-air pump.

【2】How does the Vocktail work?

A. By transforming the inner liquid.

B. By stimulating the tip of one’s tongue.

C. By putting different kinds of drinks together.

D. By tricking one’s brain into flavor experience.

【3】What does the underlined “that” in the 4th paragraph refer to?

A. The flavor. B. The software.

C. The Vocktail. D. The button.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A. Smartphone Create a Kind of Liquid.

B. Vocktail Make Water Taste Like Cocktail.

C. Approaches Found to Change Water into Wine.

D. Smartphone Produces Smells, Colors and Tastes.

A. a good Samaritan B. a wet blanket

C. a feather in my cap D. a piece of cake

This website aims to be a quick one stop information hub to help you understand more about learning at HKU and make better use of HKU’s support services.

University Life is an adventure that—literally everyone here is a key player.

Your strategic moves at each stage have a direct impact on the outcomes of this adventure. The key to winning is mainly about how you manage your resources, especially your time. Most successful players engage themselves in activities that meet their needs and goals.

First Year Experience

As a new player, you may find yourself standing at the crossroads and wondering which directions you should go. An open mind for handling new challenges and a roadmap or planning and setting priorities during your stay at HKU are what you need to start your journey.

And don’t forget to check out the following to familiarize yourself with the ‘game rules’, ‘support and resources’ and ‘opportunity cards’ on hand:

* HKU Education aims to help to fulfill what you are expected to achieve.

* The key cards that contribute to your academic, professional and social excellence, e. g. Horizons Office, Common Core, Centre for Sports and Exercise (CSE), Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES).

【1】What is the purpose of the website?

A. To attract more excellent students to attend HKU.

B. To inspire students to seek adventure at university.

C. To advertise roadmaps and key cards among students.

D. To give students a hand to adapt to their university life.

【2】According to the passage, which is the most important for students’ academic success?

A. Turning to teachers.

B. Using their time reasonably.

C. Familiarizing school facilities.

D. Ignoring personal and academic goals.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. HKU can help you achieve your expectation.

B. As a freshman, you must be lost in the university.

C. Successful players engage in activities randomly.

D. Your behavior has an indirect effect on the adventure.

【1】How does the man find a mountain village?

A. Vast. B. Wonderful. C. Lively.

【2】What opinion does the woman share with the man?

A. They should stay where it is not lonely.

B. There is fresh air in a mountain village.

C. It’s nice to walk along a hill in a mountain village.

【1】When will the man see the show?

A. On Tuesday afternoon. B. On Wednesday evening.

C. On Saturday evening.

【2】What time will the film end?

A. At 8:30. B. At 9:00. C. At 9:30.

【3】Where will the man get his tickets?

A. At the theatre. B. Near the bus stop.

C. At the ticket office.

【4】How will they get to the theatre?

A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.

【1】What is the advantage of an English Club?

A. Chance of explanation. B. Situation of practice.

C. Focus on grammar.

【2】Why should you have English-learning companions?

A. To have more fun. B. To use English better.

C. To believe more in yourself.

【3】How can you benefit from helping others learn English?

A. Refreshing your skills. B. Leaning something new.

C. Making yourself happy.

【4】What is the speech mainly about?

A. Where you should learn English.

B. How you am improve your English.

C. Why you should start an English Club.

I felt such a great ____ to be invited by the International Olympic Committee to be a torchbearer for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games ____ Chinese sports reporters. Ten years ago, I was invited by IOC to be a ____ for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. I have now carried the torch in two different countries. I have ____ how the Olympic flame ____ everybody around it.

When I arrived at the ____ point for the torchbearers, all the staff and even passers-by cheered because they knew I would be joining the ____. I could feel their heartfelt ____ toward the Olympics. When a group of torchbearers left to join in the relay, all the people ____, shouting “Fighting!” While I ____ my turn, many people came to take photos with me and the torch. In 101 days, the route ____ nine provinces and eight major cities across the country. With less than a month to go before the Games1 opening ceremonies in Pyeongchang, Seoul had been ____ into an Olympic city as well.

“Let everyone shine’ is not just a slogan for the torch relay but ____ the fact that ordinary people from every walk of life—students, bakers, teachers, farmer —are ____ .The Olympic spirit is a lot more than the ____ of ‘swifter, higher, and stronger.’ ‘O1ympic, has the magic to bring everyone together to ____ their dreams.

【1】A. strange B. magic C. odd D. lovely

【2】A. opponent B. photo C. opportunity D. mercy

【3】A. struck B. happened C. occurred D. affected

【4】A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

【5】A. excuse B. mistake C. service D. honor

【6】A. in order to B. so that C. on behalf of D. in regard to

【7】A. player B. athlete C. audience D. torchbearer

【8】A. witnessed B. influenced C. proved D. urged

【9】A. bans B. allows C. inspires D. respects

【10】A. offering B. protecting C. leaving D. gathering

【11】A. restart B. relay C. regain D. refresh

【12】A. passion B. consideration C. edition D. creation

【13】A. refused B. cried C. cancelled D. applauded

【14】A. absorbed B. abused C. awaited D. accommodated

【15】A. looked through B. passed through C. pulled through D. broke through

【16】A. loaded B. collected C. transformed D. selected

【17】A. reflects B. fosters C. confesses D. allows

【18】A. compensating B. challenging C. competing D. participating

【19】A. proverb B. motto C. saying D. idiom

【20】A. involve B. engage C. pursue D. permit

【1】【1】What are the speakers talking about?

A. Visiting some schools. B. Choosing a school.

C. Setting up an art school.

【2】【2】What is their daughter good at?

A. Designing dress. B. Playing music.

C. Doing sport.

【3】【3】Which school has the highest percentage of students going on to university?

A. Simon Grammar School. B. Brighton Art School.

C. George High School.

A. Making a suggestion. B. Making a request. C. Making a complaint.