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  US musician and poct Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a New York hospital 62.  1  

  Scott-Heron was born in Chicago in 1949-the son of a former Britain football player.  2  

  Scott-Heron’s material covered soul, jazz, blues and the spoken word.His 1970s work heavily influenced the US hip-hop and rap scenes.

    3   But the artist himself refused this title.“If ther was any individual initiative that I was responsible for, it might have been that there was music in certain poems of mine, with complete progression and repeating “hooks”.  4  ” Soott-Heron wrote in the introduction to his 1990 Now and Then collection of poems.Scott-Heron’s music and poetry showed his ddep interest in justice and civil rights, and he complained against the consumer society of the 1970s and 80s as well as the development of muclear technology.He was among the first artists to use h is music to attack the apartheid(种族隔离)in South Africa, long before the issue became the focus of a popular global campaign.  5   One of his most famous pieces was The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.In this piece, he criticized the role of race in the mass media and advertising age.

  But in a 1998 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Scott-Heron wrned against focusing on the political aspect of his work.“If you only focus on the political aspects of our work, you change us.We’ve done 20 albums and not all of the songs on them are political.” He said.

A.But I don’t like football in Britain.

B.His work had a strong political element.

C.He grew up in Tennessee before moving to New York.

D.Scott was so crazy about politics that all of his songs are political.

E.This made them more like songs than just recitations with percussion.

F.The cause of his death is not clear, but he is believed to have become ill after returning from a visit to Europe.

G.The pioneering style he developed while working with Jackson, mixing minimalist percussion with poetry, meant that Scott-Heron was often described as the Godfather of rap.

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  TOKYO-A child-like robot that combines the roles of nurse, companion and security guard is to go on the market to help the growing ranks of elderly Japanese with no one to look after them.

  The“Wakamaru”robot can walk around a house 24 hours a day, warning family, hospitals and security firms if it perceives(notices)a problem.It will, for example, call relatives if the owner fails to get out of the bath.

  Cameras implanted in the“eye-brows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it walks around an apartment.The images can be sent to the latest cellphones, which display the pictures.

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which developed Wakamaru, plans to start selling the metre-high robots by April, 2005, for about $15,000 Cdn.

  Wakamaru, which speaks with either the voice of a boy or girl, is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its“papa”when he comes home.

  It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words.It cannot only speak but can understand answers and react accordingly.

  It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner does not move for some time.If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, transmitting images and functioning as a speakerphone.

  Wakamaru will in form a xecurity firm if ther is a loud bang or if an unknown person enters the house while the owner is out or asleep.It can recognize up to 10 faces.

  But like nost robots it cannot climb stairs.

  It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.

  Mitstubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities.The idea to use the technology in the home came from a company employee.

  The project chief said,“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decide that this could work as a business.We want to offer Wakamaru as a product that helps society.”

  The technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan among increasing xoncern over how to look after the ever-growing number of old people.The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the wolrld.

  At the same time, extended families are being rdplaced by nuclear families.This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents, whom they rarely see because of their long hours at the office.

(1)

Which of the following is true about the Robot?

[  ]

A.

It is used in some nuclear power facilities.

B.

It cannot speak but can understand answers.

C.

It can go up and soen the starirs easily.

D.

It can recognize as many as 10 faces.

(2)

The purpose of this passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

to introduce a new product

B.

to solve the ageing problems

C.

to tell people hwo to use the robot

D.

to show the rapid development of technolygy

(3)

What can we infer from the passage?

[  ]

A.

The robot can dial proper numbers for help.

B.

The robot is likely to have a promising market.

C.

The robot has given the Japanese a chance to live longer.

D.

The nuclear families have left many elderly Japanese anxious.

(4)

What is the best title of this passage?

[  ]

A.

The Latest Development of Robot Technology

B.

Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society

C.

Vast Market of the New Robot

D.

Japanese-built Robot to Help the Old

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  TOKYO-A child-like robot that combines the roles of nurse, companion and security guard is to go on the market to help the growing ranks of elderly Japanese with no one to look after them.

  The“Wakamaru”robot can walk around a house 24 hours a day, warning family, hospitals and security firms if it perceives(notices)a problem.It will, for example, call relatives if the owner fails to get out of the bath.

  Cameras implanted in the“eye-brows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it walks around an apartment.The images can be sent to the latest cellphones, which display the pictures.

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which developed Wakamaru, plans to start selling the metre-high robots by April, 2005, for about $15,000 Cdn.

  Wakamaru, which speaks with either the voice of a boy or girl, is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its“papa”when he comes home.

  It is the first household robot able to hold simple conversations, based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words.It cannot only speak but can understand answers and react accordingly.

  It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner does not move for some time.If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, transmitting images and functioning as a speakerphone.

  Wakamaru will in form a xecurity firm if ther is a loud bang or if an unknown person enters the house while the owner is out or asleep.It can recognize up to 10 faces.

  But like nost robots it cannot climb stairs.

  It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.

  Mitstubishi adapted Wakamaru from robots it already makes to go around nuclear power facilities.The idea to use the technology in the home came from a company employee.

  The project chief said,“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decide that this could work as a business.We want to offer Wakamaru as a product that helps society.”

  The technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan among increasing xoncern over how to look after the ever-growing number of old people.The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world.

  At the same time, extended families are being replaced by nuclear families.This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents, whom they rarely see because of their long hours at the office.

(1)

Which of the following is true about the Robot?

[  ]

A.

It is used in some nuclear power facilities.

B.

It can recognize as many as 10 faces.

C.

It can go up and seen the stairs easily.

D.

It cannot speak but can understand answers.

(2)

The purpose of this passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

to introduce a new product

B.

to show the rapid development of technology

C.

to tell people how to use the robot

D.

to solve the ageing problems

(3)

What can we infer from the passage?

[  ]

A.

The robot can dial proper numbers for help.

B.

The nuclear families have left many elderly Japanese anxious.

C.

The robot has given the Japanese a chance to live longer.

D.

The robot is likely to have a promising market.

(4)

What is the best title of this passage?

[  ]

A.

The Latest Development of Robot Technology

B.

Japanese-built Robot to Help the Old

C.

Vast Market of the New Robot

D.

Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society

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1.Don’t bo ________ ther to, come as you are.

2.Please ________ and stand still, the enemies are searching the temple for you.

3.The homeless children were ________ for safety and love.

4.The wedding day that you two ________ are coming nearer and nearer.

5.Mary is not poor and she is not eligible for an ________.

6.In the past, poor workers worked ________, but they still lived a sad life.

7.They behaved ________ nothing had happened.

8.I have been waiting him for long, but he didn’t ________.

9.China ________ is welcomed by us and we often book it in the post office.

10.His loud voice was ________ by the noises of the fireworks.

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I told your friend how to get to the hotel, but perhaps I ________ have driven her ther.

[  ]

A.could

B.must

C.night

D.should

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