1、Unit 2Robots.单项填空1(2013吉安市西路片七校联考) Jack opened the door; there _ he had never seen before. Aa woman did standBa woman stoodCdid a woman stand Dstood a woman答案：D考查倒装。地点状语there放在句首，而且句子的主语是名词a woman，所以应该用全部倒装。2(2013新余高三质检)_ of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend _ her.AWar
2、ned; accompaniedBWarning; accompanyingCHaving warned; accompaniedDHaving been warned; accompanying答案：D句意：因为被警告夜里上街有危险，所以她不得不在一个朋友陪伴下回家。第一个空强调“被警告”的动作发生于“回家”之前，故用现在分词完成时态的被动语态；第二个空accompany和a friend构成主动关系，故用现在分词形式作宾语补足语。3(2013山东寿光一中高三质检)My parents died when I was very small, and I started to make a l
3、iving by selling newspapers at the age of ten.I really have much _ for you.Abelief BprideCsympathy Dstrength答案：C考查名词词义。句意：我很小的时候，父母就去世了，我十岁时就开始以卖报为生。我真的很同情你。sympathy意为“同情；同情心”；have sympathy for意为“对表示同情”。4(2013莆田高三质检)My little daughters wish is _ to Disneyland this summer holiday.Ato take Bto be take
4、nCto have been taken Dto be taking答案：B句意：我小女儿的愿望是这个暑假带她去迪斯尼乐园。当不定式动词与其逻辑主语之间是动宾关系时，不定式要用被动语态形式。5(2013江西抚州一中高三测试)The couple _ some money every month for their future use even though their income can only make ends meet.Aput off Bput upCset down Dset aside答案：D考查动词短语辨析。句意：这对夫妻每个月都存一些钱以备将来使用，尽管他们的收入只能勉强
5、维持生计。set aside“省出；留出(钱或时间)”。6(2013江西会昌中学月考)After a whole afternoons heated discussion, they finally _ to us what had been decided.Atold BdeclaredCstated Dmade答案：B考查动词词义。句意：经过一下午热烈的讨论，最后他们向我们宣布了决定的事情。declare to sb.“向某人宣布”，与句意相符。7(2013山东高考预测卷)Faced with such a hard financial problem, Jack tried to sta
6、nd on his own two feet rather than _ his parents.Aturn on Bturn toCturn around Dturn off答案：B考查短语意义。句意：面对如此困难的经济问题，杰克努力靠自己而不是向父母求助。turn to“向某人寻求帮助”，符合句意。turn on“打开；使高兴；兴奋”；turn off“关上电视、收音机、自来水等；扫某人的兴致”；turn around“转身”。8(2013济南一中阶段测试)Sometimes, while living in a foreign country, one _ special dish fr
7、om home.Alongs BdesiresCcooks Dbrings答案：B考查动词词义。long“渴望”，句型搭配为long for sth.；C，D两项不符合题意。desire“渴望；想要”，符合句意。9(2013福建高三质检)The lady dressed in the latest Paris fashion is _ in her appearance but rude in her speech.Aabsurd BelegantCfunny Dimpolite答案：B考查形容词词义。句意：这位身着时髦巴黎时装的女士外表优雅，可言语粗俗。题干中in her appearanc
8、e与in her speech相对，而选项中只有B项elegant是rude的反义词。10(2013山东四市联考)He only _ the list of names, for theres little time left before the meeting began.Astudied BscannedCglanced Dstared答案：B考查动词词义。句意：他只是浏览了一下名单，因为开会前所剩时间不多了。scan意为“浏览”，与句意相符。11(2013九江一中月考)How did you find the film?It was a(n) _ one, no better than
9、 the one we saw last week.Asatisfying BawfulCremarkable Dembarrassing答案：B考查形容词词义。答句句意：很糟糕，和上周看的一样差。awful意为“讨厌的；糟糕的”，与句意相符。12(2013大连高三质检)Ring me _ every day, will you?With pleasure. Do ring _， please.Aup; back Bback; backCback; up Don; for答案：A句意：每天给我打电话，好吗？好的，请给我回电话。ring up“打电话”；ring back“回电话”。13(201
10、3山东宁阳一中模拟)There I saw ten children _， two of whom were from Class 3.Ain all Bat allCfor all Dabove all答案：A考查短语意义。句意：在那里我总共看到了10个孩子，其中有两个是三班的。in all“总共”，符合句意。at all“根本”；for all“尽管”；above all“最重要的是”。14(2013青岛高三质检)Nearly every teacher likes students who _ and save a lot of trouble, although he knows th
11、at such students may lack the creative potentiality.Afight BrefuseCresist Dobey答案：D考查动词词义。句意：几乎每个老师都喜欢听话惹事少的学生，尽管知道这样的学生可能没有创造的潜力。obey“服从”，与句意相符。15(2013大同高三质检)The project _ by the end of 2014 will expand the citys network to cover 2,000,000 users.Abeing accomplished BaccomplishedCto be accomplished
12、Dhaving been accomplished答案：C句意：到2014年年底要完成的这项工程将把这座城市的网络扩大到能覆盖200万用户。不定式表将来，故选C。A项表示正在进行；B项表示已经完成；D项不能作定语。.阅读理解A(2013江西六校联考)We can make all the jokes we want about taking baths ourselves, but if we are ill in bed and cant get up, well be thankful to the nurses who help us get clean. While I am not
13、a nurse, and have never given anyone a bath, I would imagine that it would take a lot of sympathy (同情) and patience to do so.Yet those who attended the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems last month were introduced to Cody, a robot that can bathe human beings.The robot has a b
14、ase that can be turned to all directions, two humanlike arms, and movable wrists (腕). It uses a camera to locate parts of the human body. It then uses bath gloves to clean with a little pressure.The robot was designed at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Charles Kemp of the Healthcare Robotics La
15、b is the senior researcher for the project. In a test run, Cody was able to remove 96% of a test subjects dirtnot bad for a robot.But dont go asking for Cody yethes still a model. Yet researchers believe that one day Cody may take the place of nurses for this task. Researchers say that Cody will giv
16、e patients dignity and protect their personal information. I suppose that would depend on the patient. Im not sure whether a robot using a camera would make me feel very dignified.Even so, I can appreciate the need. We dont have enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the most shorthan
17、ded, for example, nursing homes, are those that have the most patients who are unable to bathe themselves. Still, before I get there, I hope they think of a better way to solve the problem.文章大意：美国科研人员设计出一种能给卧床不起的病人洗澡的机器人。1The writer thinks bathing others must _.Abe a lot of funBmake you feel thankfu
18、lCtake a lot of patienceDmake you feel dignified答案：C细节理解题。从第一段的“I would imagine that it would take a lot of. patience to do so”可知C项正确。2What is the third paragraph mainly about?AWhy and where Cody was designed.BWhat Cody looks like and who designed it.CWhat Cody can do and where it will work soon.DHo
19、w Cody works and what has made that possible.答案：D主旨大意题。第三段的第一句话介绍了机器人的部件，后两句介绍了它是如何工作的，正是前面所述的这些部件使得机器人得以工作。3We know from the fourth and fifth paragraphs that _.ACody can bathe patients better than a real nurse canBrobots like Cody are being produced in large numbers right nowCCody can take the plac
20、e of nurses completely in hospitalsDresearchers think Cody can protect patients personal information答案：D细节理解题。从第五段的“Researchers say that Cody will. protect their personal information”可知D项正确。4There is a need for Cody because _.Apeople are becoming lazierBit can bring down the cost of nursingCthere ar
21、e not enough nursesDthere are too many nursing homes答案：C细节理解题。从最后一段的“We dont have enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the most shorthanded.”可知答案为C项。5In the writers opinion, Cody is _.Aacceptable but not perfectBstrange but not creativeCclever and strongDlovely and careful答案：A作者观点题。
22、从第五段的最后一句和最后一段的第一句和最后一句可知A项说明了作者的态度。B(2013东北三省三校第二次联考)Deception (骗术) is something that people do all the time, and it plays an important role in military (军事的) strategy. Now some researchers are trying to figure out how to get robots to do it, by looking at the behavior of squirrels and birds.At Geo
23、rgia Tech, a team led by Ronald Arkin, a professor at the School of Interactive Computing, studied the literature on squirrels hiding their acorns (橡果). Squirrels will hide their food in a certain place, but when they see other squirrels trying to steal from them, they attempt to fool the thieves by
24、 running to a false location.Ronald Arkin and his Ph. D. student Jaeeun Shim used that as a model for robot behavior. They programmed the robot into tricking a “predator (捕食者)” machine by doing what a squirrel does: showing the enemy a false location for an important resource.The team also looked at
25、 how other animalsin this case, a species of bird called Arabian babblerdrive off predators. A babbler will make an alarm call when they see a predator and other babblers will join the bird and make more calls. They then surround the predator, all the while flapping (拍打) wings and making noises. The
26、 babblers dont ever actually fight the animal they want to drive off; they just make enough noises and flaps around enough so that it seems that attacking a babbler isnt worth it.They found that the deception works when the group reaches a certain sizeessentially, when enough birds arrive to convinc
27、e the enemy that its best to back off. Davis modeled that behavior in software using a military scene and found that it worked even if the group didnt have the firepower to confront the enemy directly.The military is interested in this because a robot that can fool an opponent is a valuable tool. It
28、 could lead an enemy down a false trail or make itself look more dangerous than it actually is.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。文章主要介绍了骗术在军事策略中起着重要的作用，一些研究人员正在通过研究松鼠和鸟类的活动，希望机器人能模仿这些行为，以便能有效地应用于军事中。6Why does the military want to take advantage of squirrels trick?AIt can reduce the use of firepower to confront the enem
29、y.BIt can fool the enemy into believing it is more dangerous.CIt can lead the enemy in a wrong direction to avoid losing resources.DIt can scare the enemy away who wants to destroy the acorns.答案：C推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后一句“. they attempt to fool the thieves by running to a false location.”可知，松鼠为了保护自己的橡果不被其他松
30、鼠吃掉，会朝别的方向奔跑，由此可推知，C项正确。7Which of the following is NOT the way Arabian babblers drive off predators?AOne bird makes an alarm call and other birds will join it.BThey fight the enemy bravely face to face.CThey make noises and flaps around the predator.DThey force the predator aware that it isnt worthw
31、hile to attack.答案：B细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段中Arabian babbler赶走predator的过程可知，B项不是Arabian babbler赶走掠夺者的方法。故B项正确。8What is the main idea of the passage?AAnimals behaviors are researched to be applied to the study of military robots.BRobots fooling tricks are applied to the study of animals behaviors.CBirds and squirrels are the animals that are good at deception.DResearchers are interested in animals militaryrelated behaviors.答案：A主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了松鼠和Arabian babbler在生存中如何利用骗术击退敌人保护自己的过程，研究人员希望机器人也能模仿这些行为，从而有效地运用于军事战略当中。故A项正确。