1、Unit 2 Robots Language points课时作业第一节阅读理解(共15个小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AAustin Childrens MuseumThis 7,000squarefoot museum focuses on entertaining and educating children up to age 9.In its World City Exhibit(展览), children can go shopping, order lunch at a restaurant, pretend th
2、at theyre doctors or workers, and more. In other fun exhibits, they learn about Austins history, explore the world of water, and experience life on a large Texas farm. Open time：From Tuesday to Saturday, 10：00 am5：00 pm On Sunday, 12：00 am5：00 pm Address：201 Colorado St, Austin, Texas 78701Phone：512
3、4722499Brooklyn Childrens MuseumFounded in 1899, it is the worlds oldest childrens museum, famous for different exhibits and special events. The Mystery of Things teaches children about cultural and scientific objects and Music Mix welcomes young performers. Open time：From Wednesday to Friday, 2：00
4、pm5：00 pm On Saturday and Sunday, 10：00 am5：00 pm Address：145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, New York 1213Phone：7187354400Childrens Discovery MuseumThis museums exhibits explore the connections between the natural and the created worlds, and people of different cultures and times. Open time：From Monday to
5、Saturday, 10：00 am5：00 pm On Sunday, from noon. Closed on holidays. Address：180 Woz Way, Guadalupe River Park, San Jose, California 95110Phone：4082985437Childrens Museum of IndianapolisThis museum is the largest of its kind. Exhibits cover science, culture, space, history and explorations. The large
6、st gallery (画廊), the Center for Exploration, is designed for ages 12 and up. Open time：From Tuesday to Sunday, 10：00 am5：00 pm Closed on Thanksgiving Day and December 25.Address：300 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208Phone：3173343322篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要提供了关于奥斯汀儿童博物馆，布鲁克林儿童博物馆，儿童探索博物馆，印第安纳波利斯儿童博
7、物馆四个景点的开放参观信息。1If you want to see people of different cultures and times, you should visit the museum in _.AIndianaB.California C.New YorkD.Texas答案：B细节理解题。由“Childrens Discovery Museum”部分第一段所述该馆的主题及下文提供的地址可知答案为B。2Which of the following is NOT exhibited in Childrens Museum of Indianapolis? ACulture. B
8、History. CSpecial events.DExplorations.答案：C细节理解题。由最后一个标题“Childrens Museum of Indianapolis”部分第二句可知答案为C。3The purpose of writing this passage is to _. Aask grownups to visit museums Bintroduce some exhibits and museums to foreignersCintroduce some museums and encourage parents to visit them with their
9、childrenDcompare some museums and decide which one is the best among the four museums答案：C推理判断题。由文中四个小标题可知这些博物馆都是面向儿童的，因此选C。BAutonomous (自主的) cars, selfdriving cars, robotic cars, or driverless carswhatever you call themare coming to a showroom (陈列室) near you.It might take a couple of years, but few
10、people at the Geneva Motor Show would disagree that one day science fantasy will become reality.However, while Google, BMW, Ford and IBM have been working on the technology, less attention has been given to what it means for passengers. The Swiss company, Rinspeed, has tried to show the future with
11、its concept car Xchange.“I wanted to put the passenger at the centre of what is possible, not the autonomous driving technology，” says Rinspeeds founder Frank Rinderknecht. “Travelling in a driverless car will no longer require me to stare at the road, but will let me spend my time in a more meaning
12、ful way. You can work, sleep, read, or do whatever activities you might do on a train or a plane.”“But driverless cars will not mean the death of driving”， Mr Rinderknecht says. There will be times when a driver will want to drive. “Most driving is boring because you are just driving miles and miles
13、. If I go on the motorway from London to Birmingham, its not very joyful. However, if I go over a mountain road, I want to drive myself and I dont want the machine to do it.”The safety matter will be a big challenge for companies of autonomous cars.Mr Rinderknecht is already thinking beyond this con
14、cept car. “There will come a time when we will be travelling in a container, with no airbags or seatbelts because the chances of an accident will be so small.” But the real challenge may not be technological, but emotional. Convincing people to travel in a driverless car will be difficult.“We know t
15、hat nine out of ten plane crashes are due to pilots error. But if you go to Heathrow Airport and you are required to make a choice between planes with two pilots or with no pilot, I know which one you will trust. It may require a generation before people accept it, but it will happen，” he says.篇章导读：
16、本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述随着现代科技的发展，无人驾驶汽车成为现实已变得指日可待，虽然大众对其安全性仍存在质疑，但是前景很乐观。4When developing its Xchange concept car, Rinspeed has focused on _.Aensuring the cars safetyBadvancing carmaking skillsCimproving passengers riding experienceDdeveloping autonomous driving technology答案：C细节理解题。通过第三段中的“However, while Goo
17、gle, BMW, Ford and IBM have been working on the technology, less attention has been given to what it means for passengers.”可知，像Google, BMW, Ford和IBM 这些大公司一直关注的是科技，但是却不太关注乘客的感受，结合第四段第一句可知，Rinspeed比较关注乘客的乘坐体验，所以C项正确。 5According to Mr Rinderknecht, what will be the real challenge for driverless cars?AE
18、nsuring their complete safety.BPersuading people to accept them.CMaking them affordable to the public.DSetting out relative laws and rules.答案：B推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后两句“But the real challenge may not be technological, but emotional. Convincing people to travel in a driverless car will be difficult.”可知，真实的挑战
19、不是来自于技术，而是情感上的，很难让人们接受无人驾驶汽车，所以B项正确。6According to Mr Rinderknecht, in the future _.Adriverless cars will be saferBdriverless cars will help save more gasCdriverless cars will be environmentally friendlyDdriving driverless cars will become interesting答案：A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句“There will come a time when w
20、e will be travelling in a container, with no airbags or seatbelts because the chances of an accident will be so small.”可知，在未来，无人驾驶汽车出事故的几率会很小，暗示未来的无人驾驶汽车会越来越安全，所以A项正确。 7Whats Mr Rinderknechts attitude towards the future of driverless cars?ADoubtful.BWorried.CUncertain.DConfident.答案：D推理判断题。根据文章最后一句中的
21、“It may require a generation before people accept it, but it will happen”可推知，尽管还需要一些时日才能让人们接受无人驾驶技术，但Rinderknecht对于未来无人驾驶技术是很自信的，所以D项正确。CChinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abro
22、ad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extracourse activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better
23、it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.Parents can see that their childrens s
24、kills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children lack selfrespect and selfconfidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiplechoice tests and how to study well, but parents are not
25、teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience
26、and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a wellcooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of selfconfidence.Some old machines, such as a b
27、roken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think
28、, to use his mind. And that is more important. 篇章导读：本文是一篇议论文。主要阐述了中国父母在孩子教育上的问题不注重孩子生活技能的培养，只重视学习。其实让孩子掌握生活的技能并体会到自信、幸福和快乐，对他们以后的生活更重要。8Parents in China, according to this passage, _.Aare too strict with their children Bare too rich to educate their childrenChave some problems in educating their chi
29、ldren correctlyDare too poor to educate their children答案：C细节理解题。由文章第一段最后三句、第二段尤其是第三段内容可知，中国父母在正确教育孩子方面是存在问题的。故选C。9The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with _.Athe parents ideas of educating their children Bthe education systemCchildrens skillsDchildrens hobbies 答案：A推理判断题。由文章前四段可知，
30、作者指出了中国父母在教育孩子上的错误观念，故答案为A。10Doing some cooking at home helps children _.Alearn how to serve their parentsBlearn how to become strong and fatCbenefit from it and prepare themselves for the futureDmake their parents believe that they are clever答案：C细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段内容尤其是第一句可知，学习烹饪可以帮助孩子学会努力工作，培养耐心，给予他满足感
31、和自信心，这对于他以后的发展是极其有益的，所以答案为C。11According to the last paragraph we can conclude that _.Abroken radios and television sets are usefulBones curiosity may be useful for his later life Can engineer must fix many broken radiosDa good student should spend much time repairing radios 答案：B推理判断题。由文章最后一段第一句可知，一些
32、旧机器可以激发孩子们的兴趣，引起好奇心，而兴趣和好奇心是最好的老师，对以后的生活和职业选择有很大影响，所以答案为B。DAngad Rekhi, a graduate student and Amin Arbabian, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, have developed a wakeup receiver. This wakeup receiver has many potential applications, particularly in designing the next generation of net
33、worked devices, including so called “smart” devices that can communicate directly with one another without human intervention (介入) Once attached to a device, a wakeup receiver listens for a unique ultrasonic (超声波) pattern that tells it when to turn the device on. It needs only a very small amount of
34、 power to maintain this constant listening, so it still saves energy overall while extending the battery life of the larger device. A welldesigned wakeup receiver also allows the device to be turned on from a significant distance. Given the increased interest in networked devices, researchers and in
35、dustry organizations are starting to define what features and techniques will become standard. Regardless of whether this ultrasound wakeup receiver is among these standard designs, it is likely wakeup receivers of some kind will be combined into commercial applications soon.By comparison, the ultra
36、sound wakeup receiver requires a battery but has much greater range than the wirelessly powered devices, while still maintaining a long lifetime due to extremely low power draw. These two technologieswireless power and wakeup receiverswould likely serve different purposes but both indicate at a turn
37、ing point in devices that make up the Internet of Things. “In light of a longpromised future where interconnected, autonomous, widespread and unremarkable technologies make life easier, the networked devices available now, like video doorbells and appenabled lights, seem like rather slight advances.
38、” the researchers said. They believe technologies like theirs could help cross the gap between the Internet of Things as we know it and the Internet of Things at its bestwhatever that may be.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。Angad Rekhi和Amin Arbabian共同发明了一种“唤醒”接收器。这种接收器有两大特点：通过感知一种独特的超声波来自动打开装置；只需要极少量的耗电就可以运转，而这项发明会促进物
39、联网的应用。12Which of the following is an advantage of the wakeup receiver?AIt requires no signal.BIt is very power saving.CIt can make the battery larger.DIt must be fixed to another device.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Once attached to a device, a wakeup receiver listens for a unique ultrasonic (超声波) pattern that
40、tells it when to turn the device on. It needs only a very small amount of power to maintain this constant listening, so it still saves energy overall while extending the battery life of the larger device.”可知，这种接收器有两大特点：1.通过感知一种独特的超声波来自动打开装置。2.只需要极少量的耗电就可以运转。因此B项所述内容是其一项优点，故选B。13What do we know about
41、 by comparing the wireless power with wakeup receivers?AOne can replace the other.BThe wakeup receiver is better.CBoth have their own advantages.DThe wirelessly powered device has more uses.答案：C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段内容可知，超声波“唤醒”接收器需要电池，但是比无线驱动装置适用范围更广，而且功耗低，运转寿命长。但两者运用的目的不同，都标志着物联网设备的转折点。由此可知，这两种装置各有优点，故选C。1
42、4What do the researchers feel about their technologies mentioned in the last paragraph?AThey make the Internet cheaper.BThey make the Internet more popular.CThey are not useful devices for the Internet.DThey are beneficial to the use of the Internet.答案：D推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“They believe technologies like
43、theirs could help cross the gap between the Internet of Things as we know it and the Internet of Things at its bestwhatever that may be.”可知，他们的新技术有助于跨越物联网的现状及其最佳前景的鸿沟。同时结合第一段第二句中的“in designing the next generation of networked devices”及第三段最后一句可推知，这些技术有助于物联网的应用，故选D。15What can be the best title for the
44、 text?AWide Use of Advanced EquipmentBDevelopment of the Internet DevicesCNew Technique for Waking Up DevicesDDifference between Two Wakeup Receivers答案：C标题判断题。本文主要介绍了两位研究学者合作共同发明了一种被称为“唤醒”接收器的新科技，故选C。第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。As you grow rapidly through your teena
45、ge years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. _16_Dont panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In t
46、his way you can make healthy balanced decisions. _17_You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. _18_But try
47、not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family._19_A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.This
48、period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout lifes journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.You are a young adult. It is y
49、our life. No one can live it for you. _20_ So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!AChoose your friends wisely.BThey will help shape the future.CThey may seem to happen quickly.DYou will probably want to be independent.EYou may appreciate what
50、 you have in your own life.FThe choices that you make from now on will be your choices.GYour family has been with you since you came into this world.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了青少年在成长过程中会经历很多的变化，有了更多的责任，有了更多的自由，也有了更多的机会，从而也变得更加的独立，作者在这方面对青年人加以疏导。16C由设空后的句子“Dont panic！”可知，设空处应承接其前一句说明变化是艰难的，甚至是令人慌乱的。故C项“它们(这些
51、变化)似乎也发生得太迅速”符合语境，所以选C。17B由设空前一句“In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions.”可推知，这些决策有助于塑造未来，所以选B。18D由设空后的“But try not to shut your family out of your life.”可知，设空处应承接前一句，表达与后一句相反的含义，即应表述你可能想独立，所以选D。19A由设空后的“A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.”可知，设空处应是关于选择交友的话题，故A项(明智地选择朋友)符合语境。20F由设空后的“So making the right choices will be important to you.”可知，从现在开始你所作出的选择就是你的选择，所以选F。
