1、Unit 2Robots课时作业5Warming Up & Reading.单词拼写1Most teenagers like reading science fictions (小说)2Her motivation for writing was a desire (渴望) for women to get the right to higher education.3He alarmed (使惊恐) his sister with a little snake.4All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my he
2、art.5Ive come to ask you to do me a favour (帮忙)6Tom began to sweep the pieces of glass up into a pile (堆)7It is absurd (荒谬的) that they should deny my request.8I do envy (羡慕) you. You are so clever.9Ken agreed to accompany (陪伴) me on a trip to Africa.10The mans parents declared (声称) that they didnt w
3、ant to see him again.选词填空in favour of; ring up; have sympathy for; or rather; protect sb. from.; test out; leave.alone; turn around; reach for; feel envy at1The suggestion does no good to us and nobody is in_favour_of it.2He is in a temper today, so leave him alone.3After the factory had produced th
4、e plane, it was tested_out completely again and again.4A man who often has_sympathy_for others will be kind and helpful.5Some women especially enjoy passersby turning_around to see them.6My classmate rang me up saying that the school football team had three victories this month against other schools
5、.7She lives in London, or_rather in the downtown of London.8Lily feels_envy_at the cellphone of her colleague, which is of the latest style.9Dont reach_for the reference book the moment you see something unfamiliar.10Luckily, the children were protected_from injury in the accident.课文语法填空A robot used
6、 for housework _1_ (test) out in a family. He looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair, _2_ (speak) in a deep voice. Larry was going to be away from home so he hired such a robot _3_ (accompany) his wife Claire. Claire didnt like the idea at _4_ beginning, but she agreed to it at last. A
7、t her first sight of Tony, Claire was alarmed. When Tony offered to help her dressing, Claire felt _5_ (embarrass)_6_ (gradual), Tony began to win Claires trust. He helped Claire realize her dreams _7_ making her home elegant, giving her a new haircut, changing the makeup she wore and giving her adv
8、ice on her dresses. Therefore, at the party all the guests _8_ were invited were filled with _9_ (admire) when they saw her house was completely changed.After the test, the company was satisfied with Tonys report _10_ he had successfully made a woman regain her confidence.1was_tested2.speaking3.to_a
9、ccompany4.the5embarrassed6.Gradually7.by8.who9admiration10.because.串点成篇微表达约翰渴望(desire)成为一名科幻小说(the science fiction)作家。爸爸不支持(in favour of)他的想法，然而，妈妈却支持他，经常陪(accompany)他去书店。约翰的姐姐经常打电话(ring up)询问他的进展情况，这让他的妹妹，玛丽，很忌妒(envy)他。被约翰的毅力所感动，父亲最终向全家宣布(declare)将全力支持他。John_desires_to_become_a_writer_of_the_scienc
10、e_fiction._His_father_isnt_in_favour_of_his_idea_while_his_mother_is_for_him_and_always_accompanies_him_to_bookstores._Johns_sister_often_rings_up_to_ask_his_progress,_which_makes_his_younger_sister,_Mary,_envy_him._Moved_by_Johns_determination,_his_father_finally_declared_to_the_whole_family_that_h
11、e_would_back/support_him_forever.阅读理解ATOKYOLonely astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may soon be getting a robot friend from Japan.Japans space agency is considering putting a talking humanoid (有人的特点的) robot on the ISS to watch the work while astronauts are asleep, monitor their hea
12、lth and stress levels and communicate to the Earth through the microblogging site Twitter.Japans space agency JAXA announced this week that it is looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the space station in 2013 that could communicate with the ground through Twitterprimarily feeding photos, ra
13、ther than original ideasand provide astronauts with “comfort and companionship”Following up on US NASAs “Robonaut” R2 program, which is set for launch on the Discovery shuttle next week, the Japanese robot would be part of a larger effort to create and refine robots that can be used by the elderly,
14、JAXA said in a statement.Japan is one of the leading countries in robotics and has a rapidly aging society with one of the worlds longest life expectancies.Improving robot communication capabilities could help elderly people on the Earth by providing a nonintrusive (无干扰的) means of monitoring the rob
15、ot owners health and vital signs and sending information to emergency responders if there is an abnormality, JAXA said.“We are thinking in terms of a very humanlike robot that would have facial expressions and be able to talk with the astronauts，” said JAXAs Satoshi Sano.The robot was being develope
16、d with the advertising and communications giant Dentsu Inc and a team at Tokyo University.The NASA project has a humanlike head, hands and arms and uses the same tools as station crew members. The “Robonaut” called R2 is intended to carry out maintenance tasks in the stations Destiny lab.NASA says i
17、t hopes that humanoid robots could one day stand in for astronauts during spacewalks or perform tasks too difficult or dangerous for humans. For now, the $2.5 million NASA robot is limited to activities within the lab.文章主要介绍了由日本开发的机器人有望在太空以及日常生活中得以推行与使用。1According to the passage, a humanoid robot, p
18、ut on the ISS, shall carry out the tasks EXCEPT _.Akeep in contact with the EarthBget a friend for astronauts from JapanCtake care of the ISS sometimesDkeep an eye on the health of the astronauts答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“to watch the work while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress lev
19、els and communicate to the Earth through the microblogging site Twitter”可知B项中的内容没有出现，故B项正确。2Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?ANASA is planning to communicate with the space station through Twitter.BJapan has the largest number of elderly people.CThe robot program w
20、ill eventually benefit the elderly.DR2 program is in the charge of Japans JAXA.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据文章第六段可知这个机器人计划最终会使老年人受益。故C项正确。3From the passage we can know _.Arobots could completely take the place of human astronauts in the futureBthe robot program, having cost $2.5 million, can carry out all tasksCm
21、any Japanese universities joined in the robot programDfuture astronauts will become less lonely and more comfortable with the help of the robot答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段的内容以及文章的主要内容可以判断出D项正确。BA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mecha
22、nical fly has become a platform for a series of new hightech systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“Its extremely important for us to think about this as a whol
23、e system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件)，” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the goahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty wi
24、th a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own，” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies
25、 on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything its connected to，” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the f
26、lying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, offboard power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a builtin power source, so that it might someday perform datagathering work at rescue sites，in farmers fields or on
27、 the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insectscale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thi
28、nking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead，” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a daytoda
29、y basis.”本文介绍了“Robotic Fly”，它能像真的苍蝇一样自然飞行，小小的翅膀能让它停在空中，表演各种飞行任务。4According to the first paragraph, the robotic fly is _.Alarger than a fat houseflyBas large as a fat houseflyCsmaller than a fat houseflyDas large as a butterfly答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly.可知选项B正确。
30、5The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _.Athey had no model in their mindBthey did not have sufficient timeCthey had no readymade componentsDthey could not assemble the components答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“The added difficulty with a project like this is tha
31、t.”可知事实上那些元件没有一件能现货供应的，be off the shelf“现成的”，所以选项C they had no readymade components就是对本句的同义替换，故为正确答案。6It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _.Aconsists of a flight device and a control systemBcan just fly in limited areas at the present timeCcan collect information from man
32、y sourcesDhas been put into wide application答案：B解析：推理判断题。题干要求在第三段和第四段来推测，纵观三、四两段，尤其是第四段尾句“Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around，” he said.可推断出只有选项B正确。7Which of the following can be learned from the passage?AThe robotic fly is designed to learn about insects.BAnimals are not al
33、lowed in biological experiments.CThere used to be few ways to study how insects fly.DWoods design can replace animals in some experiments.答案：D解析：推理判断题。文章末段的to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead告诉我们这些机器人可以替代动物，故D项正确。考生需要注意的是，说明文末段尤其带有转折关系的路标词往往是题眼所在。