1、AI work in a nursing home and my job is to take care of the elderly.This year，a very sweet old lady that I cared for，Alice，had gone through a difficult time.She got dementia and so she had been in the hospital twice.In November I was finally able to get her back to her “home”Alice had thought her da
2、ughter was coming to visit her on Christmas Day and that they were going to have the whole family together like the old days.When she finally realized that that happy moment was not going to happen，she was very sad.Knowing that her daughter was coming after Christmas was not enough to make her feel
3、happy.I hated the idea of her being alone on the holiday!On Christmas Eve，I gave her a surprise by asking if she would like to go to a candlelight service at church that night.Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her friends were.We got there early a
4、nd I got her a seat where her friends could see her as they came in.Then soon some of her friends came to the church and they rushed over to greet her and sit with her.The candlelight service was beautiful and Alice got a lot of love from her old and new friends there.The truth of the story is that
5、I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alices face.【解题导语】老人的女儿不能回来陪老人一起过圣诞节，作者便在平安夜带老人去有老人熟悉的朋友的老社区教堂，在那里，作者看到了老人脸上幸福的笑容，这也是作者得到的最好的礼物。1The underlined word “dementia” in Paragraph 2 probably is_Aa houseBa letterCan illness Da plan解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据文章第二段中的“and so she had been in the hospital tw
6、ice”可推断，此处表示老人生病了，住了两次院，故选C项。2Where did Alice spend her Christmas Eve according to the story?AIn her old house.BIn her old neighborhood church.CIn the nursing home.DIn the hospital.解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的第一句“Instead of taking her to my church，I took her to her old neighborhood church where all her fri
7、ends were”可知选B项。3What was the best gift that the author got on Christmas Eve？AThe candlelight service.BPraise from Alices friends.CAlices happiness.DThanks from Alices daughter.解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章的最后一段“The truth of the story is that I am the one who got the best gift: the smile on Alices face.”可知，作者得到的
8、最好的礼物是Alice脸上的笑容，即她的快乐，故选C项。4What is the best title for this passage?AA special candlelight Christmas EveBThe dream of all old lonely ladiesCMy special jobDThe true love解析：选A。主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者帮助一位老人过了个特别的烛光平安夜的故事，故选A项。BRobots performing tasks according to a predetermined set of instructions are nothing
9、new.But robots able to learn how to cook by watching videos are a completely different approach，which is conducted by a group of researchers at the University of Maryland.If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube，chances are that it will be used by a robot.Uni
10、versity of Marylands professor Yiannis Aloimonos，leader of the group，said“There exists a large amount of video information on the Internet that our robots can capitalize_on”“At present，the videos are fed electronically，”said research scientist Cornelia Fermuller.“Originally，we took our own videos，ou
11、r cameras looking at us doing the cooking，”she explained.“And，as the robot advances，it reacts to good quality videos.And it will react to even lower quality homemade videos.”So far，the robot named Julia can make a simple salad by breaking each task into basic parts，such as grasping a spoon，bringing
12、it to the bowl，stirring the salad and observing the results.But why teach a robot how to understand a video when it can easily follow a fixed program? Aloimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility.He thinks one of the problems is how to make the robot understand and use what it lear
13、ns during a certain task，the socalled feedback(反馈意见)；another is the introduction of language.“I believe it will take quite some time before the robots are able to understand metaphorical(比喻性的) language，”he added.“But，”he said，“we dont need that to create a new world where the robots will be working
14、for us.”【解题导语】机器人按既定指令完成任务并不让人觉得新鲜，但能看着视频学做饭的机器人，你可能前所未闻。5The underlined phrase“capitalize on”probably can be replaced by_Atake hold of Bmake use ofCkeep track of Dcatch sight of解析：选B。词义猜测题。由第二段的第一句“If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website YouTube，chances are that it
15、 will be used by a robot.”可知，机器人能利用网上大量的视频信息，结合第二段的最后一句可知，capitalize on应与“use”意思相近，因此选择B项。take hold of“握住”；make use of“利用”；keep track of“与保持联系”；catch sight of“看到”。6Aloimonos probably agrees that at present the robot _Acan not fully digest what it learnsBcan not make a simple saladCcan follow homemad
16、e videosDcan understand metaphorical language解析：选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段Aloimonos的话可知，该机器人目前还不能理解比喻性的语言。故排除D项。根据倒数第二段的最后一句可推知，Aloimonos可能认为目前该机器人还不能完全消化它学的东西，应选择A项。7Robots are taught to understand a video mainly because _Athey can easily follow fixed programsBthey are smart enough to learn cookingCcooking vi
17、deos are more interesting to watchDpredetermined instructions are not flexible解析：选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的前两句“But why teach a robot.a fixed program？Aloimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility.”可知，教机器人理解视频是因为预定指令不够灵活，应选择D项。8Which of the following might best serve as the title of the passage?ARobots Creating a New WorldBRobots Making Cooking VideosCRobots Learning to Cook by Watching VideosDRobots Performing Tasks by Following Instructions解析：选C。标题归纳题。文章主要介绍了通过观看视频学做饭的机器人，因此C项是最佳标题。
