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1、Module 1 Life in the Future Section Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary一、用所给词的适当形式填空1. The machine is (load) with clothes. 2. We must use our (limit) time to finish this task. 3. When we arrived, we found a note (attach) to the door. 4. No one believed the (predict) that the world would end on
2、 December 21. 5. We started early with his car (charge). 6. He was (arrest) when the policeman found drugs in his bag. 7. Caught in the act, he had no (alternative) but to confess. 8. Britains natural (resource) include oil, coal and so on. 9. He was (fire) for not coming to work on time. 10. The tr
3、oop was in the (command) of General Brown. 二、阅读理解Robots performing tasks according to a predetermined set of instructions are nothing 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 Mary
4、land.If you have posted a video of your favorite recipe on the popular website You Tube，chances are that it will be used by a robot.University of Maryland's professor Yiannis Aloimonos，leader of the group，said “There exists a large amount of video information on the Internet that our robots can
5、capitalize on”“At present，the videos are fed electronically，” said research scientist Cornelia Fermuller.“Originally，we took our own videos，our 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
6、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 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？A
7、loimonos believes predetermined instructions lack flexibility.He thinks one of the problems is how to make the robot understand and use what it learns 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
8、robots are able to understand metaphorical (比喻性的) language，”he added.“But，” he said，“we don't need that to create a new world where the robots will be working for us.”1The underlined phrase “capitalize on” probably can be replaced by Atake hold ofBmake use ofCkeep track of Dcatch sight of2Aloimo
9、nos probably agrees that at present the robot Acan not fully digest what it learnsBcan not make a simple saladCcan follow homemade videosDcan understand metaphorical language3Robots are taught to understand a video mainly because Athey can easily follow fixed programsBthey are smart enough to
10、learn cookingCcooking videos are more interesting to watchDpredetermined instructions are not flexible4Which 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 F
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16、the EP now and you will enjoy warmth. G. We all know that the cost of heating our homes will continue to be a significant burden on the family budget. 四、语法填空Yuan Longping was born in Beijing, China. He loves playing mahjong and the erhu (Chinese violin), swimming and _1_ (motorcycle)Born in 1930, Yu
17、an graduated from the Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 and began his teaching career at an agriculture school in Anjiang, Hunan Province.He came up with an idea for hybridizing rice in _2_ 1960s, when a series of natural disasters and inappropriate policies _3_ (plunge) China into an unprecede
18、nted (前所未有的) famine that caused many deaths.Since then, he has devoted _4_ (he) to the research and development of a better rice breed.In 1964, he happened to find a _5_ (nature) hybrid rice plant that had obvious advantages over others. Greatly encouraged, he began to study the elements of this par
19、ticular type. In 1973, in cooperation _6_ others, he was able to cultivate a type of hybrid rice species _7_ had great advantages. It yielded 20 per cent more per unit than _8_ of common ones. The next year their research made a breakthrough in seeding. They _9_ (succeed) developed a set of technolo
20、gies for producing indica rice (籼稻), putting China in the lead worldwide in rice production. _10_ this achievement, he was dubbed (授予称号) the Father of Hybrid Rice.一、用所给词的适当形式填空1. loaded 2. limited 3. attached 4. prediction 5. charged6. arrested 7. alternative 8. resources 9. fired 10. command二、阅读理解1
21、.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 You Tube，chances are that it 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”。2.A推理判断题。根据最后一段Alo
22、imonos的话可知，该机器人目前还不能理解比喻性的语言。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。3.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。4.C标题判断题。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。三、阅读七选五 15. GABED四、语法填空1motorcycling2.the3.had_plunged4.himself5.natural6with7.which/that8.that9.successfully10.For第9页（共9页）