| Bob's deskmate is too selfish a man, whom we can't ________ to lend us a hand. |
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| A. suggest B. desire C. make D. hope |
| This has focused the world's attention on the polar regions, whose ice is melting at a(n)________ rate. |
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| A. amusing B. misleading C. alarming D. confusing |
| The engineers have rejected the employers' proposals to end the strike and the other workers have come out in ________. |
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| A. opposition B. return C. sympathy D. readiness |
| Why can't you do this small ________ for me? I helped you often enough in the past. |
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| A. work B. demand C. favor D. good |
| — Would you like to go camping with me when the summer holiday comes? — I really dislike camping, but I will ________ you if you insist. |
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| A. company B. companion C. accompany D. compare |
| It seems somewhat ________ of a sensible man to drive 3 hours just for a 10minute facetoface talk, but I did that to interview Justin Bieber. |
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| A. absurd B. unique C. clumsy D. abrupt |
| Could you let me ________ the computer before I make up my mind to buy it? |
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| A. watch out B. work out C. test out D. figure out |
| Would you please come and help me with this form? I don't know how to ________it. |
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| A. set aside B. set up C. set off D. set about |
| I support your decision, but I should also make it clear that I am not going to be ________ to it. |
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| We haven't seen each other for many years, so I am quite ________ the plan that we have a party this weekend. |
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| Scientists have created a way to control a robot with signals from a human brain. By generating the proper brainwaves-picked up by a cap with electrodes(电极)that sense the signals and reflect a person's instructions-scientists can instruct a humanoid robot to move to specific locations and pick up certain objects. The commands are limited to moving forward, picking up one of two objects and bringing it to one of two locations.The researchers have achieved 94 percent accuracy between the thought commands and the robot's movements. "This is really a proofofconcept demonstration, "said Rajesh Rao, a researcher from the University of Washington who leads the project."It suggests that one day we might be able to use semiautonomous robots for such jobs as helping disabled people or performing routine tasks in a person's home." The person wearing the electrode cap watches the robot's movement on a computer screen through two cameras installed on and above the robot. When the robot's cameras see the objects that are to be picked up they pass on the information to the user's computer screen.Each object lights up randomly on the computer screen.When a person wants something to be picked up and it happens to light up, the brain registers surprise and sends this brain activity to the computer and then to the robot as the choice object.The robot then proceeds to pick up the object. A similar program is used to decide where the robot will go. "One of the important things about this demonstration is that we're using a 'noisy' brain signal to control the robot, "Rao said."That means we can only obtain brain signals indirectly from sensors on the surface of the head, and not where they are generated deep in the brain.As a result, the user can only generate highlevel commands such as indication which object to pick up or which location to go to, and the robot needs to be autonomous enough to be able to execute such commands." In the future, the researchers hope to make the robot more adaptive to the environment by having them carry out more complex commands. 1. What is special about the robot introduced in the passage? A. It is controlled by human thoughts. B. It can be made humanoid. C. It can be used to help the disabled. D. It has high intelligence itself. 2. Which of the following is TRUE about the robot? A. It can move forward and backward and pick up two objects at the same time. B. It can move forward, pick up both objects and bring them to either location. C. It can only move forward, pick up one object and put it in one location. D. It can read all human thoughts and do as instructed. 3. What Rao says in the eighth paragraph suggests that the new robot________. A. is still at its early stage of development B. will be widely used in our daily routines soon C. is autonomous enough to complete complex commands D. is only limited to doing routine work at home 4. The sixth paragraph mainly describes________. A. how the robot controls a person's action B. how the robot picks up the right object C. how the person controls the robot D. how the robot finds out where to go |
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| What can a wide eyed, talking robot teach us about trust? A lot, according to Northeastern psychology professor David DeSteno, and his colleagues, who are conducting a research to determine how humans decide to trust strangers. The interdisciplinary(跨学科的)research project, funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF), is being conducted together with Cynthia Breazeal, director of the MIT Media Lab's Personal Robots Group, Robert Frank, an economist, and David Pizarro, a psychologist, both from Cornell. The researchers are examining whether gestures could affect our trustworthiness judgments. "People tend to mimic(模仿)each other's body language, "said De Steno, "which might help them develop intuitions(直觉)about what other people are feeling." This project tests their theories by having humans interact with the social robot, Nexi, in an attempt to judge her trustworthiness. Without knowing the participants, Nexi has been programmed to make gestures while speaking with selected participants-gestures that the team thinks could determine whether or not she's considered trustworthy. During the first part of the experiment, Nexi makes small talk with them for 10 minutes, asking and answering questions about topics such as traveling, where they're from and what they like most about living in Boston. "The goal was to create a normal conversation with accompanying movements to see what the mind would intuitively(直觉地)collect about the trustworthiness of another, "said DeSteno. The participants then play an economic game called "Give Some", which asks them to determine how much money Nexi might give them at the expense of her individual profit. Meanwhile, they decide how much, if any, they'll give to Nexi. The rules of the game allow for two distinct outcomes:higher individual profit for one and loss for the other, or relatively smaller and equal profits for both partners. "Trust mightn't be determined by only one gesture, but rather a 'dance' that happens between the strangers, which leads them to trust or not trust the other, " said DeSteno, who will continue testing their theories by seeing if Nexi can be taught to predict the trustworthiness of human partners. 1. How many fields does the research involve? A. Two fields. B. Three fields. C. Four fields. D. Five fields. 2. According to the text, the researchers focused on ________. A. the writing communication B. the voice communication C. the gesturebased communication D. the online communication 3. According to the text, the first part of the experiment is to ________. A. create a special conversation B. intuitively watch the trustworthiness C. accompany the robot closely D. play an economic game 4. The underlined word "dance" in the last paragraph means ________. A. the gestures from each other B. a kind of entertainment C. a simple gesture D. one person's gestures |
| 完成句子 阅读下列各小题, 根据每句后的汉语提示, 用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子. 1. He tried enthusiastically to join the army but to his disappointment ended up ______________ because of poor eyesight.(turn) 他满腔热情地想要参军, 但令他失望的是最终因为视力不好被拒绝了. 2. ____________________in the annual report, the number of Spanish speakers in the US will be higher than that of English speakers by the year 2090.(state) 正如年度报告里所陈述的, 到2090年, 美国说西班牙语的人数将会超过说英语的. 3. It was desired by the professor ____________________all the participants when there was even a slightest change in the state of the virus. (ring) 一旦病毒状态有任何变化, 教授要求他给所有的参与者打电话. 4. ____________________could Holmes settle down and dive into his logical deduction.(leave) 直到他独处时, 福尔摩斯才能静下心来投入到他的逻辑推理中. 5. With piles of problems ____________________, his father set off earlier for his office.(attend) 因为有一大堆的问题要处理, 他父亲很早就出发去办公室了. 6. If only we ____________________ some money when we were young, we would be able to afford a journey around the world after retirement.(set) 要是我们年轻的时候能存些钱就好了, 那样的话退休后我们就能支付得起去环游世界的费用了. 7. It is your ambition, rather than encouragement from others, ____________________assist you to succeed in time. (bound) 最终必定会帮助你成功的是你的志向而不是别人的鼓励. 8. It was a pity for him and the literature world ____________________hidden in a napkin, otherwise he would make history. (have) 让他的天分被一张餐巾纸掩盖, 对于他和文学界来说都是一件遗憾的事；否则的话他就能创造历史了. 9. He couldn't have been threatened by any danger as he ____________________nurses and doctors at hospital when we were out of the hospital.(accompany) 他不会有任何危险的, 因为我们离开医院时, 有护士和医生陪着他. 10. Smoking does great harm to your lung as well as your family members, eventually ____________________ your quality of life.(affect) 吸烟对你的肺和你的家人造成巨大的伤害, 最终会影响你的生活质量. |