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To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be
no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part drivers.
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop
robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is
to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the
starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after
1.9 miles.
One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote
(远距离的) control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence ; another managed to go for six
miles but stuck on a rock. The "winner," if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow
hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.
"You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things," says Reinhold Behringer, who helped
design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. "Even ants (蚂蚁) can do all these tasks
effortlessly. It"s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines."
The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS
guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes
immediately, Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice
off her face, but she already knows that when there"s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and
that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine
humans have designed.
B. the road was not familiar to the drivers
C. the distance was too long for the vehicles
D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers
B. push the development of vehicle industry
C. train more people to drive in the desert
D. improve the vehicles for future wars
B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit
C. can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down
D. can move from place to place without being driven by human beings
A. about eight miles
B. six miles
C. almost two miles
D. about one mile
B. for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table
C. for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve
D. for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face
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试题【阅读理解。 Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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were other people in the place, but I sensed 2 . I saw their bodies, but I couldn"t feel their souls 3 their
souls belonged to the 4 .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man
5 in front of it. "I"m Steve," he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. "I
can"t talk with you. I"m 6 ,"he said. He was chatting online and, 7 , he was playing a computer game-a
war game. I was 8 .
Why didn"t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 9 to speak to that computer geek (怪人), 10 not a word
came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction (反应). I was 11 . I put my hand in front of the
monitor, and he started to shout, " 12 !"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me. I 13 , and saw nobody
showed any interest.
14 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people.
They were more 15 having a relationship with the 16 , particularly Steve. I wouldn"t want to 17 the future
of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 18 with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn"t even 19 that the coffee was bad, 20 Steve didn"t notice
there was a person next to him.
| ( )1. A. Before ( )2. A. pain ( )3. A. because ( )4. A. home ( )5. A. sleeping ( )6. A. busy ( )7. A. first of all ( )8. A. surprised ( )9. A. once ( )10. A. but ( )11. A. excited ( )12. A. Shut up ( )13. A. walked about ( )14. A. From then on ( )15. A. interested in ( )16. A. computer ( )17. A. tell ( )18. A. other than ( )19. A. pretend ( )20. A. as if | B. Since B. loneliness B. when B. world B. laughing B. thirsty B. just then B. delighted B. again B. so B. respected B. Enjoy yourself B. walked out B. At that moment B. tired of B. soul B. plan B. instead of B. understand B. just as | C. Although C. sadness C. until C. Net C. sitting C. tired C. at the same time C. moved C. first C. if C. afraid C. Leave me alone C. raised my hand C. In all C. careful about C. shop C. imagine C. except for C. insist C. just after | D. While D. fear D. unless D. Cafe D. learning D. sick D. by that time D. frightened D. even D. or D. unhappy D. Help me out D. raised my head D. Above all D. troubled by D. geek D. design D. as well as D. realize D. even though | ||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||
| Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it"s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register (收款机) with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash (现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day. I couldn"t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn"t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job. Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable."Charge it to me," was all he said. What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion. | |||||||||||
| 1. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ______. | |||||||||||
| A. promised to obey the store rules B. forgot to take any money with him C. hoped to have the food first and pay later D. could not afford anything more expensive | |||||||||||
| 2. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman? | |||||||||||
| A. kind and lucky B. poor and lonely C. friendly and helpful D. hurt and disappointed | |||||||||||
| 3. The writer acted upon the store rules because ______. | |||||||||||
| A. he wanted to keep his present job B. he felt no pity for the old gentleman C. he considered the old man dishonest D. he expected someone else to pay for the old man | |||||||||||
| 4. What does the writer learn from his experience? | |||||||||||
| A. Wealth is more important than anything else. B. Helping others is easier said than done. C. Experience is better gained through practice. D. Obeying the rules means more than compassion. | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||
| In the course of working my way through school, I took many jobs I would rather forget. But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant. The work was hard; the pay was poor; and, most of all, the working conditions were terrible. First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength. For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck. Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night. I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time-two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible. I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than $ 100 a week. But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions. During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch. Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor. I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked. By the time I left, I was determined never to go back there again. | |||||||||||
| 1. Why did the writer have to take many jobs at that time? | |||||||||||
| A. To pay for his schooling. B. To save for his future. C. To support his family D. To gain some experience | |||||||||||
| 2. The following facts describe the terrible working conditions of the plant EXCEPT ______. | |||||||||||
| A. loading boxes in the freezing cold B. having limited time for breaks C. working and studying at the same time D. getting no pay for lunch time | |||||||||||
| 3. What is the subject discussed in the text? | |||||||||||
| A. The writer"s unhappy school life. B. The writer"s eagerness to earn money. C. The writer"s experience as a full-time worker. D. The writer"s hard work in an apple plant. | |||||||||||
| 4. How is the text organized? | |||||||||||
| A. Topic-Argument-Explanation B. Opinion-Discussion-Description C. Main idea-Comparison-Supporting examples D. Introduction-Supporting examples-Conclusion | |||||||||||
| 完型填空。 | |||||||||||
| I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, "You"re never going to be 2 but a failure." After five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, "Let"s 8 it, you"ve failed at everything you"ve ever done." So I tried hard with my 9 and went to college. My first novel 10 while I was at college. After college I taught during the 11 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time 14 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself - 15 was a working-class boy who"d 16 school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered (发现) my own style. Now I"m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18 what does it mean? I 19 wish all the people that have put me down had 20 :"I believe in you. You;ll succeed." | |||||||||||
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