河北省大名县一中学年高二英语下学期第二周周测试题Word文档格式.docx

1、 Hawking, is probably the worlds most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert on black holes. He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning （and the end） of the universe. “My goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is to completely understand the universe, why it is as it

2、 is and why it is there at all.” Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking.Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computers mouse. He sel

3、ects his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer. “I have had the disease for most of my life,” Hawking once said. “Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work.” Although Hawking is such a disabled man, he made great achievements. He has received many award

4、s and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics.1.In the first paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote is_.A.the same as Harry PotterB.is quite different from Harry Potter.C.about the magicD.about

5、science2.From the text we can learn _.A.Hawking is more famous than EinsteinB.Hawking is less famous than EinsteinC.Both Hawking and Einstein are very famousD.Neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous3.What does the underlined pronoun “It” in the second paragraph stand for?A.The goal.B.The magic.C.The

6、universe.D.The book.4.According to the text, which of the following statements is the fact?A.Hawking has received many awards and prizes except the Albert Einstein Award.B.The illness keeps him from moving and talking.C.He communicates with others by speaking.D.The illness stopped him from being suc

7、cessful.B In the far future, robots live on Earth as humans but the population of humans is smaller than a thousand. This is a story of a repair robot R-62. One day, a car came to the repair factory and a human stepped out of the car. “Wow, a human! I have never seen a real one,” said R-62.“Humans a

8、re quite clever. Theyre able to do any action they want to. Theyre even able to harm other human beings or organize wars, which they have been doing a lot in the history. Also they dont even have to follow orders if they dont want to,” said another robot T-59 quietly to R-62. “How terrible it is! An

9、d almost all robots seem afraid of him and dont look at him directly,” said R-62. The human then sat down and asked if there had been any problems in the last 10 years and he only got a quick answer, “No, sir.” Then suddenly, R-62 said loudly, “I have one question for you.” The human said, “Yes”, a

10、bit unhappy for not getting “sir”.“Why do human create so many robots?” asked R-62.Silence followed the question and he then said, “I dont need to answer questions from robots!” He then went into his car and drove away quickly. “I really dont understand why humans replaced themselves with robots,”as

11、ked R-62. “Because they thought that robots were more advanced than humans. They created us to support themselves,” answered T-59.“But there are so few humans on Earth. What they should do is to take away the robots or at least make them stop doing the work which humans are supposed to do,” said R-6

12、2. “I agree. But we can do nothing about it. And now we have to finish repairing this car,” said T-59.“All right, lets continue.”5.In T-59s opinion, humans are_.A.smartB.politeC.dangerousD.stupid6.According to the text, R-62_.A.dared not look at the human directlyB.was not friendly to the humanC.dec

13、ided to give up its jobD.hope to live on Earth7.What can we learn from the story?A.R-62 doesnt know what human beings look like.B.R-62 and T-59 are brothers and do different jobs.C.T-59 doesnt want to support human beings.D.T-59 knows a lot about human beings.8.Whats R-62s attitude towards humans cr

14、eating robots?A.Frightened.B.Excited.C.Doubtful.D.Supportive.C Preparing Cities for Robot Cars The possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurists dream, years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is apparently now. The California Department of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads. The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self-driving cars