1、4. What does the man suggest about fish?A. They need less care than dogs.B. They arent easy to take care of.C. The woman should get one as a pet.5. What does the woman mean?A. Shell try harder.B. Shes not feeling well.C. Cindy is the real problem.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题
2、中所给的A、B、C三个选项中 选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小 题5秒钟;听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。6. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Strangers. B. Teacher and student. C. Co-workers.7. Why is the woman going to the school?s visiting the school.s got a new full-time job.C. She
3、s filling in for a regular teacher. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. Some artistic films.B. Some famous movie stars.C. An important film festival.9. Why did the festival become popular?A. The location became well known.B. An arts center was constructed for it.C. The governmen
4、t started to support it. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. How does the woman describe the man?A. Hes hard-working. B. Hes good at sports. C. He isnt the best student.11. What did the woman put into the tomato sauce?A. Oil. B. Garlic. C. Pepper.12. What will the man do next?A. Sleep. B. Study. C. Have some desse
5、rt.听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. According to the woman, how long are whales , teeth today?A. About half a foot long. B. Around a foot long. C. Two feet long.14. How old is the recently discovered tooth according to the scientists?A. Five million years old. B. Twelve million years old. C. Thirteen million ye
6、ars old. 15. Where is the tooth now?A. At the mans home. B. On a beach. C. In a museum.16. What does the man imply in the conversation?A. He would like to go to Australia.B. Animals were very different years ago.C. He wishes he found something important.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. When is the store closin
7、g?A. In fifteen minutes. B. In thirty minutes. C. In one hour.18. What will happen on Monday?A. The store will close early.B. Free coffee will be served.C. The store will go back to its normal hours.19. Which item will be 50% off?A. Halloween decorations. B. Oven-baked turkeys. C. The mashed potatoe
8、s. 20. How can a customer save 10%?A. By shopping during a holiday.B. By purchasing honey-baked ham.C. By participating in the food drive. 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分35分) 第一节(共10个小题;每小题2.5分,满分25分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AAlthough Adrian Wood had already sent her three oldest children off to White Oak
9、 Elementary School in Edenton, North Carolina, she was anxious when it was her youngest son Amoss turn to start classes. Adrian said, “Sending Amos to school was such a different path. He was 3 when he started school. He had autism(自闭症)and he didnt speak.Amos struggled to make friends and fit in, bu
10、t there was always one person there who was very happy to see him. Raymond Brown has worked at the school as a guard for the past 15 years. All of the students know and love him, and hes truly a friend to all. He started calling Adrians son “Famous Amos” on day one. To the moms surprise, Amos quickl
11、y began responding with a cheerful Hey, Brown” whenever he saw him. He wasnt even saying daddy at home, so it was really something, Adrian said.“Amos is a hard friend to have, Adrian explained, He takes a lot more than he gives and thats tough for children. But those kids saw that he was popular and
12、 loved, and they started fighting over who would get to hold Amos hand on the way to the classroom. It meant so much to me that he was favored by the other children at school, and Mr. Brown had a big hand in that.”About a year ago, school officials nominated Mr. Brown for North Carolinas School Hero
13、, a $20,000 prize. When the results came out and he didnt win, Adrian was heartbroken. She couldnt let the disappointing results stand, so she took to Facebook and created an annual “Famous Amos” prize for Mr. Brown in their community. Her neighbors answered the call, donating $35,000 in just one we
14、ek! Townspeople and school officials gathered in March to celebrate Mr. Brown and give him the money theyd raised. Principal Michelle handed him a giant check and thanked him for everything he does to help kids like Amos find their way.21. What made Adrian worried?A. Her youngest sons bad behavior.B
15、. Her familys heavy financial burden.C. Her youngest sons mental problem.D. Her three sons poor performance at school.22. What change did Mr. Brown bring to Amos?A. Amos became a top student at school.B. Amos got more attention from other kids.C. Amos learned to share and care about others.D. Amos h
16、ad a better relationship with his family members.23. What did Mr. Brown get in the end?A. The “Famous Amos” prize.B. A check from the local government.C. North Carolinas School Hero prize.D. A small donation from the community.BWe use what is known as inner speech, where we talk to ourselves, to eva
17、luate situations and make decisions. Now, a robot has been trained to speak aloud its inner decision-making process, giving us a view of how it responds to contradictory demands.Arianna Pipitone and Antonio Chella at the University of Palermo, Italy, programmed a humanoid robot named Pepper, with so
18、ftware that models human cognitive(认知的)processes, which allowed Pepper to retrieve (检索)relevant information from its memory and find the correct way to act based on human commands, as well as a text to speech processor. It allowed Pepper to voice its decision-making process while completing a task,
19、With inner speech, we can better understand what the robot wants to do and what its plan is, says Chella.The researchers asked Pepper to set a dinner table according to etiquette (礼仪)rules they had programmed into the robot. Inner speech was either enabled or disabled to see how it affected Peppers
20、ability to do what was instructed.When instructed to place a napkin on a fork with its inner speech enabled, Pepper asked itself what the etiquette required and concluded that this request went against the rules it had been given. It then asked the researchers if putting the napkin on the fork was t
21、he correct action. When told it was, Pepper said, “OK, I prefer to follow your desire, and explained how it was going to place the napkin on the fork.When asked to do the same task with inner speech disabled, Pepper knew this contradicted etiquette rules, so it didnt perform the task or explain why.
22、With the potential for robots to become more common in the future, this type of programming could help the public understand their abilities and limitations, says Sarah Sebo at the University of Chicago. It maintains peoples trust and enables cooperation and interactions between humans and robots, s
23、he says. However, this experiment only used a single human participant, says Sebo. Its unclear how their approach would compare across a wide range of human participants, she says.24. Why does the author mention how people make decisions in the first paragraph?A. To introduce the topic. B. To make c
24、omparisons.C. To provide an example. D. To support his argument.25. How did Pepper react to the contradictory instruction with its inner speech enabled?A. It failed to complete the task. B. It followed the etiquette rules.C. It made a random decision. D. It communicated with the researchers.26. What
25、 did Sarah Sebo think of the research?A. It was creative but worthless.B. It was a good try but the result was a failure.C. It was inspiring but needed further evidence.D. It was carefully designed but poorly performed.27. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A. Robot Taught To Be P
26、oliteB. Robot Can Explain Its DecisionC. Robot Making Decisions: No Longer A DreamD. Robot-Human Communication: No Longer A ProblemCIt was a weeknight and one of my twin daughters marched into the room, waving a book shed finished. Dad, why are books with science in them always about boys?” she aske
27、d.I told her that simply wasnt true; there were loads of great science fictions with girls in them. She agreed, but argued that in those stories it was the boys who were doing science, and the girls were just along for the ride. My other daughter took her sisters side and challenged me to give an ex
28、ample.This left me in a difficult position. I could either go through our library to point out some wonderful examples of female-led science fictions, or just admit they were right and remain in my comfortable chair.Ive been asked several times how I came up with the idea for A Problematic Paradox a
29、nd my answer is always the same: it came to me in a moment of inspiration. I like that answer because its simple and makes me seem very creative. The fact that this explanation is not true bothers me from time to time. Heres the truth: the story wasnt my idea. It was my daughters who suggested I wri
30、te something for them that had a girl doing science.My daughters were at an age when many young women turn away from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), believing those areas of study unfriendly or out of the norm for girls. I also read about how important role models can be to young people. Its one thing to tell a person they can do something, but seeing someone like them doing that thing can be more powerful.So, I kept two guidelines for the book in mind: First, the story had to be fun for anyone,
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