1、 版本一 it is held by some people that knowledge is power, especially scientific and technological knowledge. science and technology are the motive power of the social development, which constitute a primary productive force. the use of robots is the produce of development of science and technology. pe
2、oples views on the use of robots vary from person to person. some hold that human life cannot continue without the use of robots. for many years, human society has developed with the use of science and technology. so the life with the use of robots we are living now is more efficient than that of ou
3、r fore fathers. they go on to point out that the use of robots has brought about many changes in peoples life. for example, through the use of robots can improve the work efficiency and avoid dangerous events happening in our life in that we can require robots to do some works with danger instead of
4、 human beings. science and technology of robots are the crystallization of human wisdom. it brought a glorious past to humanity, also will bring bright future to mankind. 版本二 the progression of technology is inevitable and undeniable, which makes the intelligent machinerobots an important part in ou
5、r life. with the popularity of robots, what will happen to our work and life? from point of my view, in the near future our work in industry will be operated by robots, which will raise productivity and cut cost of manpower. our cooking, washing and cleaning in our daily life will be completed by ro
6、bot servers, which will liberate us from trivial housework, and give us more time to do things we like. however, there is still much real challenge if robots become the mainstream of society. first, the less-skilled people will be out of work as a result of wide application of robots in industry. se
7、cond, we will get fatter and fatter because of robot doing housework instead of us. based on the above imagination, we can easily acknowledge that robot is a double-edged sword. we should draw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages, and make it bring maximum benefits to human beings. part reading
8、 comprehension section a directions: in this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. you are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. read the passage through carefully before making your choices. each choice in the bank is id
9、entified by a letter. please mark the corresponding letter for each item on answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. you may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. pursuing a career is an essential part of adolescent development. the adolescent becomes an adult when he_(27
10、)a real job. to cognitive researchers like piaget, adulthood meant the beginning of an_(28). piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work, their newly acquired ability to from hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal. the_(29)of such ideals, without the temp
11、ering of the reality of a job or profession, rapidly leads adolescents to become_(30)of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way. piaget said: true adaptation to society comes_(31)when the adolescent reformer attempts to put his ideas to work. of course
12、, youthful idealism is often courageous, and no one likes to give up dreams. perhaps, taken_(32)out of context, piagets statement seems harsh. what he was_(33), however, is the way reality can modify idealistic views. some people refer to such modification as maturity. piaget argued that attaining a
13、nd accepting a vocation is one of the best ways modify idealized views and to mature.as careers and vocations become less available during times of_(34), adolescents may be especially hard hit. such difficult economic times may leave many adolescents _(35)about their roles in society. for this reaso
14、n, community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically_(36)but also help to stimulate the adolescents sense of worth. 【选项】 a.automatically 自动地;机械地;无意识地 b.beneficial 有益的 c.capturing 捕捉 d.confused 困惑的 e.emphasizing 强调f.entrance 入口 g.excited
15、 激动的 h.existence 存在 i.incidentally 顺便;偶然地 j.intolerant 无法忍受的 k.occupation 职业;占有 l.promises 承诺 m.recession 衰退;不景气 n.slightly 轻微的 o.undertakes 承担;从事 section b can societies be rich and green? aif our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be eliminated and if well-being of the worlds peopl
16、e enhanced-not just in this generation but in succeeding generations-we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends. that statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie(环保主义者), but f
17、rom gordon brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution. ba surprising thing for the man who runs one of the worlds most powerful economies to say? perhaps; though in the run-up to the five-year review of the millennium(千年的)goals, he is far from alone. the ro
18、ots of his speech, given in march at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the g20 group of nations, stretch back to 1972, and the united nations conference on the human environment in stockholm. cthe protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue whic
19、h affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughtout the world, read the final declaration from this gathering, the first of a sequence which would lead to the rio de janerio earth summit in 1992 and the world development summit in johannesburg three years ago. dhunt through the
20、reports prepared by un agencies and development groups-many for conferences such as this years millennium goals review-and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread. emanaging ecosystems sustainably is more profitable than exploiting the
21、m,according to the millennium ecosystem assessment. but finding hard evidence to support the thesis is not so easy. thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic, some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the
22、 two. fif such an indicator exists, it is well hidden. and on reflection, this is not surprising; the single word environment has so many dimensions, and there are so many other factors affecting wealth-such as the oil deposits-that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almo
23、st impossible. gthe millennium ecosystem assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystem sustainably-working with nature rather than against it-might be less profitable in the short term, but certain
24、ly brings long-term rewards. hand the world resources institute (wri) in its world resources 2005 report, issued at the end of august, produced several such examples from africa and asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer people derive
25、 a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them. ibut there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment, in rich and poor parts of the world alike, whether through uegulated mineral extraction, drastic water use for agriculture, slas
26、h-and-burn farming, or fossil-fuel-guzzling(大量消耗)transport. of course, such growth may not persist in the long term-which is what mr. brown and the stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out. perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the grand bank fishery. for almost
27、five centuries a very large supply of cod(鳕鱼)provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40000 people, sustaining entire communities in newfoundland. then, abruptly, the cod population collapsed. there were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintai
28、n itself, let alone an industry. more than a decade later, there was no sign of the ecosystem rebuilding itself. it had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor. jthere is a view that modern humans are in
29、evitably sowing the seeds of a global grand banks-style disaster. the idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planets environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means. one recent study attempted to calculate the extent ofthis ecological
30、 goods and services-the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services-the things which the planet does for us for free-will grind to a halt. kwhether this is right, and if so where and when the ecological axe will fell, is hard to determine with any precisio
31、n-which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations. it is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the wri, maintain the environmental progress needs to g
32、o hand-in-hand with economic development, others argue that the priorty is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation. mclearly, richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities. citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poison-free food. they also, however, use for more natural resources-fuel, wate
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