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1、She then successfully convinced her husband to be to have their wedding photos taken underwater a couple of months after her first try. Can you imagine a 1.87-meter-tall man trying out something like a fishtail under the water? Zhang says, laughing.A commercial underwater photo portrait is perfect f

2、or post 80 and post 90 generations who adore taking snapshots, but are looking for new ways to be artistic, says Ai Cheng, owner and photographer of No.55 Underwater Photography in Shanghai.Ai opened a studio in Shanghais suburb of Songjiang two years ago, building a 5-meter- deep, fan-shaped pool e

3、quipped with heating facilities to start up the business. A 30-minute training on how to smile under the water so that you wont drink too much water and how to open your eyes underwater is offered in his studio for those who dont know how to swim.Ai says most of his customers are femalehalf of them

4、coming for an artistic portrait photo and the rest for wedding pictures. Some of them drag their boyfriends or husband-to-be, who are unwilling to go down to the water, to shoot as well, he says.42What would be the best title for the text?A. The Best Smiles May Be All Wet.B. The Sweetest Smile in th

5、e World.C. Smiling, a Universal Language.D. A New Challenge, a New Trend.43What does Zhang Xiaomei think of underwater snapshot?A. Funny. B. Dangerous. C. Fantastic. D. Strange.44Who are most likely to take photos underwater?A. Young people eager to be special.B. Senior people to recall their old da

6、ys.C. Couples to celebrate their anniversary.D. Artists to create new styles.45It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that _.A. young people are in for this fashionB. fewer men would show interest in this fashionC. men are more romantic than womenD. women would like to take more adventures2

7、.（2014届陕西省五校联盟高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷）Space is where our future is trips to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Most people would think that aside from comets（彗星） and stars, there is little else out there. But, since our space journey started we have left so much trash（垃圾） there that scientists are now concerned that

8、if we dont clean it up, we may all be in mortal （致命的）danger.The first piece of space junk was created in 1964, when the American satellite Vanguard I stopped operating and lost its connection with the ground center. However, since it kept orbiting around the Earth without any consequences, scientist

9、s became increasingly comfortable abandoning（抛弃） things that no longer served any useful purpose in space.It is estimated （估计）that there are now over 500,000 pieces of man-made trash orbiting the Earth at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour. The junk varies from tiny pieces of paint chipped off ro

10、ckets to cameras, huge fuel tanks, and even odd items like the million-dollar tool kit that astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn Piper lost during a spacewalk.The major problem with the space trash is that it may hit working satellites and damage traveling spacecraft（飞船）. Moreover, pieces of junk may co

11、llide（碰撞） with each other and break into pieces which fall back to the Earth. To avoid this, scientists have invented several ways for clearing the sky. Ground stations have been built to monitor larger pieces of space trash to prevent them from crashing into working satellites or space shuttles. Fu

12、ture plans include a cooperative effort among many nations to stop littering in space and to clean up the trash already there.46What was the first piece of man-made space trash?A. A camera. B. A tool kit.C. A fuel tank. D. A broken satellite.47Why were scientists NOT concerned about space trash in t

13、he beginning?A. It no longer served any useful purpose.B. It was millions of miles away from the Earth.C. It did not cause any problems.D. It was regarded as similar to comets and stars.48Which of the following statements is true about space junk?A. It is huge, heavy machines.B. It never changes pos

14、ition.C. It floats slowly around the Earth.D. It may cause problems for space shuttles.49What has been done about the space trash problem?A, Scientists have cleaned up most of the trash.B. Large pieces of space trash are being closely watched.C. Many nations have worked together to stop polluting sp

15、ace.D. Ground stations are built to help store the trash properly in space.3.（2014届北京市顺义区高三3月统一测试英语试卷）After record increase in over 40 countries, Universal Robots lightweight robotic arms are now making their US debut （首次露面） at this years International Manufacturing Trade Show （IMTS） in Chicago. The

16、 UR5 robotic arm made by Universal Robots has been announced officially “The worlds most innovative （创新的） robot” by The International Federation of Robotics and IEEE （Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers） Robotics and Automation Society. The US audience will now see the award-winning ro

17、bot along with its big brother UR10 for the first time. The UR5 and UR10 robotic arms are aimed at small-sized companies that thought robots were too expensive and hard to operate in existing production. The robotic arms are easily moved around the production area and present a simple user interface

18、 （界面） which lets workers quickly operate them. Esben Ostergaard, founder and CTO （Chief Technical Officer） at Universal Robots, explains how the robots were designed to be as userfriendly as possible: “We decided to make programming easy by developing a user interface worked together with a “teachin

19、g function” allowing the user to simply took hold of the robot arm and show it how a movement should be done. The robot can work in any production process very quickly. Our experience shows this is generally done in a few hours.”The robots weigh as little as 40 pounds, making it possible for them to

20、 be moved around the production area to do different tasks. The UR5 can handle a load of up to 5 kilos （11 pounds）, the UR10, 10 kilos （22 pounds）. As soon as a worker touches the robot arm and uses a force of at least 150 Newton, the robot arm will automatically stop operating. 50According to the t

21、ext, the UR5 robotic arm _.A. was designed by IEEEB. is aimed at small companiesC. has won a number of awardsD. made its appearance in 40 countries51The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to _.A. the programme B. the user interface C. the robot arm D. the “teaching function”52Whats the text

22、mainly about?A. An introduction to Universal Robots new robots.B. The difference between the UR5 and the UR10.C. Why the UR5 and the UR10 were invented.D. How to operate the UR5 and the UR10.5.（2014届浙江省宁波市十校高三3月联考英语试卷）Imagine youre in a dark room, running your fingers over a smooth surface in search

23、 of a single dot the size of this period, How high do you think the dot must be for your finger to feel it? Scientists have determined that the human finger is so sensitive it can detect a surface bump just one micron（l06m）high The human eye, by contrast, cant tell anything much smaller than100 micr

24、onsNo wonder we rely on touch rather than eyesight when faced with a new roll of toilet paper Biologically, touch is the mother of all sensory（感觉的） systemsIt is an ancient sense in evolution: even the simplest single-celled living things can feel when something brushes up against them and will respo

25、nd by moving closer or pulling away It is the first sense aroused during a babys development and the last to weaken at lifes peak Patients in a deep coma （昏迷）who seem otherwise lost to the world will show skin reaction when touched by a nurse “Touch ,is so central to what we are that we almost canno

26、t imagine ourselves without it,” said Chris Dijkerman“Its not like eyesight, where you close your eyes and you dont see anything You cant do that with touchIts always there Long ignored in favor of the sensory heavyweights of eyesight and hearing, the study of touch lately: has been gaining new conc

27、ern among scientistsTheyre exploring the effects of recently reported false touch impressions, of people being made to feel as though they had three arms, for example, with the hope of gaining the true understanding of how the mind works Others are turning to touch for more practical purposes: to bu

28、ild better touch screen instruments and robot hands, a more well-rounded virtual life。“Theres a fair amount of research into new ways of offloading information onto our sense of touch, said Lynette Jones To have your cell phone buzzing （making a low sound） as opposed to ringing turned out to have a

29、lot of advantages insome situations Touch is our most active sense, our means of seizing the world and experiencing it first hand DrSusan Lederman pointed out that while we can become aware of something by seeing or hear,ing7;-from a distance and without really trying, if we want to learn about some

30、thing by means of touch, we must make a moveWe must rub the cloth, or pet the cat Touching is a two-way street, and thats not true for seeing or hearing If you have a soft object and you squeeze it, you change its shape The physical world reacts back Our hands are smart and can do many tasks automatically - button a shirt, fit a key in a lock, play the; piano for othersDrLederman and her colleagues have shown that blindfolded subjects can easily recognize a wide range of common -objects placedin their handsBut on some feeling tasks, touch is all thumb