Unit 7 Will people have robots?阅读理解专项练习 2022-2023学年人教版新目标英语八年级上册（含答案）

人教版新目标八年级英语Unit 7
阅读理解
专项练习
A
What will your life be like in ten years
In ten years，I think I'll be a teacher，because I like staying with kids.I'll be very nice to every child and never leave them homework.
—Nancy，16，Nanjing
I always want to be an actress.I think I will be in Hengdian and act in TV series or movies in 2039.Maybe I'm not very famous then，but I'm sure I'll be successful if I work hard.
—Linda，12，Xinjiang
My dream is to travel around the world.I hope I can go to America in five years and to Europe in ten years.I must work hard now and save enough money.
—Mike，33，Beijing
I love peace.I will probably join the army and become a soldier (士兵) like my father.He is a good soldier now.We will try our best to protect (保护) our country and our people.
—Toby，17，Liaoning
1.Nancy wants to be a(n) ________.
A．teacher B．actress
C．doctor D．policewoman
2.We'll probably ________ in 20 years.
A．listen to Linda's songs
B．see Linda's film
C．wear Linda's clothes
D．read Linda's books
3. It's Mike's dream to ________.
A．visit America
B．visit Europe
C．travel around the world
D．save enough money
4.________ wants to be a soldier.
A．Nancy B．Toby
C．Mike D．Linda
5.What can we learn from the passage
A．Nancy isn't good with kids.
B．Linda will be 26 years old in ten years.
C．Mike will go to America in ten years.
D．Toby's father serves in the army (服役)．
B
AI(人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let's see the amazing AI.
Cool driverless bus
A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn't need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.
Your close friend
Hi, everyone. I'm Xiaobing, a chatbot(聊天机器人). I speak like a 17 year old girl. If you feel lonely(孤独的), you can talk with me. I'm talented at singing, writing poems and telling stories.I want to be your friend!
World's first AI anchor(主播)
Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao The answer is “no”. This is the world's first AI anchor.It looks and speaks just like a real person.It can work 24 hours and doesn't make any mistakes. You might see it on TV soon.
Popular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auction(拍卖) in 2018. The painting is worth(值得) about 3，000，000 yuan！But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI artist.Three Frenchmen created the AI artist. It studied over 15，000 paintings.In this way, it learned to paint.
1.The fact about Apolong is that ________．
A．the bus door can't open itself
B．it stops as soon as it sees a stop light
C．there are 24 seats in it
D．it doesn't follow the traffic rules
2.Xiaobing can NOT ________．
A．go out to play with you
B．talk with you if you feel lonely
C．sing
D．be your friend
3.The painting ________．
A．was at an auction in 2019
B．is worth about 3，000，000 yuan at an auction
C．is a work painted by Vincent van Gogh
D．was studied by three French artists over 15，000 times
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A．AI makes our lives harder and worse.
B．This new kind of driverless bus also needs a driver to control(控制) it.
C．Xiaobing is a 17 year old girl.
D．The AI anchor can work 24 hours and doesn't make any mistakes.
5.We can probably read the passage in ________．
A．a storybook　　　　　B．a diary
C．a newspaper D．a notebook
C
Alex is reading a book about AI, artificial intelligence(人工智能). He finds the book a little difficult but very interesting. Though the word AI is very popular now, he enjoys reading it very much. He has learned a new idea about AI from the book.
When people ask AI a question, it answers the question in a very short time. So, people may feel that AI can think and answer questions as human beings(人类) do. Before Alex read this book, he believed this, too. However, this book says it will never happen. In fact, AI only uses a lot of information to get the best answer. So, when it has more information, the answer will be much closer to the perfect(完美的) one.
AI technologies(科技) will be cleverer tools(工具) for human beings to use. This book also says almost half of our jobs will be done by AI technologies in the near future. People will soon find more AI technologies in our lives, such as checking(检查) the tickets, the price, people's faces and fingers.
So, we believe that we will have much happier lives with these AI technologies around us.
1.What is the short form(简写) for “artificial intelligence”？
A.PC. B．AI. C．NBA. D．UFO.
2.What does Alex think of the book
A.Difficult but interesting.
B.Easy but important.
C.Popular and interesting.
D.Difficult and important.
3.What new idea does Alex get from the book
A.AI can think by itself.
B.AI can't answer questions right away.
C.AI can have ideas of its own.
D.AI will never think by itself.
4.What is the meaning of the underlined part(画线部分) in the article
A.Some of the jobs can be done by AI.
B.All the jobs can be done by AI.
C.None of the jobs can be done by AI.
D.AI will take the place of human beings.
5.Which of the following is TRUE
A.AI is used everywhere in the world now.
B.AI will have its own ideas in the future.
C.AI finds the best answer by using information.
D.AI thinks and answers questions as people do.
D
Good news for you，everyone！We have many kinds of robots on sale in our shop.They can help you a lot in your life.Would you like to have a look at them？There's always one you need and like.
No. 1 Study Robot Study Robot looks like a man's head.It is made in Shanghai.If you have any difficulty in your study，it can give you great help.For example，when you don't know how to spell an English word，it can show you the word and read it to you.It is ￥399 each.
No. 2 Music Robot Music Robot is made in Beijing.It can play lots of music and it can also sing.The music is very beautiful and the singing is beautiful，too.It can help you relax if you feel tired.You may ask it to play any music or sing any song you like.It is ￥299 each.
No. 3 Time Robot Time Robot looks like a clock，but it is not only a clock.It can also tell your parents when to work and tell you when to get up... It can talk with people and answer the questions about time.It is made in Nanjing and it is ￥199 each.
No. 4 Housework Robot Housework Robot is a very useful robot.It can help you do many kinds of housework，such as washing and cleaning.When you are tired after work or after school，you may ask it to do the housework for you.It is made in Wuhan.It is ￥11，100 each.
1.Which of the robots is the most expensive
A．Study Robot. B．Music Robot.
C．Time Robot. D．Housework Robot.
2.How much should you pay if you want to
buy two robots to help with study
A．￥798. B．￥698.
C．￥498. D．￥398.
3.Which number of the robots can tell you the time to go to work
A．No. 1. B．No. 2.
C．No. 3. D．No. 4.
4.Which robot does a housewife need most
A．Study Robot. B．Music Robot.
C．Time Robot. D．Housework Robot.
5.Which of the following is TRUE
A．The four robots can all answer people's questions.
B．The four robots are made in different cities of China.
C．For your grandparents，Study Robot is the most useful.
D．The price of Time Robot is higher than that of Music Robot.
E
What do WiFi and the moon landing have in common？Great thinkers predicted (预测) it as early as one hundred years ago.
1．Nikola Tesla predicted WiFi and phones in 1909.Sixtyfour years before the first phone appeared，Nikola Tesla told the New York Times，“It will soon be possible to send wireless messages (无线消息) all over the world.And everyone can bring and use his own phone.”
2．Jules Verne thought of a man getting to the moon in 1865.More than one hundred years before Neil Armstrong took “a big step (步) for human beings”，writer Jules Verne wrote about two men getting to the moon from a cannon (大炮) in his book From Earth to the Moon.Verne even set the rocket sending to Florida，now the place of Kennedy Space Center.Do you know these interesting facts about the moon
3．Mark Twain predicted his own lifeending in 1909.In 1909，Mark Twain's biographer (自传作家) Albert Bigelow Paine gave Twain's saying，“I came in with Halley's” comet (哈雷彗星) in 1835.It is coming again next year，and I expect to go out with it.It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't.”He died on April 21，1910，the day after the comet came back.
It's hard to believe that those predictions really come true in the end.But everything is possible，right
1.What did Nikola Tesla predict in 1909
A．Mark Twain would die a year later.
B．People could take phones to the moon from the earth.
C．It was impossible for everyone to use their own phone.
D．People could use phones to send wireless messages.
2.The underlined word “disappointment” in Paragraph 4 means ________ in Chinese.
A．高兴 B．失望 C．害怕 D．满足
3.Mark Twain died ________．
A．in 1836 B．at the age of 65
C．in 1865 D．at the age of 75
4.What is the right time order of these events
①The first phone appeared in the world.
②Jules Verne thought of a man getting to the moon.
③Mark Twain died.
A．②①③ B．①②③ C．③①② D．②③①
5.What can we know about these great thinkers
A．They love to think about all kinds of things.
B．They know interesting facts about the moon.
C．They love to tell others all kinds of stories.
D．They all have their own biographers.
F
Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future Let's have a look. You may get a surprise.
You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you.
In the kitchen you will find a special food machine (机器). The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be_connected_with the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine.
After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don't need to go out to work any more.
You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you get a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend's face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily.
1.What is the second paragraph (段) about
A．It's about healthy food.
B．It's about the kitchen robot.
C．It's about a nice kitchen.
D．It's about a robot which can do homework.
2.According to (根据) the passage, ________ will tell you what your body needs.
A．the kitchen robot
B．the food machine
C．the information screen
D．the computer
3.The underlined phrase “be connected with” means “________” in Chinese.
A．关心 B．复制 C．连接 D．保存
4.You can see your friend's face ________.
A．on the wall B．on the screen
C．on the Internet D．on TV
5.What's the passage about
A．Our life in the future.
B．A food machine.
C．A special information screen.
D．A kitchen robot.
参考答案
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