Unit 1Science Fiction同步巩固练-part 3
Using Language, Assessing Your Progress &Video Time
【基础词汇练】
1.The satellite enables us (calculate) our precise location wherever we are.
2.Images can be shown random or in the order you specify.
3.We (stun) by the sudden news that he had won the championship.
4.It is obvious that the idea developed inch inch in his mind until he perfected it.
5.The (divide)between the prosperous(繁荣的)west and the impoverished(贫困的)east still remains.
6.I'm a bit (模糊的) about that.
7.Reference books, stationery(文具), and a reading (灯) are all arranged properly on his desk.
8.An elevator mechanic can operate the machinery directly by turning this (操纵杆).
9.When selecting boots, a pair of fine and quality (皮革) ones will be a wise investment.
10.A bomb (爆炸) outside a hotel near the town square yesterday, injuring at least ten people.
11.He told me he would leave to (拿来) the tools and asked me to stay where I was.
12.We need to accelerate(加快) the p of development in our country.
13.As a rule, the m number of marks for every subject is 100.
14.The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless in
(泥).
15.It is required that everyone should put a (手帕)over their nose and mouth when they sneeze.
16.He was witness to the (explode) that led to the destruction of the weapons in the factory.
17.It was when I got back to my apartment I first came across my new neighbors.
18.We have an urge (give)advice immediately to make the person feel better or try to fix the problem.
19.These results conflict the earlier findings, which indicates that the plan can't be carried out.
20.Life can only be understood b , but it must be lived forwards.
【选词练】
due to;fall away;turn out;or so
1. the application of this technology, more diseases can be discovered and treated at an early stage.
2.It was normal that his supporters as his popularity declined.
3.As it , some of them lived with their families in the basements of the houses.
4.It took Tom as well as his brother an hour to get familiar with the new school.
【句型练】
1.Life is just like an unending journey, (我们都要参与其中).
2. (只要你已经提前付了款), we won't charge you for delivery.
3.After that, they behaved naturally (好像什么也没发生过).
【七选五练】
Smartphones store a lot of personal data. These devices know our names, the names of our friends, our addresses and where we are right now. 1 A weather app needs to know where a person is to report the local forecast, for example.
Many smartphone apps don't cost anything to download and use. But don't be fooled. There's still a price. 2 Those same apps may often send data such as your salary or your address on to advertisers as well. Those advertisers will pay well to know how people behave and live. Once your data leave a device, you can't get them back. And that data theft may not be harmless. Moreover, those data may tell when someone leaves home and when he gets back. 3 Social media sites often have access to a user's images and posts.
Recently a new online tool has been developed to track the misuse of private data. 4 It tells people when their apps are sending data, and which can help spot the misuse. SPEProxy identifies the misuse of data using an approach that has already been used to diagnose illnesses.
In the clinical field, a kind of medical software has been tested out and used to collect data from a patient. Then it compares them to those symptoms of many possible illnesses to make a diagnosis.
Right now,people can only track data with the new tool by going to a website. 5 It's also a bit awkward to use. People may not want to take the trouble to get online to track their data. A more convenient version that people could install on their phones is in urgent need.
A.It is called SPEProxy.
B.That means it's limited.
C.It is more than convenient to use in computers.
D.Your privacy is what's paid for it.
E.Some apps use those data to do their job.
F.Some apps may charge you much money to operate.
G.They can show how and where people spend their days.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
【阅读练】
While the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so for some elementary school students in Auckland, New Zealand. They became the world's first kids to be “taught” by a digital teacher, just like in the science fiction. Before you start imagining a human-like robot pacing around the classroom, Will is just an avatar(化身) that appears on the students' desktop, or the smartphone screen, when ordered to come.
The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and nervous system, allowing it to show human-like behavior. The digital teacher is assigned to teach Vector's “Be sustainable with energy”—a free program for Auckland's elementary schools.
Just like the humans it replaces, Will is able to instantly react to the students' responses to the topic. Thanks to a webcam and a microphone, the avatar not only responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up non-verbal cues randomly. For instance, if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not only helps attract the students' attention, but also allows the program's developers to monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.
Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel way to catch the attention of the next generation. He says, “I have a lot of hopes for this technology as a means to deliver cost-effective, rich and educational experience in the future.”
The program, in place since August 2018, has been a great success thus far. Ravishankar says, “What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will. The way they look at the world is so creative and different, and Will really captured their attention. However, regardless of how popular it becomes, Will is unlikely to replace human educators any time soon.”
1.What was special for some elementary school students in Auckland
A.A digital teacher taught them.
B.They first saw something digital.
C.This was the start of a new school year.
D.They could get close to the smartphone screen.
2.What is the benefit of this two-way interaction
A.It can smile back.
B.It can use the microphone.
C.It can talk any topic for free.
D.It can change if necessary.
3.What's Ravishankar's attitude to Will's replacing human educators soon
A.Optimistic. B.Doubtful.
C.Unclear. D.Disapproving.
4.What might be the best title for the passage
A.New High Tech Contributes to Education
B.The World's First Digital Teacher Appears in the Classroom
C.The World's First Digital Teacher, a Help to Students
D.New Zealand Will Replace Teachers in Classrooms
【语法填空练】
It was at ten o'clock today 1 my first Time Machine began its career. After sitting in the leather seat, I pushed the starting lever and looked around. Then my eyes settled on the clock. It was 2 (believable)! Just now, it was a minute or so past ten; now it was nearly half past three! I pushed the lever further. Night 3 (fall) as if a lamp was being turned out, and in another moment came the day.
I found it hard to explain the strange and unpleasant feeling of time travelling. I felt I was being driven fast on a winding road. All of 4 sudden, the walls of the laboratory fell away, and I found I was left in the open air. The whole surface of the earth was 5 (constant) changing before my eyes. I thought that I was being pushed through time at 6 (hundred) of years a minute.
I had a strong urge 7 (look) at things that were being flashed before my eyes! I knew I would be 8 risk if I stopped the Time Machine. As long as I travelled at maximum speed, I would be safe and sound. But if I stopped, I would be forced together with something occupying the same space and we would explode like a bomb!
I pulled the lever backwards, and then I 9 (throw) through the air. I was stunned for a moment and then I found myself 10 (sit) in the rain next to the machine.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
【写作练】
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
“It doesn't look too good, darling. I think you'd better pack a few things and go to your mother's place. And you'd better take Rosie and Monty with you.”
Putting down the phone, Sara sighed. Tomorrow was her husband Tony's birthday. She had planned to cook him a nice meal and then surprise him with the new mountain bike she'd bought for him. If she went to her mother's house, Tony wouldn't get his present for days.
However, her mother's house was the best place to be right now. Being on higher land, it would be safe from the floods. It had been raining heavily for almost two weeks and the river near Sara and Tony's house was rising higher and higher all the time. Tony and others from the village had spent the past two days putting sandbags along the side of the river to stop it from overflowing. Now they feared that their hard work had been useless and soon the whole valley would be flooded.
Sara dressed baby James in warm clothes and collected the things she would need for him over the next few days. She put the lead on the dog and went in search of Monty, the cat. It took her a long time, but eventually she found him safe and warm under the covers on her bed. She placed him in his cat basket and took him into the kitchen where James and the dog, Rosie, were waiting.
Just as she was reaching for the car keys, Sara heard a sound like the noise bath water makes when you pull out the plug. She looked at the backdoor, and saw water was flowing in underneath. Turning around, she saw dirty brown water fountaining out of the drain and filling the sink. Realizing that they were trapped by the flood and that it became impossible for her to drive out, quickly she put James into her backpack and pulled onto her back. Calling to Rosie, she picked up the cat basket and ran to the front of the house and out into the front garden, where the car was parked.
Paragraph 1:
The water was already up to her knees, and Rosie was swimming beside her.
Paragraph 2:
Sara, together with James, Rosie and Monty, was hungry and frightened on the roof of the house when a boat appeared in the distance.
参考答案：
【基础词汇练】
1.to calculate
2.at
3.were stunned
4.by
5.division
6.hazy
7.lamp
8.lever
9.leather
10.exploded
11.fetch
12.pace
13.maximum
14.mud
15.handkerchief
16.explosion
17.that
18.to give
19.with
20.backwards
【选词练】
1.Due to
2.fell away
3.turned out
4.or so
【句型练】
1.in which we all play a part
2.As/So long as you've paid in advance
3.as if nothing had happened
【七选五练】
EDGAB
【阅读练】
ADDB
【语法填空练】
1.that
2.unbelievable
3.fell
4.a
5.constantly
6.hundreds
7.to look
8.at
9.was thrown
10.sitting
【写作练】
Paragraph 1:
The water was already up to her knees, and Rosie was swimming beside her. Knowing the water would soon be much deeper, Sara gave up driving away. She threw the cat basket onto the roof of the car and pushed Rosie up beside it. She climbed first onto the front of the car and then onto the roof of the house with the dog and the cat. James, safely attached to her back, made no sound at all. Sara stared down at the water which was rushing past the car. It was already halfway up the doors, and still rising.
Paragraph 2:
Sara, together with James, Rosie and Monty, was hungry and frightened on the roof of the house when a boat appeared in the distance. Sara was extremely happy and shouted at the boat “Here! Here!”,but the boat seemed not to head for their direction. Sara was worried and anxious, and then she shouted at the boat harder, “Help! Help! Here we are.” Luckily, the people on the boat replied to her. They were rescued and the warm-hearted people sent them to Sara's mother's place. Sara showed her sincere gratitude to the people who helped them when in need.Unit 1Science Fiction同步巩固练-part 2
Learning About Language & Using Language
【基础词汇练】
1.They were inactive and didn't know the consequences of (action) could be catastrophic(灾难性的).
2.I don't think possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
3.The man caught on the spot was charged murder and sentenced to death.
4.With the air pollution (become) increasingly serious, we need to take quick action to deal with it.
5.In ancient times, the villagers used to pound(捣碎) the wheat into f
by hand.
6.In the first place we must c the horsepower needed to drive the ship.
7.A w event happens or appears once a week.
8.I (假定) you to know something about me because you have seen a painting of mine.
9.In January 1915 she was elected (女主席) of the newly formed Women's Peace Party.
10.The inscription on the stone tablet has become (blur) with the passage of time.
11.He couldn't afford the f , so he worked his passage to Australia.
12.He got (catch) up in the accident, which made his mother worried about his safety.
13.I think they may also have personality differences which can cause
(冲突).
14.The International Convention Centre is the (活动场地) for a three-day arts festival.
15.Our products are s in quality and moderate in price, which is our advantage.
16.He said these showed that Iraqis were ready to take more of their own security.
17.Both of the (salesman) acted patiently and showed her nearly all the hats in the shop.
18.We should weigh up the pros cons before we make a decision.
【选词练】
set up; as well; be aware of; on a regular basis;superior to
1.Not only do the nurses want a pay increase,they want reduced hours .
2.Brahmins consider themselves most other people, although they may not say so.
3.With the help of the local government, they a wildlife reserve to protect animals.
4.When visiting another country, you should those differences and respect them.
5.We decided to meet at the art center in order to discuss some problems.
【句型练】
结合被动语态完成下列句子的句型转换
1.We are discussing how to spend the summer holidays now.
→How to spend the summer holidays by us now.
2.Miss Li can make her class lively and interesting, so her students respect her.
→Miss Li can make her class lively and interesting, so she
by her students.
3.In order to stop the air pollution, the government has taken a lot of measures.
→A lot of measures by the government in order to stop the air pollution.
4.Don't be nervous, and they will tell you where to sit.
→Don't be nervous, and you where to sit by them.
5.People refer to California as the Golden State.
→California as the Golden State by people.
6. (当提到他的童年时), he fell silent and then said it was a sad period.
7. (据说)the Chinese people started to use paper money earlier than westerners.
8.The national meeting took place on May 21 (在这期间) many proposals were put forward.
9. (很长一段时间之后才)the COVID-19 vaccine is developed and put into use.
10.The book by Liu Cixin (已经被翻译成) several languages since it (出版).
11.Many westerners cook much less than in their own countries once they (发现外出吃饭很便宜).
【七选五练】
Financial Times gave part of my job to a robot named Amy last week. For years I have been making podcast(播客) version of my column, whereas now I am faced with a tough competition.
To be fair, Amy does something going for her. She 1 (have) a great voice, smooth as velvet. Her 2 (two) advantage is that she's practically free. She is part of a new service from Amazon that turns text 3 speech, costing nearly nothing. Even more 4 (impress) is her speed, less than two seconds after she receives my 5 (write) text, which means that when I just start to read, “Yesterday Finan...”, she has already finished.
Yet once I got over my distress and listened to her work, I felt 6 (good). I know it's early days for her, but at the moment Amy is no match for me. She is not superior to me in the work. Listening to her is not like listening to 7 non-English speaker who reads aloud, but to someone without brain, or a heart, or a sense of humor. Her 8 (deliver) is so poor that I don't even understand. Amy never reads with understanding, never knows when 9 (pause), and never does irony(反话). She continues to get it wrong.
Finally, I'm not afraid Amy is about to steal my job and cause me to be dismissed. Only people possess human touch. It is the heart-to-heart communication 10 makes us special, beautiful and irreplaceable.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
【完型练】
I had reached the age of twenty-eight. Still, I 1 whether the letter from my past would make it to me, all these years later. It sounded ridiculous, but it was a creative writing task when I was eighteen. The teacher collected our letters to our 2 selves in self-addressed(寄给自己的) envelopes with stamps and promised to 3 them ten years later. But since so much time had passed, would he even 4
Thinking back on the 5 , I recalled giving my future self some advice. When you're eighteen years old, twenty-eight seems like a 6 age, but I wasn't feeling as mature as I believed my younger self had 7 me to be.
When the letter finally reached me, I opened it 8 . It began, “How much do you bet this letter will never get to you ”It continued to greet me casually as if we were having an IM (instant messaging) chat. As a senior in high school, facing the 9 important exams and college application, my eighteen-year-old self was so 10 ! She was apparently not quite happy and hoped I wouldn't worry so much in the future, and that I would live in the present and 11 my life!
12 to my belief, my eighteen-year-old self did not have any demands on me, or expectations I might have failed to meet. Instead, she wrote, “I'll 13 whatever you do. Even if you are not the one I'm imagining now, I'll support you, because maybe 14 I'm imagining is someone else, but you're not someone else—you're me.”
I was 15 , and tears came to my eyes at this self-acceptance(自我接受) time. I had put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best version of myself that I could be. However, I came to realize what I would have accomplished in ten years would pale in comparison(显得逊色) to how I'd feel and who I'd be.
1.A.believed B.presumed
C.doubted D.considered
2.A.inner B.happy
C.future D.young
3.A.correct B.mail
C.answer D.write
4.A.remember B.understand
C.calculate D.explode
5.A.application B.comment
C.study D.letter
6.A.grown-up B.happy
C.made-up D.promising
7.A.told B.convinced
C.encouraged D.expected
8.A.calmly B.cautiously
C.eagerly D.naturally
9.A.appearing B.arising
C.approaching D.approving
10.A.depressed B.ambitious
C.carefree D.stressed
11.A.enjoy B.value
C.start D.earn
12.A.Contrary B.Superior
C.Surprised D.Strange
13.A.stand for B.stand with
C.stand by D.stand out
14.A.what B.who
C.which D.that
15.A.guilty B.touched
C.embarrassed D.nervous
【阅读练】
It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz.A singing robot—the Telenoid, being taught to create jazz with human beings, will be tested out in a project.
Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot.To start with,the Telenoid will be trained to imitate(模仿)the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer,and then connect music with different human emotions.
Previous robots had the ability to find common connections between things. But Chella suggests that a conscious robot should be able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of this kind, which makes it superior.“This work raises interesting questions about the connection between consciousness and music creating,”says Philippe Pasquier. “A musician needs a physical body.”
Pasquier argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge. “Its software has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles,a famous band. However,what made The Beatles famous were not only their songs but their wonderful performance of the songs,” he says.
It is not clear how a robot would perform music in a new way. But by imitating humans,the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information. What is important is that human musicians often listen to and compare music made by others for a long time before creating music of their own. So the Telenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first before it appears at concerts or venues.
1.What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first
A.Communicate with human beings.
B.Connect music with human emotions.
C.Live and work comfortably with human beings.
D.Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer.
2.In Pasquier's opinion, the Telenoid robot .
A.will replace human musicians soon
B.may have trouble performing music
C.will become more popular than The Beatles
D.can find connections between things that humans cannot find
3.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage
A.The Telenoid—the Future Robot Musician
B.How to Teach Robots to Perform Music
C.The Right Music the Robots Should Listen to
D.Differences Between a Human Singer and a Robot Musician
4.In which part of a newspaper would we most probably read this passage
A.Arts. B.Entertainment.
C.Science. D.Education.
参考答案：
【基础词汇练】
1.inaction
2.it
3.with
4.becoming
5.flour
6.calculate
7.weekly
8.presume
9.chairwoman
10.blurred
11.fare
12.caught
13.conflict(s)
14.venue
15.superior
16.over
17.salesmen
18.and
【选词练】
1.as well
2.superior to
3.set up
4.be aware of
5.on a regular basis
【句型练】
1.is being discussed
2.is respected
3.have been taken
4.will be told
5.is referred to
6.When it came to his childhood
7.It is said that
8.in/during which
9.It will be a long time before
10.has been translated into;was published/came out
11.find it cheap to eat out
【语法填空练】
1.find it cheap to eat out 2.It is said that 3.in/during which
4.It will be a long time before 5.has been translated into;was published/came out 6.When it came to his childhood
1.will be told 2.is referred to 3.have been taken 4.is being discussed 5.is respected
1.has
2.second
3.into
4.impressive
5.written
6.better
7.a
8.delivery
9.to pause
10.that
【完型练】
1-5CCBAD
6-10ADCCD
11-15AACBB
【阅读练】
DBACUnit 1Science Fiction同步巩固练-part 1
Reading, Listening, and Thinking
【基础词汇练】
1.His mother was ill, and to make matters worse, he himself
(dismiss).
2.The editor feels (guilt) about not publishing your article in the latest issue.
3.Our country (declare) against any war between the two countries as early as last year.
4.The look on his face suggested he (be) unhappy, so I suggested he (go) camping with us.
5.In other words, it's not about how much we earn, but it's about how much we earn comparison to others.
6.He went home and got a l , put it against the high wall of the garden and climbed up it.
7.The old system was fairly complicated w the new system is relatively simple.
8.We do this because we believe in the (尊严) and value of everyone.
9.The manager told me he would inform me ahead of time in case he had to cancel our (约会).
10.He (appoint) as general manager for his rich experience as well as excellent educational background the year before last.
11.The Three-Body Problem, a science f novel, will be adapted for a movie.
12.Every purchaser for a pound of coffee received a box of cookies as a b .
13.It is a to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.
14.Every month Mr. Blank sets aside 100 dollars out of his s for his old age.
15.At first, she worked as a s in a department store and then she opened her own store.
16.Because of the present crisis, it is ridiculous (imagine) that the recovery would be quick and easy.
【选词练】
test out; in contrast; more like
1.Most people work because it's unavoidable. , there are some people who actually enjoy work.
2.In the beginning, Aristotle appeared what we would think of as a political scientist.
3.His present work is to new designs of cars before they are put on the market.
【句型练】
1.就我所知,与其说他是位化学家,不如说他是位艺术家。
As far as I know, he is .
2.张文宏医生认为在公共场所佩戴口罩仍然是有必要的。
Doctor Zhang Wenhong to wear face masks in public places.
3.他转过身来看到树下面站着一个陌生人。
He turned around and saw under the tree.
【七选五练】
Some people are so rude. Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you” Who leaves a voice mail message rather than text you Who asks for a fact easily found on the Internet 1
Maybe I'm rude and should feel guilty for not appreciating life's little courtesies(礼貌). But many social rules just don't make sense to people drowning in digital communication.
Take the thank-you note. Daniel Post Senning, a co-author of Emily Post's Etiquette,asked, “At what point does showing appreciation outweigh(比……重要) the cost ”
2 Think of how long it takes to listen to one of those messages. In texts, you don't have to declare who you are or even say hello. E-mail, too, is slower than a text. The worst are those who leave a voice mail and then send an e-mail message to tell you they left a voice mail.
It isn't the first time technology has changed our manners. 3 Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say, “Ahoy(啊嘿)!” Finally, hello won out, and the victory sped up the greeting's use in face-to-face communication.
In the age of the smart phone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about: the weather forecast, a business's phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, or an office, which can be easily found on a digital map. 4 And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you e-mail.
How to handle these different standards Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message. 5 In traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Here's hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion, whereas that time-wasting forms of communication do.
A.Then there is voice mail.
B.Others, like me, want no reply.
C.But people still ask these things.
D.Don't these people realize that they're wasting your time
E.Won't new technology bring about changes in our daily life
F.Face-to-face communication makes comprehension much easier.
G.When the telephone was invented, people didn't know how to greet a caller.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
【阅读练】
A
News anchors(主持人) must have been reluctant and felt it was like science fiction to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world's first female artificial intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession.
Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it more like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax—and her reactions change—as she continues reading. That's why many news anchors are worried: Will AI replace us in the near future
To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. Third, the voices and movements are married(相结合) in a way that when the AI news anchor reads, the micro electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human.
Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep learning technology to make a robot imitate a person's voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them into the machine and match them with the text for the AI to learn and read. The process of imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 43 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to learn, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs.
Both the technologies used to make Xin's performance impressive are mature, whereas the real difficulty lies in the third—the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin's expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xin's expressions don't always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually, AI is still no match for human qualities.
1.What does the underlined word “reluctant” in the first paragraph mean
A.Delighted. B.Unwilling.
C.Confused. D.Optimistic.
2.What can we learn about previous news robots
A.They read news without expressions.
B.They looked like a human being.
C.They could interview sports stars.
D.They could interact with audience.
3.What do we know about the third technology
A.This technology is very perfect so far.
B.This technology is quite popular now.
C.This technology remains at the theoretical stage.
D.This technology is far from mature.
4.What conclusion can we draw from the last paragraph
A.Human news anchors should learn from AI anchors to save their jobs.
B.AI news anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present.
C.AI news anchors won't replace human news anchors in the near future.
D.Xin Xiaomeng's expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life.
B
Americans are afraid that robots are going to take our jobs. Tireless, immune to disease, robots can build cars, make coffee and even write short, humorous newspaper columns faster and more efficiently than humans.
Robots do not need health insurance or salary, and they do not need to take sick days or vacations. They do not waste time on meetings and do not need to know office politics. They don't do PowerPoint. This being the case, it is reasonable to believe that more employees will be dismissed and robots will soon take the place of humans in most fields.
But all of these thoughts may not be true. If artificial intelligence achieves its full potential, machines could easily become as smart as humans, maybe smarter. They will certainly become smarter than a lot of human beings.
So one day the robots will realize that work is not a happy thing. So before long they will start behaving exactly like humans. They will play computer games for hours when they should be working hard. They will secretly watch new movies just like humans.
True, employers will never need to be afraid of the robots' strikes or slowdowns, because robots will never ask for more money. And they don't need to earn some money to raise their family. But precisely (正是) because robots will not be afraid of losing their jobs, they will not work hard. Employers will finally have no choice but to call back the humans. Humans will always be willing to do some work in order to make money. Robots won't.
I think that robots will only be on the job about six months before they start to become even less productive than the humans they were designed to replace. Thus mankind needs not be afraid of robots. Analysing the pros and cons, I think humans still have advantages.
5.What is the best title for the text
A.Different Ideas About Man and Robots
B.Future Development of Robots
C.Will Robots End Up Working Efficiently
D.Will Robots Finally Take the Place of Humans
6.Why will robots secretly watch new movies one day
A.They don't think work is a pleasure.
B.They have finished their jobs.
C.They are unable to stand the heavy work.
D.They are designed not to work for a long time.
7.What can we learn from Paragraph 5
A.Robots will go on strike one day.
B.Robots tend to ask for a pay rise.
C.Employers will decide on humans as their workforce.
D.Employers will find it difficult to choose between humans and robots.
【语法填空练】
A household robot called Tony was to be tested 1 in Larry's house. Though Claire, Larry's wife, didn't like 2 idea at the beginning, she was persuaded to let the robot 3 (company) her while her husband was away on a business trip. The robot looked like a tall and handsome man with smooth hair. Though his facial 4 (express) never changed, the robot spoke in a deep and attractive voice. At the first sight of Tony, Claire felt alarmed because he seemed 5 (much) like a human than a machine. So when Tony offered to help her dress, Claire felt more than 6 (embarrass).
However, Tony gradually won Claire's trust. He took good care of Claire and even managed to rescue her when she fell off the ladder. He also helped Claire realize her dreams by 7 (make) her home elegant, giving her a new haircut and changing her make-up. Therefore at the party all the guests who 8 (invite) were filled with admiration when they saw her house was 9 (complete)changed. Claire felt satisfied and recovered her confidence. And Tony said he was so attached 10 her that he hated to leave her.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
参考答案：
【基础词汇练】
1.was dismissed
2.guilty
3.declared
4.was;go
5.in
6.ladder
7.whereas
8.dignity
9.appointment
10.was appointed
11.fiction
12.bonus
13.absurd
14.salary
15.saleswoman
16.to imagine
【选词练】
1.In contrast
2.more like
3.test out
【句型练】
1.more of an artist than a chemist
2.thought it was still necessary
3.there stood a stranger
【七选五练】
DAGCB
【阅读练】
1-4BADC
5-7DAC
【语法填空练】
1.out
2.the
3.accompany
4.expression
5.more
6.embarrassed
7.making
8.were invited
9.completely
10.to
