题目内容
Emily was an eighth grader. To pass her Civics course, she had to do some volunteer services in a nursing home for a week.
One Monday,Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived, she was told she would spend an hour every weekday with an elderly lady, MrsBlair. She was then led into a room, where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa.
Emily stood awkwardly（别扭地）in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said,‘Good
afternoon. I’m Emily.’
‘Good afternoon, Emily. Take a seat, please.’Mrs. Blair replied.
Then,________filled the space between them. Emily wondered what to say.
‘Tell me about yourself, Emily,’ MrsBlair said suddenly.
‘Well,’Emily started,‘I don’t have any grandparents, so I don’t know how toget on well with elderly people.I love the performing arts. I’m here mainly because I have to volunteer here to get a good grade for my Civics class.’
MrsBlair didn’t seem to mind .‘Many people, especially teens, don’t seem to________old people like me. Now you are here, and I’m going to change that about you. Ask me anything.’
Emily thought for a moment, and finally decided,‘What was your job?’
‘I was a Broadway star in the 1950s.’MrsBlair answered.
‘Cool! Can you tell me about it?’Emily asked, amazed.
MrsBlair smiled.‘Back then,________the lead actress had the honor to wear a special bracelet. I was the lead in almost all of the plays, so I always wore the bracelet. Till this day, I still have it.’
Emily smiled along with MrsBlair and listened to the other stories attentively. She had become very________MrsBlair’s stories. She decided to come earlier the next day.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving, Emily was really upset to say goodbye.
‘Don’t be sad. You can still visit me,’MrsBlair comforted her. She then handed a small box
to Emily,‘It’s my gift to you.’
Emily________opened the box and was surprised to see what was inside.‘It’s the bracelet
that you wore. Thank you!’Emily said, with tears in her eyes‘. free.’
I’m sure to visit you whenever I’m
On the way home, Emily thought of her own love for the performing arts. She touched the bracelet and________that she would keep her word to MrsBlair.
1.A. happiness B. friendship C. silence D. humour
2.A. care for B. agree with C. depend on D. worry about
3.A. even B. maybe C. yet D. only
4.A. afraid of B. interested in C. pleased with D. familiar with
5.A. angrily B. easily C. carefully D. suddenly
6.A. promised B. denied C. introduced D. lied
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 【解析】本文介绍了艾米莉参加志愿者活动，去养老院照顾一位老太太。这位老太太叫布莱尔太太，她给艾米莉讲述她当主角，可以有幸戴着一个特殊的手镯的故事。在他们分别时，布莱尔太太把那个手镯赠给了艾米莉。 1.C 考查名词及语境的理解。A. happiness 快乐；B. friendship 友谊； C. si...
怎样学好牛津英语系列答案In recent years, there have been many breakthroughs in the AI (人工智能) field. Here, let us see four of the most interesting developments in AI in 2017.
Magic Radio Want a friend that you can talk to anytime? Then you might like Magic Radio from Microsoft. Magic Radio features a cool cartoon figure. You can talk to it about anything. There is also an app for Magic Radio. With it, you can decorate the cartoon figure and even send it a gift online. Parents can also use the app to talk to their children. Magic Radio also records your life and analyzes(分析) your behavior. This way, it is easy for parents to know what you’re doing when they’re not around. |
Sophia, Robot Sophia is the first robot in the world to get citizenship(公民身份) in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, a US company built Sophia. She looks and acts like a human woman. She can talk to people naturally. She even has her own body language. For example, she may blink her eyes when she is talking about something funny. She also has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet. Sophia was designed to have her values. “Don’t worry, if you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you.” |
Samsung’s Bixby Like the voice recognition (识别) system, Siri on iPhones, Samsung has a similar system called Bixby. Experts said that it is smarter than any other similar system. If you once asked it to complete a certain task, it will remember that task the next time you talk to it. For example, you might like to listen to certain music while you’re baking a cake. Next time when you tell Bixby “ I want to make a cake”, it will show you how to make a cake and play music for you automatically. |
AlphaGo Zero AlphaGo is an AI program that plays the board game GO(). Google Company has created a new version of the AI program called AlphaGo Zero. The new AI program is unique in the way it learned to play Go. AlphaGo Zero mastered Go in just two days without any human knowledge of the game. On the third day, it beat AlphaGo by 100 games to zero, becoming the best Go player on the planet. |
1.Which of the following developments can help parents learn about their children?
A. Magic Radio B. Robot Sophia C. Samsung’s Bixby D. AlphaGo Zero
2.What is the most amazing development from AlphaGo to AlphaGo Zero?
A. It can record other players’ life and analyzes their behavior.
B. It can remember all the tasks it has done and show you again.
C. It has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet.
D. It has very strong learning ability and masters Go in two days.
3.What can you read about Samsung’s Bixby?
A. Samsung’s Bixby is more practical and enjoyable.
B. Samsung’s Bixby can talk in the way Sophia does.
C. Samsung’s Bixby has a smarter voice recognition system.
D. Samsung’s Bixby is better than new version AlphaGo Zero.
4.Which of the following can be the best title?
A. AlphaGo Zero VS AlphaGo B. Samsung’s Bixby VS Siri On Iphone
C. Breakthroughs in the AI Field D. Welcome to the AI Field
1.A 2.D 3.C 4.C 【解析】文章大意：本文向我们介绍了2017年人工智能领域四个最有趣的发展，Magic Radio、Sophia, Robot、Samsung’s Bixby、AlphaGo Zero。 1.细节理解题。根据Parents can also use the app to talk to their children.父母也可以使用这个应用...