【题目】When you want to buy or rent a house, you are expecting not only the quality of the house itself but also the nice neighbours who live near you. Almost everyone agrees that it is helpful to live with some good neighbours. However, the standard of good neighbours is different from people to people. In my opinion, a good neighbour should be someone that respects your life. Is ready to help others and concerns zbout the environment in the neighbourhood.

First of all, it is very important for neighbours to expect your life. Just imagine, if you have a neighbour who is curious about you, especially your personal life, and tries to know more about it by whatever means. How will you feel? What is more, he or she may talk with others about your life. Do you want to live near him or her any more? The answer is definitely negative. You will feel very uncomfortable to have such kind of people in your neighbourhood and you may move as soon as possible.

Next, what you should consider is that a good neighbour is always willing to give you a hand when you need help. For example, if you are not at home and someone suspect tries to unlock your door, your neighbour who sees it should call 110, and it will help you to protect your property.

Finally, a good neighbour should be concerned about the environment, especially around your neighbourhood. He or she should throw all the rubbish into the garbage and keep the place clean, because a good environment can make people who live in it comfortable and relaxed all the time.

Therefore, it is very important for a neighbour to have such qualities as above.

【1】What is mainly discussed in the passage?

How to find a good neighbour.

The advantage of living with rich neighbours.

Neighbours should help each other.

Qualities a good neighbour should have.

【2】According to the passage, a good neighbour may do the following except______.

show special interest in your personal life

help you when you in trouble

keep the environment clean

all the police when strangers unlock your door

【3】If a neighnour always wants to know about your personal life, you may ______.

tell him your story as soon as possible

think he is a good neighbour

feel rather proud and pleased about it

decide to find another place to live

【4】The underlined words “someone suspect” in the third paragraph refers to ______.

friendly person

A doubtful stranger

A shy friend

And old classmate

【5】We can learn from this passage that ______.

Good neighbours are very hard to find

Good neighbours should concern about your personal life

Finding a good neighbour is very important

You should never live with stranger

【题目】Almost Human

Scientists are racing to build the world’s first thinking robot. This is not science fiction: some say they will have made it by the year2020. Carol Parker reports.

Machines that walk, speak and feel are no longer science fiction. Kismet is the name of an android which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kismet is different from the traditional robot because it can show human emotions. Its eyes, ears and lips move to show when it feels happy, sad and bored. Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androids—robots that look like huamn beings—which can imitate human feelings. Cog, another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother. However, scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a two-year-old.

The optimists say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids with brains similar to those of an adult human beings. these robots will be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the public. What kind of jobs will they do? In the future, robots like Robonaut, a humanoid invented by NASA, will be doing dangerous jobs, like repairing space stations. They will also be doing more and more of the household work for us. In Japan, scientist are designing androids that will entertain us by dancing and playing the piano.

Some people worry about that future holds: will robots become monsters? Will people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be wearing micro-computer, connected to the internet, in the future. Proplr will have micro-chips in various parts of their body, which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets. Perhaps we should not exaggerate the importance of technology, but one wonders whether, in years to come, we will still be falling in love, and whether we will feel pain. Who knows?

【1】Kismet is different from traditional robots because ______?

it thinks for itself

it is not like science fiction

it can look after a two-year-old

it seems to have human feelings

【2】What makes Cog special?

it looks like a mother

it behaves like child

it can imitate the behavior of a mother

it has a huge brain

【3】In about 10 years’ time from now, robots ______.

will become space designers

will look like monsters

will behave like animals

will think like humans

【4】In the future robots will also______.

explore space

entertain people

move much faster

do all the housework

【5】What is the writer’s attitude to robots in the future?

Critical

Hostile

Objective

Enthusiastic

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