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  A spirit of adventure, curiosity about different cultures and the desire for a challenge can e found in young people everywhere.More and more students in China are backpacking around the country.

  According to the China Youth Travel Service, Hainan, Dalian, Zhangjiajie and Qingdao were among the most popular sports for young Chinese backpackers last year.Backpacking allows the traveler a greater sense of independence.

  “I can no longer put up with the instructions of a tourist guide,”said Huang Ye, a 19-year-old college student in Beijing.“They are always driving you to places that you do not want to go to and trying to make you buy local souvenirs.”

  Huang likes to travel as a backpacker.She prefers an independent trip that she took with two friends to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province.There, they chose some scenic spots to visit and avoided the masses of tourists.

  Backpackers see the difficulties of such travel as a challenge.Living on bread and water for days on end, wearing the dame clothes over and over again and carrying a heavy bag on their backs while climbing a mountain are all character-building experiences.

  But perhaps the greatest challenge that a backpacker faces is not a physical one, but mental.They may face loneliness if they travel alone.

  Chen Xuewei, 21, suffered when he took off around China last year.“I felt very lonely at the beginning of my journey.A walkman didn’t make me feel better, but rather heightened the sense fo loneliness I felt.I even called up my friends to tell them that I wanted to give up and go back to Beijing,”he recalled.But he kept going.He started to make friends and appreciate the local customs.He took lots of photos to record his trip and now he is glad he stuck it out.

  Backpackers generally find themselves to be mature after their experiences.“Their travel logs(旅行日志)track their development as people.”“When I feel frustrated, I read my travel log again,”said Tang Weifeng, a postgraduate at Beijing University.“By reading it, I get a sense that I am better off now than I was when I wrote those words by the light of a torch.”

(1)

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the advantages of backpacking according to the story?

[  ]

A.

It builds up your character.

B.

Through the experience, you learn to live in a tent.

C.

Through the experience, you learn to rely on yourself.

D.

Through the experience, you learn to cope with loneliness.

(2)

What do you need most to stick a backpacking trip out, according to Chen Xuewei’s experience?

[  ]

A.

A walkman.

B.

Making new friends.

C.

Taking lots of photos.

D.

The determination to do so.

(3)

What does the underlined word“frustrated”in the last paragraph mean.

[  ]

A.

Disappointed.

B.

Happy.

C.

Tired.

D.

Excited.

(4)

What is the story mainly about?

[  ]

A.

Some backpackers’ experiences.

B.

The advantages of backpacking.

C.

Yong people’s love of backpacking.

D.

The increasing popularity of backpacking among Chinese students and its reasons.

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  Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in this world?A small group of emgineers and robotics experts picture a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.

  One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie-Mdllon University’s Robotics Institute.It was called Groundhog and it looked like a golf cart,.It used lasers(激光)to“see”in the dark and map given up mines-some of the most dangerous work in the business.

  The latest model is called Cave Crawler, It’s a bit smaller than grouondhog.and even more Advanced.It can take photos and videos and has sensors that can discover the presence of dangerrous gasses.Amazingly.the robot has a real sense of logic(逻辑性).If it comes acorss something difficult, it gets monentarily punded.It has to think about what to do and where to go next.Sometimes it throws a fit just like a real person.

  Myles and his colleagues hope that robots like Cove Crawler will one day be used in rescue(营救)operations“A robot could speed up the rescue process by doing discovery(侦察),”says Chuck Whittaker, a roboties engineer at Carnegie-Mellon.“The robot can go ahead and, with its sensors, report what it has found and whether jit is safe for humans to proceed.”

  Using robots in rescue operations, though, is probliematic, The lasers that guide the robots don’t work in smoky environments so the engineers at Carnegie Mellon have experimnted with sonar(声纳)and radar guidance systems, and with some success.

  Some experts predict that robots do the most repetitive and dangerous jobs, but won't get rid fo the need for human workers.

(1)

The underlined phrase“throws a fit”in Paragraph 3 probably means ________

[  ]

A.

gets angry

B.

gets shocked

C.

becomes confused

D.

becomed cheerful

(2)

The latest robot is more advanced than Groundhog mainly because ________

[  ]

A.

it can map given up mines

B.

it can see in the dark tunnels

C.

it’s smaller than Groundhog

D.

it has a real sense of logic

(3)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

Mining robots do most of the mining work at present.

B.

Groundhog can discover the persence of dangerous gases.

C.

Experts are trying to make robots save miners in danger.

D.

robots can work in smoky areas with the help of a laser.

(4)

We can infer from the last paragraph that ________

[  ]

A.

the mine robots will have a very bright future

B.

robots in the sutomotive industry must be improved

C.

there will be no need for human workers in mines

D.

robots in mines will cost a lot

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  How can you hear you friends’ voices when they are far away and you can’t make a longdistance call?Beside the web camera system with your computer, we have a new hige-tech way to solve the problem and ease your pain of missing them.

  The Japanese company Combiwith created a system-“talking picture”.It makes people in pictures speak!

  The“talking picture”has a special pen.It is actually a pen-shaped scanner.It can scan information yhin special-made pictures.A connected player will then play the information out loud.

  First, you need to take a picture and record what you want to say with the company.The will then make special barcodes(条形码)onto your picture(you can’t see those codes).Those codes are your voice and your words.When you hold up the pen to scna your piture with barcodes.a player connected to the pen will start to play.It plays things you’ve recorded.That way the invention makes the“you”in the picture speak!

  Do you want your friends and families talking out of pictures?Have them make pictures like that, and yu can hear them whernever you want, only with the“talking picture”system.The systm can play messages fo rup to 12minutes.

  “The pictures would be useful for those who hope to hear the voice of someone living far away,”said Mayumi Fuji, a spokeswoman for the company.“Grandparents, for example.longing to kow about their grandchildren would be happy to hear their voices when they see the picture.”Fuji said.

  But it si troublesome to go to the company for taking a special pilcture first, And, it is much more expensive than using a telephone.The phote with barcodes costs between 17,040 and 17,990(日元)(160and 169dollars).The larger picture you want, the more you pay.

  Now.just raise a finger, lonely people can have their loved ones speak put of pictures, But, whether the“talking picture”is practical or not, let’s wait and see.

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What does“talking pictures”mean according to this article?

[  ]

A.

The picture can play what’s been recorded as if the person in the picture“talks”

B.

You can have a talk with the person in the picture whenever you want to.

C.

The picture can tell you wonderful stories to ease your pain.

D.

The picture can tell what’s on your mind when you are looking at it

(2)

If you want to make a talking picture, you need to do all things except ________

[  ]

A.

take a picture and record what you want tjo say with the company

B.

make special barcodes onto your picture

C.

have a pen-shaped scanner to go with the picture

D.

dial numbers to make a long-distance call

(3)

Which of the following is no true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

The talking picture system can play messages for 12minutes at most

B.

It will cost you more to take a larger talking picture

C.

It might take a lot of trouble to make a talking picture.,

D.

You can make a talking picture by just raising a finger.

(4)

What is the attitude of the author toward the“talking picture”?

[  ]

A.

Subjective.

B.

Uncertain

C.

Positive

D.

Negative.

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