题目内容
14.A group of students in Japan have created an eerily (怪异的) realistic robot baby to motivate young people to start planning a family and boost the country's birth rate.The automated doll developed at the University of Tsukuba,called Yotara,giggles (咯咯地笑) and"wakes up"when a rattle(拨浪鼓) is shaken.He can become angry and doze off (打瞌睡)like a real baby and smiles when his stomach is rubbed.The robot can also sneeze and have a runny nose,thanks to a heated water pump system.The students of the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences created the robot with touch sensors.A projector beams ( 照射) the facial features onto a warm silicon balloon which makes up Yotara's face.The robot's facial expressions and body movements change according to pressure applied to different parts of its body.
The information collected through touch sensors under the silicon skin is processed by a special programme.It then changes the baby's expression projected onto the balloon-face from behind.Its head with a bonnet(童帽),a colourful blanket covers the robot's limbs which stimulate wiggling with the help of a geared motor."We wanted to create a new type of robot that is soft,cuddly and cute,"said project leader Hiroki Kunimura.
"We'd like people to experience the innocent,joyful expressions typical of small babies.Through this experience,it would be great if some people started feeling that they wanted to have their own baby,if they started feeling that working is not everything."
Japan's birth rate is among the lowest in the developed world at 1.37%,compared to 2.12% in the United States and l.84% in Britain.According to a ministry of labor and welfare report,Japan is facing serious economic consequences with over a quarter of its citizens expected to be aged over 65by 2015.The population is expected to shrink by a third within 50years if the birth rate does not increase.
60.What is the purpose of creating such a robot baby in Japan according to the text?A
A.To increase Japan's birth rate.
B.To give small children a great deal of pleasure.
C.To comfort the young people who are lonely.
D.To help old people who live alone.
61.It can be inferred from the text thatB.
A.the robot baby's head is covered with a bonnet and a colourful blanket
B.some people think working is everything in Japan
C.Japan's birth rate is the lowest in the world
D.people would like to experience the innocent,joyful expressions typical of small babies
62.What is Japan's problem according to the author?D
A.Most young people don't want to have a family.
B.Japan's birth rate is increasing at present.
C.The lifetime of Japanese will decrease in future.
D.Japan will lack workforce by 2015.
63.From the text we can learn that YotaraC.
A.can react at what you say to him B.show no emotion of human beings
C.is controlled by the pressure on it D.can cough and have a runny nose.
分析 本文是科技文,介绍了日本学生创造了机器人婴儿,目的是促进日本年轻人组建家庭,提供日本人口出生率.
解答 ABDC
60 A 主旨大意题. 根据第一段A group of students in Japan have created an eerily (怪异的) realistic robot baby to motivate young people to start planning a family and boost the country's birth rate.可知日本学生创造了机器人婴儿,目的是促进日本年轻人组建家庭,提供日本人口出生率.故选A.
61 B 推理判断题. 根据文章第 四段if they started feeling that working is not everything."可知一些人认为在日本工作就是一切,故选B.
62 D 细节题. 根据文章最后一段Japan is facing serious economic consequences with over a quarter of its citizens expected to be aged over 65by 2015. 可知到2015年日本将缺乏劳动力,故选D.
63 C 细节题. 根据文章第二 段The robot's facial expressions and body movements change according to pressure applied to different parts of its body.可知Yotara被它身上的压力所控制,故选C.
点评 学生需要认真阅读原文,把握文章大意,对文章脉络有整体的了解,能仔细查找文中细节,并能根据文章内容进行合理的推测判断.
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37.A.looking at | B.glaring at | C.staring at | D.watching at |
38.A.picking fresh | B.freshly picked | C.picked freshly | D.fresh dried |
39.A.astonished | B.amazed | C.annoyed | D.worried |
40.A.turned over | B.went over | C.came over | D.run over |
41.A.but | B.otherwise | C.or | D.although |
42.A.suspected | B.impressed | C.regreted | D.embarrassed |
43.A.looking | B.discovering | C.finding | D.seeing |
44.A.closing | B.opening | C.cleaning | D.wiping |
45.A.time | B.chance | C.turn | D.decision |
46.A.the joke | B.the proverb | C.the legend | D.the story |
47.A.marbles | B.men | C.debt | D.life |
48.A.why | B.how | C.when | D.what |
49.A.ever | B.always | C.never | D.seldom |
50.A.honest | B.happiest | C.coldest | D.richest |
51.A.lifeless | B.regretless | C.useless | D.hopeless |
52.A.thought | B.touched | C.remembered | D.affected |
53.A.deeds | B.things | C.remarks | D.rewards |
54.A.pays | B.takes | C.spends | D.costs |
55.A.ignore | B.forget | C.recognize | D.remind |