题目内容
give out; put forward; side by side; be aware of; carry out
1. She __________ an extremely good suggestion at the meeting yesterday.
2. He has ____________ his promise to quit drinking wine.
3. The sad news was ____________ that the North Korean football team had been defeated.
4. It is necessary for all of us to ___________ the potential traffic dangers.
5. The two bottles stood ___________ on the table.
1. put forward 2. carried out 3. given out 4. be aware of 5. side by side
This is a very special flower and it can ________a strong sweet perfume at night.
| A．give out | B．give up | C．give in | D．give over |
It is normal for parents to question their children's hairstyle or the clothes they wear. But today teenagers and their parents argue over something else: money.
Children are spending lots of it. Parents used to say to their children, "You're wearing that?" Now they say, "You paid how much for that?"
Children in the US today spend five times more money than their parents did when they were young.
So what are all these children buying? The list is long: ipods trainers(训练鞋), cellphones and jeans are typical items that children "have to" buy. And they will do anything to get them. They ask their parents over and over until they buy them.
But parents also need to take the blame for spending so much money. They want their children to have the best stuff. They end up competing with other parents over what their children have.
So no wonder children find it hard to learn the importance of saving money rather than spending it all the time.
And it's hard to save when companies use advertising and clever slogans to encourage young people to buy their products. They even encourage children to keep asking their parents for something until they get it.
Today, you don't even need to have money in order to buy something. Banks give out credit cards and loans all the time so people are saving less and less. We are used to there being lots of money around. And if you don't have much you can always borrow some.
But this hasn't always been the case. When our grandparents were young there was very little money and everyone had to save hard for things they bought. They only bought things they needed, not things they just wanted.
The older generation made the wise expression, "Money doesn’t grow on trees." This is as true now as it was 50 years ago. They give money a great deal of value. And we all have a lot to learn from them.
【小题1】The text mainly tells us ________.
| A．divisions between teenagers and their parents |
| B．children's high consumption (消费) of products |
| C．what is popular among children at the moment |
| D．how to spend money wisely |
| A．they encourage children to care about the latest fashion |
| B．their consumption habits set a bad example for children |
| C．they always give children too much pocket money |
| D．they do nothing to help children establish healthy consumption habits |
| A．banks provide credit cards and loans |
| B．advertisements draw people’s attention to new products |
| C．people have more money than in the past and saving is out of date |
| D．people's living standard has improved and they can buy what they want |
| A．the older generation understood how to teach children to save |
| B．in the past, people attached more importance to saving money |
| C．money has a great deal of value |
| D．money is not easily earned and people should be careful spending it |
Scientists have created a “ human-like robot” that can dance and do the housework.
“ Mahru” has been developed to imitate humans and can move its lips, eyebrows and pupils(瞳孔). The machine can also move its upper and lower body freely and automatically stop itself when walking.
In addition, it has been programmed to give out two kinds of pleasant smells to match its emotions.
The 1.5 tall robot was produced by researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and is the first South Korean- developed machine of its kind.
“‘Mahru’ will open the way for the commercial use of humanoid robots doing housework,” You Bum-Jae, leader of the development research team ,said. “‘Mahru’ can dance while walking on its legs and is able to work in place of a human.”
Through an advanced motion capture (捕获) system, “Mahru” can follow a variety of human movements and move its hands freely enough to deal with any obstacles that may get in its way when walking.
State-funded KIST showed the robot during a presentation at its head office in Seoul.
People here were treated to an entertaining demonstration which saw the robot show off the full range of its skills, most notably s series of dance moves.
The research team added that they had designed another “ Mahru”, this time with sensors(传感器) allowing it to distinguish(分辨) between faces and objects.
The showing of “ Mahru” came a week after researcher in Japan said they had created the “most human-like” robot in the world. A team at robotics department of Osaka University in Japan claimed that “ robogirl”, Repliee R-1, “ looks, moves and interacts (相互作用) like a human, and has silicone(硅胶) skin that feels almost human to the touch.”
【小题1】 “Mahru” made by KIST can do the following things EXCEPT____________
| A．dance with other human –like robots | B．move its body freely |
| C．stop automatically when walking | D．express certain feelings through smells |
| A．help robots with doing housework | B．show its scientific power |
| C．make Mahru offer more fun | D．explore Mahru’s commercial use |
| A．go around it | B．turn back quickly |
| C．deal with it using its hands | D．ask humans for help |
| A．is another Mahru | B．was made by KIST |
| C．has skin feeling similar to humans’ | D．looks like a boy |
| A．news report | B．research report | C．healthy report | D．entertainment report |