题目内容
4.The classroom is so large that it can hold ________________________ (多达)100 students.
4. up to
Monitoring the mood of a pet dog could be used as an early warning sign that an elderly owner is struggling to cope, a new report has claimed.
Researchers placed movement sensors (探测器)on dogs to track their behaviour and identified 17 distinct activities, including chewing, barking, sitting and dig?ging.
This allowed them to map the normal behaviour of a healthy, happy dog, which means any changes can be monitored and could indicate an issue with its owner.
Nils Hammerla, part of the team from Newcastle University, said, "Humans and dogs have lived together in close relationships for thousands of years, which has led to strong emotional and social mutual bonds.
"A dog's physical and emotional dependence on its owner means that its well-being is likely to reflect that of its owner. Any changes such as the dog being walked less often, perhaps not being fed regularly, or simply-demonstrating 'unhappy ， behaviour could be an early indicator for families that an older relative needs help. This is the first system of its kind which allows us to re?motely monitor a dog's behaviour in its natural setting.，，
The team of academics, who presented their findings at the 2013 UbiComp conference in Zurich, created a hi-tech, waterproof(防水的)dog collar for the study.
Dr Cas Ladha, who led the study, said, "A lot of our research is focused on developing intelligent systems that can help older people to live independently for lon?ger. But developing a system that reassures family and carers that an older relative is well without intruding on (侵犯)the individual's privacy is difficult. This is just the first step but the idea behind this research is that it would allow us to support people without the need for cameras."
A range of dogs was used for the study, as the team needed to map distinct behaviour that correlated between different breeds.
1. From the text ， we know that Nils Hammerla .
A. led the study and identified 17 activities of dogs
B. thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners' health
C. studied the relationship between humans and ani?mals
D. developed a hi-tech, waterproof dog collar
2. The underlined word " reassure in Paragraph 7probably means "
A, protect B. comfort
C. warn D. recognize
3. Which of the following is an advantage of the intelli?gent system mentioned in the text?
A. It can indicate that people aren't well.
B. It can identify different activities of dogs.
C. It monitors an elderly owner without disturbing his privacy.
D. It lets people see the dog's behaviour clearly.
4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A. Dogs' mood can be an indicator of owners' health
B. Strong bonds between dogs and their senior owners
C. Signs that your older relative needs help
D. A special way of taking care of the old
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I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the ac?cident I had to see a doctor and go to court.
After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $ 200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $ 115 each time. The final exami-nation report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $ 215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $ 770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time ― and I left without getting a cent.
1.The author's roommate offered to help him because •
A. he felt sorry for the author
B. he thought it was a chance to make some money
C. he knew the doctor was a very good one
D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer
2. A good doctor is greatly necessary for the author to .
A. be properly treated
B. talk with the person responsible for the accident
C. recover before he leaves America
D. eventually get the responsible person to pay for his injury
3.The word "charge" in the second paragraph means " ，，.
A. be responsible
B. have control over
C. ask for money for goods or service
D. help or support
4. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very .
A.friendly B. selfish
C.professional D. busy
5.What conclusion can you draw from the story?
A. Going to court is something very common in America.
B. One must be very careful while driving a car.
C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.
D. Money is more important than other things in the US.
2.It is expected that in the future h _______ will be replaced by robots in some areas.
9. He has an___________ (收入）of 2, 000 dollars a month.
4. 你放弃这个计划是正确的，因为这个计划不实用。
___________________you should give up the plan for it is not practical.
6.At the foot of the mountain ___________________(stand) a tower built in the Ming Dynasty.
When I was 17 years old, I left my comfortable home in a wealthy Midwestern suburb to live as a for?eign exchange student in a lower-middle-class neigh?bourhood in a foreign country. I 5 in an apartment with no elevators, no dishwashers and one washer for 300 6 The tile (瓷砖)floors were always 7 and the rainy winter days there seemed endless. I 8 to wash my clothes by hand in the bathtub and 9 water was so costly, I trained myself to 10 my waist-length hair in less than five minutes.
At that time there were no cellphones and the Internet didn't exist, so for six months I had no 11 at all with my family or friends in the US. I had no rela?tives there so I 12 to face the fact that my 13 to adapt and create a life for 14 was one hundred per cent up to me. At age seventeen my need for friends was 15 and not knowing a soul was, needless to say, a bit stressful.
To 16 to my stress, I didn't speak the 17 and had no familiarity with the monetary (货币的)sys?tem nor the transportation system. One more 18 that created stress was my 19 family. Of all the families in the city where I lived, I was 20 with the one who spoke the least (or worst) English.
Living abroad and developing 21 in a foreign language required persistence and determination. I made many mistakes 22 the way. Now I've transformed my 23 memories into my medals of honour (荣誉勋章).They're the treasured stories that offer wisdom, provide me with insights into friends and family and pro?vide me with the 24 that I can surpass future chal?lenges.
5. A. moved B. lived
C. turned D. took
6. A. places B. names
C. children D. families
7. A. warm B. empty
C. tidy D. cold
8. A. tried B. asked
C. learned D. forced
9. A. although B. since
C. unless D. once
10. A. wash B. comb
C. arrange D. adopt
11. A. contact B. quarrel
C. letter D. chance
12. A. turned B. needed
C. pretended D. stopped
13. A. imagination B. ability
C. question D, career
14. A. myself B. other
C. another D. none
15. A. impossible B. hopeless
C. beneficial D. strong
16. A. adapt B. apply
C. add D. reduce
17. A. truth B. language
C. fact D. word
18. A. scene B. shortage
C. fault D. challenge
19. A. own B. former
C. host D. guest
20. A. occupied • B. housed
C. compared D. chosen
21. A. fluency B. trouble
C. habit D. fame
22. A. over B. along
C. in D. during
23. A. harmful B. beautiful
C. hopeful D. stressful
24. A. advantage B. confidence
C. promise D. future
6.The police have warned the city's inhabitants not to swim in the__________(受污染的）river.
