题目内容
18.A study by St..Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog,AIBO,were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents.The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents.Dr.Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot."If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots,some day they could be not just our assistants,but also our companions,"he said.
To test whether residents responded better to Sparky,a trained dog,or the Sony-made robotic dog,researchers divided 38nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St.Louis.
One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog.The groups'respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits.
After two months,both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached.Most of the elderly regarded Sparky,a 9-year-old dog,as an audience for their life stories,said investigator Marian Banks.
"He listened attentively,wagged his tail,and allowed them to pet him,"said Banks,who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago.
Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature.Over time,however,they grew comfortable with him,and petted and talked to him.He would respond by wagging his tail,vocalizing,and blinking his lights..
"AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him,"said the study's author,Dr.William Banks,"He's an attractive sort of guy.He gives a feeling of being personal,not just a robot."
63.Before the new study,it was known thatC.
A.robots were effective at reducing people's loneliness
B.robots could build close connection with humans
C.dogs could help get rid of old people's loneliness
D.dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
64.Those who had contact with the robotic dog found thatC.
A.they didn't feel comfortable with it
B.it was hard for them to interact with it
C.they weren't comfortable with it at first
D.the robot's vocalizing and blinking confused them
65.The findings of the researchers tell us thatB.
A.robots are better at caring for old people than nurses
B.robots can to some degree replace dogs as companions for old people
C.it's easy for people to become close with robots
D.every home will have a robot assistant one day
66.What would be the best title for the passage?D
A.Robots Serve People Better Than Thought
B.No More Lonely Old Age with Emotional Robots
C.Advanced Technology Used to Cheer up the Elderly
D.Robots and Dogs Can Equally Cheer up the Elderly.
分析 本文主要讲解了研究人员对机器狗和真实的狗是否一样能够排遣孤独进行了实验,表明机器狗和真实的狗都能够给老人带来欢乐,排遣孤独感.
解答 63.C.细节理解题.从文章第一段The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents.可知先前的报道发现狗对于疗养院里的人排遣孤独有益处,故选C.
64.C.细节理解题.根据文章倒数第二段Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature.可知他们要花费更长的时间来和这些机器狗进行沟通,产生共鸣,故选C.
65.B.推断判断题.根据文章第一段A study by St..Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog,AIBO,were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents.及He's an attractive sort of guy.He gives a feeling of being personal,not just a robot.可知机器狗在某种程度上可以取代狗而成为老人的伴侣,故选B.
66.D.主旨大意题.从文章第一段及最后一段"He's an attractive sort of guy.He gives a feeling of being personal,not just a robot"可知,机器狗和真实的狗都能够给老人带来欢乐,排遣孤独感,故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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B.How Fear Limits Us | |
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C.Determination:How to Set Goals and Go After Them | |
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D.The Anger Business | |
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E.In the Presence of Danger | |
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F.Moving from Fear to Freedom | |
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Recently,John lost his (24)C Janet.For eight years she fought against cancer,but in the end her sickness had the last (25)D.One day John took out a folded piece of (26)D from his wallet.He had found it,so he told me,when he (27)C up some drawers at home.
It was a (28)A love letter Janet had written.The note could look like a school girl's scrawls (潦草地写,乱涂) about her dream guy.(29)B the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children,a woman who fought for her life and who (30)A only had a few months left to live.
It was (31)D a beautiful recipe (处方,食谱) for how to keep a marriage together.Janet's (32)B of her husband begins like this,"Loved me.Took care of me.Worried about me."
"Helped me when I was ill."The next (33)C reads.After that she turned (34)D the paper and added"Warmth.Humor.Kindness.Thoughtfulness."And then she writes about the husband she has (35)A with and loved most in her life."(36)B there when I needed you."The last words she wrote (37)D all the others.I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully"Good friend."
I stand beside John now,and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to (38)A as Janet was to him.I need to (39)D what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
"John,"I ask."How do you stick together with someone through 38years-not to mention the sickness?How do I know (40)C I can bear to stand by my wife's side if she becomes sick one day?"
"You can."he says quietly,"If you love her enough,you can."
21.A.old | B.wise | C.young | D.foolish |
22.A.for instance | B.at no time | C.in that case | D.as a matter of fact |
23.A.in | B.to | C.at | D.for |
24.A.friend | B.colleague | C.wife | D.sister |
25.A.possibility | B.chance | C.hope | D.word |
26.A.handkerchief | B.cloth | C.leather | D.paper |
27.A.fixed | B.looked | C.tidied | D.put |
28.A.small | B.long | C.descriptive | D.talkative |
29.A.So | B.But | C.And | D.While |
30.A.probably | B.surely | C.certainly | D.definitely |
31.A.only | B.firstly | C.lastly | D.also |
32.A.imagination | B.description | C.dream | D.expectation |
33.A.letter | B.note | C.line | D.paragraph |
34.A.away | B.down | C.off | D.over |
35.A.lived | B.dealt | C.quarreled | D.argued |
36.A.Constantly | B.Always | C.Never | D.Seldom |
37.A.take the place of | B.get rid of | C.take away | D.sum up |
38.A.me | B.Janet | C.John | D.you |
39.A.speak up | B.repeat | C.discuss | D.hear |
40.A.why | B.where | C.if | D.when |