14.The gift of being able to describe a face accurately is a rare one,as every experienced police officer knows to his cost.As the Lancet put it recently,"When we try to describe faces precisely,words fail us,and we resort to identikit (拼脸型图) procedures."
Yet,according to one authority on the subject,we can each probably recognize more than 1,000faces,the majority of which differ in fine details.This,when one comes to think of it,is a tremendous feat,though,curiously enough,relatively little attention has been devoted to the fundamental problems of how and why we acquire this gift for recognizing and remembering faces.Is it an inborn property of our brains,or an acquired one?As so often happens,the experts tend to differ.
Thus,some argue that it is inborn,and that there are"special characteristics about the brain's ability to distinguish faces".In support of this,they note how much better we are at recognizing a face after a single encounter than we are,for example,in recognizing an individual horse.On the other hand,there are those,and they are probably in the majority,who claim that the gift is an acquired one.
The arguments in favor of this latter view,it must be confessed,are impressive.It is a habit that is acquired soon after birth.Watch,for instance,how a quite young baby recognizes his mother by sight.Granted that his other senses help-the sound,his sense of smell,the distinctive way she handles him.But of all these,sight is predominant.Formed at the very beginning of life,the ability to recognize faces quickly becomes an established habit,and one that is,essential for daily living,if not necessarily for survival.How essential and valuable it is we probably do not appreciate until we encounter people who have been deprived of the faculty.
This unfortunate inability to recognize familiar faces is known to all,but such people can often recognize individuals by their voices,their walking manners or their spectacles.With typical human ingenuity,many of these unfortunate people overcome their handicap by recognizing other characteristic features.

72.It is stated in the passage thatD.
A.it is unusual for a person to be able to identify a face satisfactorily
B.the ability to recognize faces unhesitatingly is an unusual gift
C.quite a few people can visualize faces they have seen
D.few people can give exact details of the appearance of a face
73.What the author feels strange about is thatB.
A.people have the tremendous ability to recognize more than 1,000 faces
B.people don't think much of the problem of how and why we acquire the ability to recognize and remember faces
C.people don't realize how essential and valuable it is for them to have the ability to recognize faces
D.people have been arguing much over the way people recognize and remember faces
74.What is the first suggested explanation of the origin of the ability?C
A.It is one of the characteristics peculiar to human beings.
B.It is acquired soon after birth.
C.It is something we can do from the very moment we are born.
D.It is learned from our environment and experiences.
75.This passage seems to emphasize thatA.
A.the ability to recognize individuals is dependent on other senses as well as sight
B.sight is indispensable (必需的) to recognizing individuals
C.the ability to recognize faces is a special inborn ability of the brain
D.the importance of the ability of recognizing faces is fully appreciated by people.
1.[1]For more than 40 years,robots have worked in factories,doing jobs too boring or too dangerous for humans.Now,new robots are starting to help humans at home and at work.
[2]It was an exciting night at the Detroit Symphony.A special guest was joining the band.The conductor stepped out onto the stage and lifted both arms to direct the musicians.They played a song called"The Impossible Dream".The audience was amazed.After all,ASIMO,the conductor,is only eight years old and four feet tall.It's just one of many robots being developed to perform tasks that humans usually perform.
[3]Japan has more robots than any other country.Four Out of every 10 worker robots are there.The Japanese government is spending millions of dollars building even more robots.Why the rush for more electronic helpers?More than one fifth of Japan's population is 65 or older,so there are not enough young people in the workforce.
[4]Many of Japan's robots are designed to interact with people.One Japanese hospital has three shiny robots that help out in the waiting room.They greet patients and give directions."Robots won't ever be doctors,"says hospital spokesperson Naoya Narita."But they can be guides."
[5]Since the 1960s,robots have been doing jobs that are too boring or too dangerous for humans.Some stand for long hours in factories,packaging food or putting together cars.Others milk cows on farms all day long.However,these industrial robots don't look like humans.Now that robots are moving into our homes,many are starting to look more like us.Trevor Blackwell's company,Anybots,makes robots.He built a dishwashing robot called Monty.It is as tall as a person and has humanlike hands,
[6]Will the robots of the future look more like machines or people?Either way,Blackwell is happy to let them do the chores."I'd rather have a robot do dishes,"he says.Wouldn't you?

86.What does the passage mainly talk about?(no more than 8 words)Robots entering human's life/Robots helping humans at home and at work.
87  Why did the audience feel shocked at the Detroit Symphony?(no more than 6  words).Because the conductor is a robot.
88.Why are the Japanese building so many robots?(no more than 10 words)Lack of enough young people in their workforce/Lacking enough young people in their workforce
89.Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 4 in the proper form.(no more than 3 words)helping out
90.List three things that the robots have been doing for humans since the 1960s.(no more than 10 words)packing food/putting together car/milking cow.

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