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Roll over, sit and fetch aren’t commands normally given to a robot, but the smart toy company WowWee has developed a new way of owning a puppy.

CHIP (Canine Home Intelligent Pet) is a robotic dog with blue LED eyes and pointy ears and can sit, shake, dance and make all types of dog noises. It also has tracking capabilities to help locate its owner. “The beauty about CHIP is that it has its own thing going on,” said Sufer, CTO at WowWee. “It has its own life and own kind of intelligence. Even if you’re not around, it’s always doing something.”

CHIP uses wheels to get around and is loaded with sensors(传感器) that give it a 360-degree view to find its ball. The pup is Bluetooth enabled, which connects to a wristband worn by its owner. The wristband, similar to a watch, displays icons(图标)for different commands such as a thumb-up, which allows you to give your pup a digital belly rub. With its owner wearing a smart wristband, it can even follow him around the room.

“We worked on CHIP for about five to six months,” Davin Sufer, told dailymail.com, “We typically come up with a concept, model and product and get it on shelves within a year.” The company plans to start shipping units by next fall, which will allow them to load up the robotic dog with sensors and add many more animated responses per-owner interactivity.

The high-tech toy company made its debut(处女作)in 2004 by releasing the 1.5 foot RoboSapien, which sold millions of units. MiP, which hit shelves last year, is a seven inch tall robot covered in white with black accents. Users can direct it, change its emotions and make it dance to any song on your iPad. It’s loud, fast and active.

About 15 years ago, a company called ToyQuest developed the first ever electronic robotic dog---Tekno, the Robotic Puppy. The company sold over seven million units in the first season and 40 million more during its original four years of production. Tekno was built with over 160 emotions and instructions, but most importantly offered consumers a quick look into the future.

1.According to Sufer, the amazing characteristic of CHIP is that _____.

A. it is loaded with special sensors

B. it can make all kinds of dog noises

C. it has quick response to the commands

D. it can do something without instructions

2.CHIP can follow its owner with the help of _____.

A. a watch B. a smart wristband

C. pointy ears D. blue LED eyes

3.From the passage, we can know_______.

A. CHIP can be bought in the store now

B. WowWee introduced its first product last year

C. Tekno provided the bright future of the robotic puppy

D. MiP is the first company to develop the robotic puppy

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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 选E涂AB,选F涂AC,选G涂AD。

It is generally believed that money can’t buy happiness. However, that may not be always true. According to a recent article, in the last few years, new research has given us a far deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel. Broadly speaking, people with higher incomes are happier than those who struggle to get by. But it also shows you need to spend wisely if you expect those bank notes to put a smile on your face. 1.

1. Buy experiences, not material goods.

In a recently published study, Professor Ryan at San Francisco State University in the US, found that when people don’t have much money to spare, they tend to stick to material goods. 2. But they actually provide both more happiness and more lasting value.

2. 3.

No matter how much money you spend on something and how special that product is, you will get used to having it over time and lose interest in it. With the same money you spend on one big object, you can buy many little things. Buying small things means you can get frequent small pleasures.

3. Be sure to buy time.

4. For example, that big house in the suburbs may seem like a good idea, but a 2014 study by researchers from University of Zurich in Switzerland found that people with longer time on the way reported lower life satisfaction, all other things being equal.

4. Try giving it away.

Elizabeth Dunn, professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada, found that in nations as diverse as Canada, South Africa and Uganda, giving away money consistently made people happier. 5. .

A. Be sure to buy what you like.

B. Here are some ways to better spend your money.

C. Buy lots of little things, rather than one big thing.

D. There are a lot of reasons someone might buy something.

E. People think experiences only provide temporary happiness.

F. This was even true when people giving away were relatively poor.

G. Consider how the things you buy will affect how you spend your time.

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My nephew's 10?-year-?old son came for a visit one hot, July weekend. I persuaded him to______ inside and joined him in a game. After______ for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I______ my favourite recliner (躺椅) to let my neck muscles relax. He had slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable ______ of peace and quiet.

“Look, Alice,” he said enthusiastically as he______over to the chair where I was sitting. “I found a kite. Could we go outside and______it?”

Glancing out of a nearby window, I noticed it was ______ outside. “I'm sorry. Tripper,” I said, sad to see his______eyes. “The wind is not______today. The kite won't fly.”

The ______10?-year?-old replied, “I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,” he answered ______ he hurried out to the back door.

Up and down in the yard he ran, ______the kite attached to a small length of string. He ran back and forth, as hard as his ten-?year-?old legs would carry him, looking back ______ at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.

I asked, “How did it ______?”

“Fine,” he said, not wanting to admit______. “I got it to fly some.”

As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, “I guess I'll have to wait for the ______.”

At that moment I heard another voice speak to my ______. “Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way ______ waiting for the wind.”

And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to ______ what we want to do. We wait for the wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted our own ______. We must learn how to rely on him in the first place!

1.A. live B. stay C. study D. lie

2.A. playing B. resting C. challenging D. arguing

3.A. cleaned up B. jumped off C. fell into D. cut down

4.A. moments B. hours C. times D. periods

5.A. sent B. ran C. left D. climbed

6.A. decorate B. drop C. hang D. fly

7.A. hot B. still C. noisy D. fine

8.A. bright B. disappointed C. dull D. satisfied

9.A. staying B. stopping C. going D. blowing

10.A. clever B. talented C. determined D. fearless

11.A. after B. unless C. as D. until

12.A. following B. making C. pulling D. watching

13.A. angrily B. nervously C. doubtfully D. hopefully

14.A. go B. come C. make D. fly

15.A. win B. defeat C. mistake D. luck

16.A. wind B. order C. news D. sunshine

17.A. heart B. memory C. dream D. world

18.A. because of B. instead of C. except for D. as for

19.A. imagine B. decide C. apply D. complete

20.A. courage B. patience C. strength D. knowledge

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The ocean bottom, a region nearly 2.5 times greater than the total land area of the earth, is even today largely unexplored. Until about a century ago, the deep ocean floor was completely inaccessible and hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light and in the case of intense pressures hundreds of times greater than at the earth’s surface, the deep-ocean bottom is a strange environment to humans, in some way as frightening and remote as the outer space.

Although researchers have taken samples of deep-ocean rocks for over a century, the first detailed global study of the ocean bottom did not actually start until 1969, with the beginning of the National Science Foundation’s Deep Sea Drilling Project(DSDP). Using techniques first developed for the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP’s drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean’s surface and drill very deep waters, taking samples of rocks from the ocean floor.

The Glomar Challenger completed 96 voyages in a 15-year research program that ended in November 1983. During this time, it sailed 600,000 kilometers and took almost 20,000 samples of rocks around the world. Those samples have allowed geologists to reconstruct what the planet looked like hundreds of millions of years ago and to make out what it will probably look like millions of years in the future. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger’s voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics (构造学) and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes.

The sample of rocks drilled by the Glomar Challenger have also provided a climatic record stretching back hundreds of millions of years. The information of past climatic change can be used to predict the future climate.

1.What does the underlined word “inaccessible” in paragraph1 mean?

A. unrecognizable B. unreachable

C. unusable D. unreasonable

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Glomar Challenger?

A. It is a military submarine.

B. It is used to develop tourism.

C. It has gone on over 100 voyages.

D. It made its first DSDP voyage in 1969.

3.The Deep Sea Drilling Project was significant because it was _____.

A. the first detailed exploration of the ocean bottom

B. conducted by geologists from all over the world

C. supported entirely by the gas and oil industry

D. an attempt to find new sources of oil and gas

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