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3. 亨利站在走廊里，他看上去有点困惑。
There in the hallway,looking a little puzzled. (倒装)
3. stood Henry
8. The city of Nanjing has almost become a water resort,because (暴雨一直在持续) .
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A More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children,a new survey showed last Tuesday.
The survey,published by the Bank of America? stud?ied the rich with$ 3 million or more in assets. It found that" surprisingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children".
The majority of the457 people surveyed are selfmade,first-generation rich. 52per cent of parents have,chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are,and15 per cent have given away nothing about the family wealth. One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.
They are worried that their children would become lazy,spend money freely,make bad decisions and even be?come a target for gold diggers.
Only34 per cent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave them.
"There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation," said Sallie Krawcheck,former president of the Global Wealth and Investment Manage?ment of Bank of America. "Our research,however,uncov?ered changing views of what one generation owes the next."
The trend is led by the world's richest man Bill Gates,who promised in2008 that he would leave his$ 58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife,the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (基金会) ，and not to his children.
"We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact," he said.
Of his plans for his children,Gates said, "I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage... they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of."
11. We can learn from the passage that .
A. rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance
B. rich parents don't equal rich kids,at least in the US
C. American children don't get to inherit their parents' wealth
D. poor children don't expect themselves to be as rich as their parents
12. According to the survey* most rich Americans
A. think they owe their children nothing
B. think it best to give their money back to society
C. doubt their children's ability to handle wealth
D. are confident of their children's ability to handle wealth
13. The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 6 refers to
A. responsible children
B. Bill Gates and his wife
C. rich children
D. rich parents
14. From the last paragraph,we can see that Bill Gates wants to show .
A. the trend of leaving no inheritance to children
B. the positive impact of charity on society
C. the way of giving back to society
D. the importance of independence for children
[20巧郑州一模] We use robots for tasks like building cars and sorting mails,but can we use them as stand-up comedians (单日相声演员) in the fu?ture? One robot called RoboThespian has been trying out some jokes.
Researchers from Queen University of London organized Robothespian's performances to test whether it could be as funny as a human.
The electronic comedian went on stage for a show with British comedians An?drew O'Neill and Tieman Douieb,performing the same jokes as Douieb but with a few changes―it is a robot after all. The robot has some advantages over human comedians,too.
"We used computer vision and audio software to notice the response of each au?dience member,something a human comedian cannot do”， said Kleomenis Katevas,the robot's programmer. "The machine used this information to decide who to look at and which gestures to use.” The robot also has other advantages over human comedians. Impressions of other people and sounds are very popular ways for performers to get laughs,and according to New Scientist reporter Celeste Biever? the robot can perform recorded sound by simply playing it back. It can also act out programmed pieces from Shake?speare or just about anything else.
Another of the robot's advantages is more surprising. Because I feel less em?pathy (同感) for RoboThespian than for the human comedians,I feel more relaxed during his performances," Biever added. And of course,RoboThespian is unlikely to feel as nervous as other comedians,or be affected too badly by an audience member shouting at it.
The Queen Mary researchers say they're most interested in how audiences can be part of live performances. So in the future,we may be watching robots perform?ing exactly the show we want to see. Do you think it's time for the robot to write some more jokes?
1. Why was RoboThespian originally developed?
A. To help human comedians perform better on stage.
B. To find out if robots could understand human jokes.
C. To see if robots could perform like human comedians.
D. To assist human comedians to make up some better jokes.
2. When RoboThespian gave performances on stage,it .
A. imitated the audience's voices to make them laugh
B. was affected easily by an audience member shouting at it
C. performed completely different jokes from human comedians
D. recorded each audience member's reaction and acted accordingly
3. What does Celeste Biever think of robot comedians?
A. He believes the future of comedy lies in them.
B. He considers their jokes as rather poor and boring.
C. He thinks they aren't suitable for live performances.
D. He feels more comfortable watching their performances.
4. What is the article mainly talking about?
A. The robot comedian RoboThespian and its advantages.
B. Robot technology used to help us with our daily tasks.
C. Predictions of the comedy of the future and concern about it.
D. A comparison between human comedians and robot comedians.
8. When I saw the solar car,I couldn't wait to (测试它) in person.
2. Your passport application form should be (accompany) by two recent photographs.
10. Your father can't have you (lie) to him,so you must tell him the truth if he asks you about it.
4. The play (produce) next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture.
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