题目内容
I think if we are lucky we will meet nice people. They will offer us help, friendship, kindness and so on. 36 , when I was 17 years old, there was a boy, who gave me something very important. It was a 37 .
The story 38 when I became a high student in the autumn of 2003. At the beginning of the term, I did not know anyone in my class because I had just 39 from a school, which was far from my new school, I was the only one who studied at my new school. I felt very lonely. I was afraid to 40 friends with anyone because I did not think they were 41 to me.
Every time I heard them talking and laughing, I felt my heart 42 . I thought my life was dark and sad. I did not know what to do and I did not want to 43 my parents anything because they would worry about it.
44, one day, something good happened, I was sitting on my seat, 45 as usual, as my deskmate talked happily with her friends. At that 46 ,a boy, who I didn’t know, entered the classroom, 47 through the seats, passed mine and suddenly turned back. It seemed that he was looking for something. 48 , he looked at me, and without a word, gave me a smile.
Suddenly, I felt like something warm, bright and friendly had 49 me and I thought I would be lucky and never live in 50 from then on. Why was that? I asked myself. Although he walked away 51 ,I knew he had smiled at me. His smile made me feel friendly, happy, lively and warm.
The smile 52 my life. I did not feel sad any more. Therefore, I think, sometimes the world is 53 you think it is .If you think you are 54 , you may always be alone. So, cheer up, those who are lonely or in 55 . The world is not that bad. Smile to the world and it will smile back.
36. A. To make things better | B. It just depends | C. I dare say | D. Believe it or not |
37. A. pleasure | B. smile | C. comfort | D. help |
38. A. made | B. spread | C. started | D. occurred |
39. A. separate | B. left | C. graduated | D. escaped |
40. A. keep | B. visit | C. make | D. have |
41. A. glad | B. friendly | C. rude | D. happy |
42. A. sink | B. beat | C. jump | D. run |
43. A. say | B. tell | C. speak | D. talk |
44. A. Strangely | B. Patiently | C. Willingly | D. Luckily |
45. A. unusual | B. polite | C. unhappy | D. delighted |
46. A. while | B. moment | C. chance | D. o’clock |
47. A. got | B. went | C. broke | D. looked |
48. A. Beautifully | B. Eagerly | C. Seriously | D. Surprisingly |
49. A. drawn | B. defeated | C. struck | D. caught |
50. A. happiness | B. darkness | C. coldness | D. friendliness |
51. A. eventually | B. peacefully | C. friendly | D. carefully |
52. A. colored | B. improved | C. changed | D. satisfied |
53. A. something | B. where | C. everything | D. what |
54. A. lonely | B. alone | C. living | D. lovely |
55. A. need | B. trouble | C. honor | D. danger |
Several years ago， a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker， another owned one of the largest companies in the world， and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.
The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country， and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”
“No， I don’t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you.’ ”
【小题1】There are _______ in this passage.
| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the United States |
| D．the reporter was really important |
| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies |
| B．the banker was really important |
| C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important |
| D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President， the President would not answer any telephone call |
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
| A．Who’s more important,the President or me? |
| B．White House and the President. |
| C．The richer the more important. |
| D．How to be an important person. |
Technology: Taking the good without the bad?
Very soon, unimaginably powerful technologies will remake our lives．This could have dangerous consequences, especially because we may not even understand the basic science underlyi ng them．There’s a growing gap between our technological capability and our basic scientific understanding．We can do very clever things with the technology of the future without necessarily understanding some of the science underneath, and that is very dangerous．
The technologies that are particularly dangerous over the next hundred years are nanotechnology （纳米技术）, artificial intelligence and biotechnology．The benefits that they will bring are beyond doubt．But they are going to be very, very dangerous．I’m working in the field of artificial intelligence．I have a model design for something that might be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain．Target date is 2010．The only thing that's not possible in the film Terminator（终结者） is that the people win．If you're fighting against technology w hich is 50,000 million times smarter than you, you probably will not win．
Nanotechnology．We've all heard of the grey glue problem, that self-replicating nanotech devices might keep on copying until the world has become sticky glue．And certainly in biotechnology, we've really got a big problem because it's converging with nanotechnology and IT．Once you start mixing nanotech with organisms and you start feeding nanotech-enabled bacteria, we can really go an awful lot further than the Borg in Star Trek（星际迷航）．And those superhuman organisms might not like us very much．
Eventually these technologies will become routine．That’s a threat to humanity．I don’t think it’s possible to slow it down．So what we need to do is accelerate the scientific research and try to get some extra tools．The problems facing us in the future are getting bigger and bigger．I think if we don’t get some proper science done, the future is hopeless indeed．
【小题1】From the text, we know that the author’s greatest concern is ．
| A．our lack of technological understanding of the process involved |
| B．our lack of technological capability |
| C．creating technology without really understanding the basic science |
| D．Our refusal to face the consequences of the technology we create |
| A．thinks people overvalue the capabilities of technology |
| B．is not optimistic that artificial intelligence will always be used positively |
| C．thinks that we should take science fiction movies more seriously |
| D．believes artificial intelligence is the greatest threat we face technologically |
| A．Because the power of the technology is exaggerated（夸大）． |
| B．Because the strength of the machines is much greater． |
| C．Because machines with that much intelligence can easily defeat humans． |
| D．Because human beings are not courageous enough to win the battle． |
Technology: Taking the good without the bad?
Very soon, unimaginably powerful technologies will remake our lives．This could have dangerous consequences, especially because we may not even understand the basic science underlyi ng them．There’s a growing gap between our technological capability and our basic scientific understanding．We can do very clever things with the technology of the future without necessarily understanding some of the science underneath, and that is very dangerous．
The technologies that are particularly dangerous over the next hundred years are nanotechnology （纳米技术）, artificial intelligence and biotechnology．The benefits that they will bring are beyond doubt．But they are going to be very, very dangerous．I’m working in the field of artificial intelligence．I have a model design for something that might be 50,000 million times smarter than the human brain．Target date is 2010．The only thing that's not possible in the film Terminator（终结者） is that the people win．If you're fighting against technology w hich is 50,000 million times smarter than you, you probably will not win．
Nanotechnology．We've all heard of the grey glue problem, that self-replicating nanotech devices might keep on copying until the world has become sticky glue．And certainly in biotechnology, we've really got a big problem because it's converging with nanotechnology and IT．Once you start mixing nanotech with organisms and you start feeding nanotech-enabled bacteria, we can really go an awful lot further than the Borg in Star Trek（星际迷航）．And those superhuman organisms might not like us very much．
Eventually these technologies will become routine．That’s a threat to humanity．I don’t think it’s possible to slow it down．So what we need to do is accelerate the scientific research and try to get some extra tools．The problems facing us in the future are getting bigger and bigger．I think if we don’t get some proper science done, the future is hopeless indeed．
1.From the text, we know that the author’s greatest concern is ．
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A．our lack of technological understanding of the process involved |
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B．our lack of technological capability |
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C．creating technology without really understanding the basic science |
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D．Our refusal to face the consequences of the technology we create |
2.It can be inferred from the text that the author ．
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A．thinks people overvalue the capabilities of technology |
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B．is not optimistic that artificial intelligence will always be used positively |
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C．thinks that we should take science fiction movies more seriously |
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D．believes artificial intelligence is the greatest threat we face technologically |
3.Why does the author say it is not possible in the film Terminator that the humans win?
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A．Because the power of the technology is exaggerated（夸大）． |
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B．Because the strength of the machines is much greater． |
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C．Because machines with that much intelligence can easily defeat humans． |
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D．Because human beings are not courageous enough to win the battle． |