题目内容
A new walking, talking robot from Japan which has black hair and a woman’s face that can smile will attend a fashion show. It has trimmed down(减少)to 43kg, but it still hasn’t reached the safety standards required to share the catwalk with human models.
Developers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a government-backed organization, said their “cybernetic(全自动控制的)human” wasn’t ready to help with daily housework or work side by side with people—as many hope robots will be able to do in the future.
“In technology, it hasn’t reached that level,” said Hirohisa Hirukawa, one of the robot’s developers. “Even as a fashion model, people in the industry told us she was short and had a rather ordinary figure.”
For now, the 158 cm tall black-haired robot named HRP-4C—whose predecessor(前任)had weighed 58 kg — will mainly serve to draw and entertain crowds. Developers said the robot may be used in amusement parks or to perform human movement, as an exercise instructor, for instance.
HRP-4C was designed to look like an ordinary Japnese woman, although its silver-and-black body reminds people of a space suit. It will appear in a Tokyo fashion show — without any clothes — in a special part just for the robot next week.
The robotic framework(框架)for HRP-4C, without the face and other coverings, will go on sale for about 20 million yen(日元) each. Its programming technology will be made public so other people can come up with fun moves for the robot, the scientists said.
Japan is one of the leading robotics industries in the world, and the government is pushing to develop the industry as a road to growth.
【小题1】What do we know about HRP-4C’s predecessor?
A.It is shorter than HRP-4C . B.It is cleverer than HRP-4C .
C.It is taller than HRP-4C . D.It is heavier than HRP-4C .
【小题2】According to the passage, how many of the following could HRP-4C do?
a. drawing pictures
b. walking and talking
c. doing housework
d. working with people
e. smiling
A.2 | B.3 | C.4 | D.5 |
A.It wears a space suit. |
B.Its price is 20 million dollars. |
C.It can be used as an exercise instructor. |
D.As a fashion model, it has a perfect figure. |
A.make money | B.make new frameworks |
C.let other people improve it | D.help make new face and coverings |
A.The purpose of making HRP-4C. B.Robotics industry in Japan.
C.A new Japanese robot. D.Japanese and robots.
【小题1】D【小题1】A【小题1】C【小题1】C【小题1】C
解析
It takes less than six seconds to leave a first impression. It is said that we ought not judge a book by its cover, but come on, isn’t it the color, the design, the layout, and the title that draw us to pick up a book we’ve never heard of before? Notice what your assumptions are about a person when you are first introduced to her or him.
Something that most of us don’t take notice of is how we stand or walk. Let’s say you are going for a job interview. Within seconds you have already said a lot about yourself by the way you walk. The majority of us walk around everyday without paying any attention to what we are saying even though we are not uttering a word. There is a lot that can be said about body language from the clothes you wear to the gestures you make.
I took notice of this topic recently as I recalled something about changing my posture to improve my level of confidence. I was about to venture on a new project, which would take me out of my comfort zone. My gremlins (小精灵) were having a field day with me uttering all kinds of reasons why I couldn’t do a good job with this new opportunity. I tucked in my tummy (收缩肚子) , put my shoulders back , held my head high , and took a walk. Soon thereafter, I felt so much better. I approached the project with new possibility. Wow, what a difference ! Try it !
The ability to capture your audience when you walk into a room is sure to start you off on the right foot when going on an interview. Non-verbal signals have five times the impact of verbal (言语的)signals. So you can count on losing your audience when you walk in with head down dragging your feet regardless how much you try to change it.
【小题1】In the first paragraph the author intends to tell us .
A.we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover |
B.a person’s appearance can be misread |
C.the first impression really means a lot |
D.we should focus more on a person’s qualities |
A.his gremlins stopped talking |
B.he got rid of all his negative thoughts |
C.he walked out of his comfort zone |
D.he changed his posture to improve his confidence |
A.shouldn’t say a lot about ourselves |
B.shouldn’t walk with our head high up |
C.should pay enough attention to our body language and gesture |
D.should only pay attention to the way we walk within the first few seconds |
A.non-verbal signals are more important than verbal signals |
B.non-verbal signals are not so easy to catch |
C.we mainly rely on verbal signals during an interview |
D.we shouldn’t pay too much attention to our non-verbal signals |
A.How to prepare for a job interview |
B.The way we walk says a lot about us. |
C.How to read a person from the way he walks. |
D.How complicated body language is. |