题目内容
6.It's given us robot cars and internet-enabled glasses-but when it came to creating a"Street View"of a desert,Google hit on a low-tech solution.It hired a camel.The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera,which is typically lifted up by humans to capture(捕捉)360-degree pictures of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars.
Google spokeswoman Monica Baz says the camel,reportedly named Faffia,was an appropriate way of documenting the beautiful moving sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwas Oasis,a 100kilometer-wide(62-mile)scenic desert,southeast of the city of Abu Dhabi.
"With every environment and every location,we try to customize the capture and how we do it for that part of the environment,"she told The National newspaper.
"In the case of Liwa we made it in a way so that it goes on a camel so that it can capture pictures in the best,most authentic and least damaging way,"Baz said.
Street View Treks have previously explored sites including the Grand Canyon,Mount Everest,the Eiffel Tower,the Egyptian pyramids and buildings of temples around Angkor Wat in Cambodia.There's even a subaquatic Trek of waters around the Galapagos islands.
Of course,while the camel can only be seen in shadow on the images it captured,Google's Street View cars have witnessed plenty of other very strange sights.Earlier this year one clocked what appeared to be the scene of a murder on the streets of Edinburgh.It later turned out to be a trick staged by auto mechanics who'd spotted the car on its approach.Another hoax was about a woman pretending to give birth on a roadside.The service,which began in 2007,has also hosted more amazing sights such as a bare guy climbing out the trunk(后备箱) of a car and a man with the head of a horse.
5.According to the text,RaffiaD.
A.Was led by Street View cars
B.Measured the size of a desert
C.Documented the city of Abu Dhabi with a camera
D.Carried a camera to capture the pictures of the desert
6.What does the underlined word"clocked"in the last paragraph probably mean?B
A.Timed. B.Recorded.
C.Reported. D.Approached.
7.What is the author's attitude towards Street View Treks?A
A.Objective. B.Uncaring.
C.Doubtful. D.Favorable.
8.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?C
A.New Street View Treks to Capture Pictures
B.Amazing Sights from Street View
C.Google Hired Camel for Desert Street View
D.Google Designed New Street View Cars for the Desert.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了谷歌聘请骆驼为沙漠街景,骆驼成为了实现相机的第一个动物.
解答 5.D.细节理解题.根据第三段was an appropriate way of documenting the beautiful moving sands of Abu Dhabi's Liwas Oasis,a 100kilometer-wide(62-mile)scenic desert,southeast of the city of Abu Dhabi可知Faffia携带照相机捕捉沙漠的图片;故选D.
6.B.词义猜测题.根据Earlier this year one clocked what appeared to be the scene of a murder on the streets of Edinburgh今年早些时候的一个时钟似乎在爱丁堡街头的一个谋杀现场,后来竟然上演了汽车机械能一招发现在其方法的车;意为记录;故选B.
7.A.推理判断题.通读全文,可知作者通过事实和举例子表明主题,并没有发表自己的意见,因此是客观的;故选A.
8.C.推理判断题.根据第二段The beast has become the first animal to carry Google's Trekker camera,which is typically lifted up by humans to capture(捕捉)360-degree pictures of destinations inaccessible to its Street View cars可知最佳标题为谷歌聘请骆驼为沙漠街景;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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41.A.guided | B.inspired | C.supported | D.protected |
42.A.surprised | B.amusing | C.confusing | D.disappointing |
43.A.predict | B.understand | C.prove | D.analyze |
44.A.replaced | B.supplied | C.assigned | D.afforded |
45.A.action | B.life | C.project | D.job |
46.A.approved | B.introduced | C.abolished | D.revised |
47.A.favorable | B.negative | C.general | D.immediate |
48.A.whether | B.unless | C.though | D.because |
49.A.physical | B.mental | C.financial | D.social |
50.A.encourage | B.persuade | C.require | D.allow |
51.A.purpose | B.necessity | C.passion | D.explanation |
52.A.absolutely | B.gradually | C.relatively | D.practically |
53.A.take the lead | B.make a difference | C.come as a surprise | D.make sense |
54.A.Otherwise | B.Nevertheless | C.Instead | D.Besides |
55.A.time | B.hole | C.form | D.gap |
56.A.Especially | B.Certainly | C.Probably | D.Frankly |
57.A.Except for | B.But for | C.In spite of | D.In case of |
58.A.Respect | B.Pay | C.Sympathy | D.Experience |
59.A.communities | B.neighbors | C.friends | D.members |
60.A.thought | B.word | C.hesitation | D.reason |