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  Lyse Doucet lives a happy life in Chicago. But re?cently there is some difficulty for her and her family. She and her husband have each other's parents and a young daughter and for that they are 24        But she and her husband are both currently25       . And their car is in great need of26       . And then there is the matter of their second child,who is 27        soon. So things are a little tense for the Doucet family these days.

  When Lyse and her daughter were walking through a store 28        lot recently,Lyse picked up an envelop from the ground that29       $4,000 in cash. There were a 30       of different explanations that could be considered. Was this a kind of good31      

  Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Lyse didn't know. The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope 32        to some?one else. Oh,and one other thing she knew: her young daughter was33       . "My kid was standing right there 34        I found it," Lyse told WLS in Chicago. "So basi?cally I wanted to teach my daughter how to be35       . And for me that was enough."

  Never mind the bills that were36      ,or the car that needed to be fixed,or the baby that would come soon. When she 37        the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she 38        it.

The police were able to return the money to the per?son who 39        it:an old woman. And one can imagine the joy and 40        she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her." She came to my house and she was almost in tears,41       me," Lyse said. "She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small 42        in it. But what was in it wasn't 43        What mattered was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty."

24. A. restricted   B. upset  C. grateful   D. sensitive

25. A. appreciated   B. unemployed   C. disappointed   D. removed

26. A. cash   B. protection   C. sale   D. repair

27. A. sick   B. due   C. desperate   D. dull

28. A. gathering   B. begging   C. cleaning   D. parking

29. A. contained   B. involved   C. charged   D. paid

30. A. handful   B. deal   C. number   D. flood

31. A. expense   B. luck   C. hope   D. prize

32. A. belonged   B. reacted  C. pointed   D. responded

33. A. urging   B. affecting   C. laughing   D. watching

34. A. before   B. when   C. because   D. though

35. A. ripe   B. loyal   C. honest   D. humorous

36. A. passing by   B. giving away   C. showing off   D. piling up

37. A. turned   B. watched   C. got   D. collected

38. A. checked   B. made  C. kept   D. promoted

39. A. sent   B. lost C. disliked   D. generated

40. A. relief   B. anxiety   C. tension   D. respect

41. A. comforting   B. congratulating   C. thanking   D. offending

42. A. option   B. present   C. envelope   D. amount

43. A. important   B. serious  C. sufficient   D. efficient

  Claude Sammut,a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia,said it would soon be possible for robots to defeat the stars of the future.

  For many years,Mr Sammut has been a member of a project called RoboCup,where robots have been programmed to learn how to play football and compete against others in a football match.

  As he explains,the robots are having difficulty in learning how to control the ball and move the ball on their own,but he is still full of confidence that one day in the fu?ture they will show the same skills as Wayne Rooney,who is one of the best football players in the world.

  Mr Sammut also saidIn 1968,John McCarthy and Donald Michie made a bet with David Levy,who was then the chess champion in Scotland,that within 10 years a computer programme would be able to beat him. It took a little bit longer than 10 years (nearly 30 years) but eventually such programmes came into being.”

  "In the same spirit of a grand challenge,RoboCup aims to develop a team of robots that can defeat the world soccer champion team by the year 2050. To achieve this,or come even closer to the ambition,the robots will have to be able to sense and act in completely unstructured environments. This will require major advances in percept—f感知) ,decision making,learning,and cooperative behaviours. Con?sidering robots are integrated hardware and software systems,great advances will also be needed in sensors (传感器) ,energy storage,and materials."

4. The RoboCup is aimed to develop robots that know how to         .

   A. play computer football games

   B. play football and win in real matches

   C. understand the rules of the football game

   D. improve the skills of real football players

5. What kind of difficulties are the robots facing in playing football?

   A. They can't run as fast as real people.

   B. They can't recognize their partners accurately.

   C. They can't control the ball well by themselves.

   D. They can't pass the ball to their partners.

6. The idea of designing a computer program that could defeat a chess champion came forth         .

   A. in 1968   B. in 1978

   C. in the 1990s   D. 30 years ago

7. What's the best title for this passage?

   A. Scientists' wisdom in designing robot football players

   B. Robot football players to beat the world's best team by 2050

   C. Robot football players' bright future

   D. Mr Sammut―the father of robot football players  

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