18．We set about to do our task at once with great enthusiasm．——青夏教育精英家教网—

Driving could soon be a far more pleasant experience thanks to a personal in-car robot being developed by researchers.The robot,which is called "Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)" will be able to tell you the best route home based on traffic reports,remind you to pick up petrol and suggest places you may like to visit.The robot is intended to be placed on the indication plate in the car and is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in co-operation with Volkswagen.

AIDA communicates with the driver through an expressive robot screen and will even appear sympathetic if you're having a bad day.Cynthia Breazeal,director of MIT's Personal Robots Group,said: "We are developing AIDA to read the driver's mood from facial expressions and other clues and respond in a proper way."

AIDA works by analyzing the driver's moving patterns,keeping track of common routes and destinations.The creators say the robot should be able to work out home and work locations within a week of driving.Soon afterwards, the system will direct the driver to his favorite supermarket,suggesting a route that avoids crowded roads.AIDA might recommend a petrol stop on the way if the fuel tank is nearly empty.The robot will also analyze real-time information about traffic jams,the weather report,commercial activities,tourist attractions,and residential areas.

"In developing AIDA,we asked ourselves how we could design a system that would offer the same kind of guidance as an informed and friendly companion."

"AIDA can also give you response on your driving,helping you drive more efficiently and ensure safer driving behavior," Assaf Biderman from SENSEable City Lab added.

1.What is AIDA in this passage?

A. A personal driver. B. A traffic controller.

C. A traffic indicator. D. A smart car robot.

2.What's the most impressive about AIDA according to the passage?

A. It can stay away from traffic jams.

B. It can replace the driver to drive the car.

C. It can interact with the driver.

D. It can help the driver find the way.

3.From the last paragraph we can know that .

A. it's possible to drive a car without any petrol

B. AIDA can help us to become better drivers

C. people can save a lot of energy by driving a car

D. it's much safer to drive with someone else

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. An Intelligent Device for Drivers

B. A New Model of Volkswagen

C. The Cooperation of Two Car Makers

D. Traffic Management in Big Cities

Nowadays many people are under great pressure from study,work and life.Some begin to become sad,hopeless and finally suffer from depression,which can make a person feel sad or upset.The American Academy of Family Physicians has made a research into this illness.1.

Reach out and stay connected

When you're depressed,reach out to close family members and friends can be tough.However,social support is absolutely essential to depression recovery.2.

Do things that make you feel good

Though you can't force yourself to have fun or experience pleasure,you can push yourself to do things you don't like.3.Even if your depression doesn't become better immediately,you'll gradually feel more optimistic and energetic as you make time for fun activities.

Get as much exercise as possible to get the most benefit,taking exercise at least 30 minutes per day,six times a week.Research shows that regular exercise can be as effective as medical treatment to relieve depression symptoms.It also helps with your recovery.

5.Even if you're receiving professional help,these tips can be part of your treatment plan,speeding your recovery and preventing depression from returning.

A.Eat more mood-boosting food.

B.Keep these self-help tips in mind.

C.Take physical exercise every day.

D.Therefore,we'd better turn to others for help.

E.Here are some suggestions for dealing with depression.

F.Staying connected to other people will make you in good mood.

G.You might be surprised that you will feel better once you join in.

Winters are always long and cold in North China.The winter of2008 was especially tough in one southwestern city,______it became extremely cold and it was also a difficult time for me.What was worse,a(n)______injury happened to me and it might keep me in bed for several months, "Just in time for the Spring Festival," my mother said to me,sighing.But how could I feel the______when the snow was so heavy and I had months of painful physical_____ahead?

One day I was doing my housework______there was a tap against the window from a branch of the troublesome fruit tree.On hearing this,with my eyes closed,slowly,I began to recall the fall of 1995 when somebody placed a pipe from my pump next to the______.The earth was so wet that it______immediately with most of its bare roots upward.Seeing this,my mother______to pull it out,but I refused."How hard it's trying!" I said,______the direction of its strong holding of the earth."It is______of a chance to survive." With tools,we______dry soil around the tree and put up some supports into the ground,making it______upright.

Several months had passed before I could be______of it.Surprisingly,when spring returned,my "rescue______"

had grown some leaves and many______.In 2009 that little rescue stick had grown into a towering tree.What an unbelievable miracle of life!

The day before the Spring Festival,the______at the window was continuing,the more fierce wind,the ____

sound,as if to remind me to look up and appreciate its powerful life

That night I slept peacefully having a(n)______.In the dream some flowers were coming out______.The next morning I stood against the window._____the window was the tree bursting with life.Anyway,I had a wonderful Spring Festival that year.

1.A. that B. which C. when D. where

2.A. admirable B. slight C. terrible D. favorable

3.A. joy B. duty C. cold D. failure

4.A. exercise B. report C. treatment D. experiment

5.A. while B. when C. as D. that

6.A. window B. wall C. branch D. tree

7.A. fell down B. came out C. got out D. stood up

8.A. failed B. pretended C. decided D. continued

9.A. attaching to B. pointing to C. looking into D. watching over

10.A. confident B. proud C. certain D. worthy

11.A. placed B. turned C. needed D. threw

12.A. bend B. stand C. drop D. swing