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  The Cave Crawler mining robot

  Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? It’ s an increasingly urgent question, given the recent high-profile(引人注目的)mining accidents in Sago, W.Va., and Huntington, Utah.A small group of engineers and robotics experts envision(展望)a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.

  One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie-Mellon University's Robotics Institute.It was called Groundhog and it looked like a golf cart.It used lasers to “see” in dark tunnels and map abandoned mines-some of the most dangerous work in the business.

  The latest prototype is called Cave Crawler.It's a bit smaller than Groundhog, and even more advanced.It can take photos and video and has sensors mounted that can detect the presence of dangerous gases.Incredibly, the robot has a real sense of logic.If it comes across an obstacle it gets momentarily confused, it has to think through the process and where to go next, and sometimes it throws a fit just like a real person.

  The biggest obstacle, though, is cost.The original research project was federally funded, but that money has dried up, and it's not clear where future funding will come from.Partly for that reason, and partly because of advances in safety, mining is not nearly as dangerous as it was in the past.Since 1990, fatalities have declined by 67 percent, and injuries by 51 percent, according to the National Mining Association.

  Some experts predict that robots in mines will serve much of the same function that they do in the automotive industry.The robots do the most repetitive and dangerous jobs, but don't eliminate the need for human workers.

(1)

The phrase “throw a fit” in the 3rd paragraph probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

get angry

B.

get shocked

C.

become excited

D.

become cheerful

(2)

The latest robot is more advanced than Groundhog mainly because ________.

[  ]

A.

it can map abandoned mines

B.

it's a bit smaller than Groundhog

C.

it can see in the dark tunnel

D.

the robot has a real sense of logic

(3)

We can infer from the last paragraph that ________.

[  ]

A.

the mine robots will have a very bright future

B.

robots in mines will serve much in the automotive industry

C.

there will be no need for human workers in mines

D.

robots in mines have a long way to go

(4)

Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

[  ]

A.

High-profile mining accidents in America.

B.

Could robots replace humans in mines?

C.

The development of robot.

D.

Cave Crawler, the latest robot.

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D  
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy.They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school.Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life.Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students,it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning.
Unfortunately,a number of students killed themselves.Others are after comfort in using drugs.Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime.Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents.Such students feel that they are less important and leave school before they have finished their study.
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way.Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children.To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special school called juku-cram schools.These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams, they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the real world. It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or high school population attend these cram schools.    
Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from fhe students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bag.Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society.They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student.They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.
67.A lot of Japanese students are unhappy at school because                
A.they work very hard    B.they find they can't do well at school
C.they feel unimportant  D.they are under too much pressure    
68.Because of their failure at school, some students take drugs to          
A.kill themselves             B.seek comfort
C.disappoint their parents     D.make trouble    
69.What should be the best title of the passage?
A.Students' Pressure   
B.Students' Problems    
C.The Negative Impact(影响) of Japanese Education    
D.The Trouble in Japanese Schools
70.In juku-cram schools students_______.
A.are taken good care of by the teachers    B.feel no pressure
C.are trained to pass exams               D.can learn a lot of useful things
71.In ordinary Japanese schools,________.
A.there are strict rules      B.students feel safe    
C.students can do anything  D.learning is not important

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D  

Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy.They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school.Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life.Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students,it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning.

Unfortunately,a number of students killed themselves.Others are after comfort in using drugs.Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime.Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents.Such students feel that they are less important and leave school before they have finished their study.

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way.Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children.To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special school called juku-cram schools.These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams, they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the real world. It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or high school population attend these cram schools.    

Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from fhe students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bag.Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society.They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student.They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.

67.A lot of Japanese students are unhappy at school because                

A.they work very hard    B.they find they can't do well at school

C.they feel unimportant  D.they are under too much pressure    

68.Because of their failure at school, some students take drugs to          

A.kill themselves             B.seek comfort

C.disappoint their parents     D.make trouble    

69.What should be the best title of the passage?

A.Students' Pressure   

B.Students' Problems    

C.The Negative Impact(影响) of Japanese Education    

D.The Trouble in Japanese Schools

70.In juku-cram schools students_______.

A.are taken good care of by the teachers    B.feel no pressure

C.are trained to pass exams               D.can learn a lot of useful things

71.In ordinary Japanese schools,________.

A.there are strict rules      B.students feel safe    

C.students can do anything  D.learning is not important

 

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Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).

  ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.

  Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

  There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.

  A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."

  Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

  Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.

66. According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

  A. in existence        B. imaginative     C. not real    D. impossible

67. ESP lets people know _________.

  A. about events before they happen

  B. about events after they happen

  C. about events that are happening some distance away

  D. A and C

68. By studying ESP, scientists may get to ________.

  A. learn how people tell lies           B. know more about human dreams

  C. know more about human mind       D. learn how strange things happen

69. In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.

  A. things that may not happen          B. things that happen in a dream

  C. things that must happen             D. things that happen by accident

70. This article is mainly about ________.[

  A. the human dream                           B. the sixth sense

C. the human mind                          D. a crowded bus

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 “You must be mad!” said my friends. “Giving up your job now, when there isn't much chance of finding another one, ever!”

But I had already come to my lonely decision. To wake up in the morning with a sense of fear, to force a hasty breakfast down an unwilling throat and then to set off for work with pounding heart and frozen face had become habitual, and I had turned to tranquilizers(镇定剂) to help me along.

It hadn't always been as bad as this. Ten years before I had managed quite well.

I, in common with most other teachers, am rather self??critical, and I knew now I was no longer “managing”.My classes were noisy, the children were not learning very much, and my attempts to cope with changing teaching methods produced very little effect. At one time my very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence. Now they give a vague(含糊的) “Hello, Miss”, and carry on. I had run out of enjoyment and enthusiasm. It was time to stop.

Was it all my own failure? In fairness to myself, I don't think it was. I had plenty of ideas, I loved my subject, and I liked children.

I had been idealistic. But the reality I faced was bored children, over??stimulated(刺激)by video??watching the night before and tired out by a late bedtime. They were given the wrong food at the wrong time, who came without breakfast to school and then stuffed themselves with gum and chocolates bought on the way; who were “high” with hunger in class and talked restlessly as the cooking smell from the school kitchen came drifting (漂) to all floors.

I had been trying to create the basic conditions in which teaching becomes possible, but I had failed, and no longer had the stomach for the job.

64.The reason why the writer decided to give up her job was probably that    .

A.teaching children wasn't challenging

B.she took no pride in her work

C.teaching had become too much for her

D.she disliked the new teaching method

65.“My very presence in the doorway would be enough to ensure a partial silence” means“    ”.

A.I'd very well make some students stop talking simply by standing in the doorway

B.when I came to the doorway, the class would immediately quiet down

C.all the students would become silent on my turning up in the doorway

D.my appearance in the doorway could at least comfort the class

66.The following are all reasons that children couldn't concentrate in class EXCEPT    .

A.they were tired out because they went to bed too late

B.they were burdened with too much homework

C.they were not properly fed by their parents

D.they were over excited by video??watching the night before

67.We can infer from the passage that the writer    .

A.had no love for children at all

B.never truly enjoyed teaching

C.found it difficult to give up her job

D.felt extremely nervous about each coming day

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