A.treat
B.cheat
C.teat
D.feat
A.The population increased from 80 million to 90 million.
B.The population decreased from 75 million to 72 million.
C.The population decreased from 60 million to 50 million.
D.The population increased from 70 million to 80 million.
A. Maybe I should call a taxi
B. can you help me
C. it's the second left
D. not really
E. at the traffic lights
F. Not at all
G. Museum Drive
H. Thanks again
Tourist: Excuse me, (56) ? I'm lost!
Person: Certainly, where would you like to go?
Tourist: I'd like to go to the museum, but I can't find it. Is it far?
Person: No, (57) .It's about a 5 minute walk. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights. Do you see them?
Tourist: Yes, I can see them.
Person: Right, (58) , turn left into Queen Mary Avenue.
Tourist: Queen Mary Avenue.
Person: Right. Go straight on. Take the second left and enter Museum Drive.
Tourist: OK. Queen Mary Avenue, straight on and then the second left, (59)
Person: Right, Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road.
Tourist: Great. Thanks for your help.
Person: (60)
n designed to help senior citizens living alone.
Manufactured by robotics company Shanghai PT Info, the brightly colored robot, which costs 5,000 yuan ($790), was launched on Aug 14 to help entertain and monitor elderly people.
In Shanghai last year, the number of registered residents at least 60 years old was 4 million. That was nearly 30 percent of the population. By 2018, the figure is projected to rise to 5 million.
With many living alone, robots such as Roby Mini can help play a crucial role in caring for the elderly. "It will change the way people interact with digital products," Hong says.
Founded in May, Shanghai PT Info had already done the groundwork. In fact, the research team spent three years developing the speech recognition system before the firm was officially launched.
With 360-degree wheels hidden under its body, Roby Mini can follow a person through face recognition and strike up a conversation, tell jokes or provide information.
The robot also works as a computer terminal, supplying weather information, ordering groceries online and even booking taxis. Roby Mini can be connected to other gadgets as well, such as smart wristbands or magnetic devices on doors.
Roby Mini can also connect an elderly owner to a doctor through its high-definition screen.Already Shanghai PT Info is talking to three community hospitals in Shanghai's Minhang district. Since the robot is linked to the Internet, it can support long-distance audio and video calls.
Mass production started this month and Shanghai PT Info plans to manufacture 200,000 units this year.
But the future is not easy for Shanghai PT Info. Earlier this year, Flyingwings Intelligent Robot Technology (Shanghai) introduced a machine with sensors that will ring an alarm when an elderly person falls down.Tianjin ShangjiuShengyuan Technology Group also developed a robot for seniors in 2014. Owners can turn on the lights and air-conditioning units by pressing buttons on the machine.It can also remind elderly owners to take pills, and inform. them of hospital checkups and family birthdays.
1. Roby Mini is the name of.{A; B; C}
A. a robotics company
B. a robot
C. a senior citizen living alone
2. Roby Mini is designed to.{A; B; C}
A. help look after children living alone in senior high school
B. help entertain and monitor senior citizens
C. change the way people interact with digital products
3. According to this passage, the number of registered residents at least 60 years old will be. {A; B; C}
A. 4 million next year
B. 30 percent of the population
C. increase to 5 million by 2018
4. The writer thinks “the future is not easy for Shanghai PT Info” because.{A; B; C}
A.there are too many elder people in Shanghai
B. Roby Mini cannot ring an alarm when an elderly person falls down.
C. the company will face tough competition in the marketplace
5. The best title for this passage is.{A; B; C}
A. How to Use a Robot
B. Elder People Increase in Shanghai
C. Robot Gives Help to Older People
Muscles are stringly bundles of fibers varying from one five - thousand of an inch to about three inches. They have three unique characteristics, they can become shorter and thicker; they can stretch; and they can retract to their original positions. Under a high -powered microscope, muscle tissue is seen as long, slender cells with a grainy texture like wood.
More than half of a person' s body is composed of muscle fibers, most of which are involuntary, in other words, work without conscious direction. The voluntary muscles, those that we move consciously to perform. particular actions, number more than five hundred. Women have only 60 to 70 percent as much muscle as men for their body mass. That is why an average woman can' t lift as much, throw as far, or hit as hard as an average man.
According to the selection, the muscular sense is responsible for ______ .
A.the efficiency of our muscles
B.the normal breathing function
C.directing our muscles intelligently
D.the work of only our involuntary muscles
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A.was
B.were
C.is
D.are
IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Wild and farm birds often get a flu virus. Yet they usually are able to carry the virus without getting sick.
In 1997 six people in Hong Kong died of a different kind of bird flu virus. It is called the h-five-n-one virus. The Hong Kong government quickly ordered the killing of all farm birds there. That stopped the spread of h-five-n-one to people in Hong Kong.
Yet the virus bad already spread to other parts of Asia. It was found in 16 countries between 2003 and 2006.
The h-five-n-one virus first appeared in Africa. This raised many concerns about the spread of the disease. Scientists do not know exactly how bird flu came to Africa. At first, they thought wild birds were to blame. Now, officials with the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization believe the main cause is trade in farm birds.
The bird flu virus is found in the waste and liquids of infected birds. The virus spreads when healthy birds or people touch sick birds or nay infected (被感染了的) part of sick birds. Right now, the virus is not spreading among person to person. But the virus could change and start spreading among people. Health officials believe that it is even more possible now that bird flu has spread in Africa, and that is why international organizations are working so hard to stop its spread.
The best way to stop the spread of bird flu is to kill all the chickens in an area where bird flu has been discovered. More than 145 000 chickens have been killed in Nigeria since bird fin was first found one year ago.
36. The passage focuses on ______.
A. wild and farm birds
B. a fin virus
C. bird flu
D. infected birds