1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Robots . 阅读理解 A (2018 南昌十校二模 ) I hate Black Friday sales. Its often a gathering of people who are there for many different reasons. Some are looking for a deal on that one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves. Their intentions are completely unrelated to the festive t
2、ime of the year. It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a childs bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. After a while t
3、he whistle blew. It was like throwing a bucket of small fish into a tank of sharks. I told my wife that if we obtained a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too. As the pile of bikes began to gradually decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to wrap my hands around the corner of
4、one of the boxes. I lifted it up and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not the word to describe his presence. He wore lots of belts of metal studded leather around both arms and even his neck. Tattoos (文身 )
5、 were an obvious passion of his. I started to give up the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.” My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All
6、 the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best gift I had ever received for Christmas. The kindness of a stranger broke all preconceived notions(预想 ) I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者和妻子想在黑色星期五大抢购时给儿子买辆自行车，无奈百货商店里人山人海。作者本想放弃，没想到一个陌生人把自行车盒子让给了他。这让作 者改
7、变了之前对他人的偏见。 1. How did the author feel when going into the store? A The crowd was like small fish. B They might not get the bike. C He was excited to do the shopping. D The whistle was blown too late. 答案与解析： B考查推理判断。根据第二段中的 “I told my wife that if we obta ined a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was
8、OK with that too.” 可知作者进入商店时已经做好了买不到自行车的打算，故选 B 项。本题考生易错选 A 项和 C 项。根据第二段中的 “It was like throwing a bucket of small fish into a tank of sharks.” 可知，它就好比往鲨鱼池里扔一桶小鱼一样 (这里指人们争先恐后地往店里挤 )，因此 crowd 应是被比作鲨鱼，而不是小鱼，故排除 A 项；根据第一段中的 “I hate Black Friday sales.” 可知，作者并不喜欢在黑色星期五大抢购时购物，故排除 C 项。 2. What happened wh
9、en the author was buying the bike? A He was scared by a mans look at first. B A gentleman bought the bike for him. C A stranger helped him lift the box. D He gave up the bike he first touched. 答案与解析： A考查细节理解。根据第三段中的 “I looked up to see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frighte
10、ning was not the word to describe his 【 精品教育资源文库 】 presence.” 可知， “ 吓人 ” 这个词已经不足以形容这个人的出现了。故选 A 项。 C 项存在干扰性，但根据第四段中的 “he gently pushed it back in my direction” 可知陌生人只是 把盒子推回来，而不是举起来 (lift)。 D 项也有一定的干扰性，但根据第四段中的 “I started to give up the box but.” 和故事后续发展可知，作者一开始准备放弃但后来陌生人把盒子让给了他，故排除 D 项。 3. What di
11、d the author learn from the experience? A Look before you leap. B Custom is a second nature. C Doing is better than saying. D Dont judge a book by its cover. 答案与解析： D考查推理判断。根据第三段中对陌生人的描写可知，作者一开始因陌生人的外表而觉得他是个可怕的人；根据第四段的内容可知，陌生人把盒子让给了作者，作者由此发出感慨 “The kindness of a stranger broke all preconceived notio
12、ns( 预想 ) I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices.” ，即陌生人的善意打破了作者对他人的偏见，让作者知道不能以貌取人。 4. What is the best title of the passage? A Black Friday sales B My sons best bike C The best Christmas gift D A strange gentleman 答案与解析： C考查主旨要义。文章讲述了作者和妻子为儿子买自行车作为圣诞礼物时受到了陌生人的帮助的故事，作者认为那一时刻是他收到过的最好的圣诞节礼物。故 C 项
13、作标题最佳。 B (2018 武汉市武昌区高三年级三月调研考试 ) Kanda really doesnt like to walk alone. The scientist from a research institute of intelligent robots finds the experience so boring that hed rather drive even though he lives close to his lab and knows that walking is healthy. “I enjoy walking with someone, like wi
14、th my wife, with my daughter， ” Kanda said. “But they are not always available.” So Kanda, who specializes in humanlike bots, developed a robotic walking partner that could make small talk based on its surroundings, which, he hopes, might motivate people to get out and exercise more. The bot rests o
15、n a persons shoulder like a boxy parrot. It weighs about a pound and a half and sits roughly 8.5 inches high, and is 3.5 inches wide and 10 inches long. A microphone, a speaker, and an internal camera allow it to communicate. Its even equipped with a smile. Kanda and his team collected video from fi
16、ve different locations, including a garden and a shopping mall, and created a dataset of small talk topics related to each location. Then they programmed the robot to associate visual cues with specific topics. A special speech software provided the robot with a voice. Near a group of parked cars, f
17、or example, it might say, “In a big parking lot, sometimes I forget where I parked.” They tested the robot on 15 volunteers, 10 males and 5 females, who were paid and averaged about 26 years old. “Have you ever blown a puff of dandelion ( 蒲公英 ) seeds into the air？ ” The robot asked a participant ， w
18、ho smiled and responded, “Yes, I often did that when I was a child.” Although se veral participants noted the robots weight, Kanda was surprised that no one considered the experience strange or funny. “I guess people enjoy new technologies ， ” he said. Just like a human partner, Kandas hot isnt perf
19、ect. Its not able to go for 【 精品教育资源文库 】 walks in heavy rain and, while the robot can make expressions, it cant really hold a conversation, about which Kanda is most worried. Despite its limits, Kanda was comforted by the bots presence. “I felt a kind of sense of being with someone ， ” he said, “pa
20、rticu larly when it spoke.” 【文章大意】 本文主要介绍了新研发的陪人散步的机器人。 【难句分析】 So Kanda, who specializes in humanlike bots, developed a robotic walking partner that could make small talk based on its surroundings, which, he hopes, might motivate people to get out and exercise more. 分析：本句是一个复合句。 who 引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作
21、主语，修饰先行词Kanda; that引导定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰先行词 a robotic walking partner; which引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰前面的整个分句。 译文：因此专门研究人类机器人的 Kanda 发明了一个可以陪人们散步的机器人，这个机器人能够基于周围的环境和人闲谈，他希望这样可以激发人们走出去，多锻炼。 5. Why does Kanda have the idea of developing a robotic walking partner? A Because he wants someone to accompany him whi
22、le walking. B Because he has never developed a robot like a parrot. C Because his family are unwilling to walk with him. D Because he is crazy about developing robots. 答案与解析： A 考查细节理解。根据第一段的 “I enjoy walking with someone, like with my wife, with my daughter， Kanda said.But they are not always available.”可知， Kanda 发明陪人散步的机器人的原因是想找个人在他散步时陪他，故选 A。 6. What characteristic does the robot have? A It can “speak” and “see” B It can walk like a human being. C It can communicate with people freely. D It is muc
