1、 - 1 - Unit 5Unit 5 Theme parksTheme parks .阅读理解 A A 2020唐山一模Stan Lee, cofounder of the Marvel Universe(漫威宇宙) and co creator of many of its most popular superheroes, died at the age of 95. Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York in 1922. As a son of working class Jewish immigrants from Romani
2、a, times were hard and he lived with his family in a shabby singlebedroom apartment. After graduating from high school at 16, Lieber landed a job as an assistant at Timely Comics. By the early 1940s, he was a temporary editor for the company. It was at this time that he began using his pen name Stan
3、 Lee. In 1947, two years after returning from serving for the US. Army, Lee married his wife, Joan. The two began their 70year marriage and had two children. In the late 1950s, DC Comics breathed new life into its classic superhero and experienced a significant success with its updated version of th
4、e Flash, and later with superteam the Justice League of America. To compete against DC Comics, Lee was given the task of creating their own group of superheroes. In 1961，Timely Comics changed its name into Marvel Comics after Atlas Comics, and that November saw the debut (首次亮相) of the Fantastic Four
5、. Lees later famous and lasting creations of comicbook superheroes included SpiderMan, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and the XMen. Over the course of his career, Lee was an icon of Marvel Comics. As a writer and editor and, at various points, both the publisher and vice president of Marvel Comics, Lee no
6、t only introduced interesting characters to the industry, but changed the way that comic books came together. He also created a cooperative workflow between writers and artists, which became known as the “Marvel Method”. Lee received a National Medal of Arts in 2008 for his innovations that revoluti
7、onized American comic books. 1What do we know about Lee from Paragraph 2? AHe served for the US. Army for two years. BHe suffered from an unfortunate marriage. CHe had a tough and struggling childhood. DHe adopted his pen name at the age of 16. - 2 - 2What was the company called when SpiderMan was c
8、reated? ATimely Comics. BMarvel Comics. CAtlas Comics. DDC Comics. 3What does the underlined word “icon” in the last paragraph mean? AStatue. BAgent. CAssistant. DSymbol. 4What can be the best title for the text? AStan Lee, the Godfather of Marvel Comics BThe Development of Marvel Comics CStan Lee,
9、a Superhero in Comic Books DThe Popular Superheroes of Marvel Comics B B 2020济南市高三学习质量针对性检测Nearly every week, we hear news about the latest successes and failures in driverless vehicles. But we hear little about how other industries are developing this same kind of technology. One industry heavily i
10、nvolved in researching and developing artificial intelligence, or AI, is agriculture. Companies are experimenting with hightech tools that can help farmers save time and money, while reducing environmentharming chemicals. One of the companies is ecoRobotix of Switzerland. It created a robot equipped
11、 with AI and cameras to identify all plants on a farm. The robot has four wheels to carry it through the fields in search of weeds. Computercontrolled arms then lower and spray the weeds with small amounts of herbicide(除草剂). Company officials say the robot can fully operate on its own for up to 12 h
12、ours a day while being powered by the sun. It uses the same kind of sensor and positioning technology used to guide driverless vehicles. A farmer can also control the equipment through a smartphone. The cofounder of ecoRobotix, Aurlien Demaurex, says the farm robot can kill weeds with 20 times less
13、herbicide than traditional methods. This is because the system uses exactly the right amount of chemical in the exact place required to kill the weeds. Currently, farmers spread weed killers over massive areas to destroy unwanted plants. Another company developing farm robotics is Californiabased Blue River Technology. The company has a system called “See limit 和句子主语 the kinds of food 是被动关系，即 bedone 的形式，故填 are。 9less 考查副词的比较级。根据句中的“faster”和“than”可知，此处含有比较 的含义，故填副词比较级 less，修饰动词 affected，在句子中作状语。 10they 考查代词。否定副词“Seldom”置于句首，引起部分倒装，系动词 are 位于 主语之前，空处指代上文提到的“the highspeed trains”，是复数形式，故用 they。
