Color-blind people often find it difficult to______between blue and green.A.separateB.comp
Color-blind people often find it difficult to______between blue and green.
A.separate
B.compare
C.contrast
D.distinguish
Color-blind people often find it difficult to______between blue and green.
A.separate
B.compare
C.contrast
D.distinguish
People with type A blood cart receive______.
A. AB
B. B
C. O
D. None of the above
Thousands of people ______ to see the parade.
A.turned off
B.turned out
C.turned up
D.turned over
A.Practice makes perfect
B.o in Rome as Rome does
C.Unity is strength
D.When people are determined, they can overcome anything
The author mentions that published music is not considered to be folk music because
A.the original composer can be easily identified
B.the songs attract only the young people in a community
C.the songs are generally performed by professional singers
D.the composers write the music in rural communities
In the writer's opinion, humans are the sharks' worst enemies because ______.
A.more than one million sharks are killed by humans every year
B.there are fewer than one hundred shark attacks on humans in the world each year
C.many people are afraid of sharks
D.most sharks eat fish and seals and other sharks
For anyone who hates doing yard work, your new best friend may have arrived. A robot can autonomously shovel snow, collect leaves and cut grass.
“We’re trying t o help people not spend time on yard work,”said Steven Waelbers, the designer of t he robot. “We want people to enjoy t heir free time with their family.”The electric robot can run by itself in right directions with the help of two beacons(信号塔) that must be placed in the yard. the robot includes a camera and ultrasound sensor (超声传感器) that Waelbers said would stop quickly when it finds pets and people.
Owners of the robot will need t o regulate t he values stored in the robot. then it will confirm the task it’s going to take. Before the robot operate by itself, an owner must manually wheel it around the yard 一 taking it around any obstacles like trees, bushes or mailboxes. By doing this, the robot is taught how long and wide the lawn is, and won’t accidentally(不小心) destroy your rose hush or run to the neighborhood.
Once this setup is complete, and the $3,999 robot has been trained on where to cut grass, rake leaves and shovel snow, it operates without any supervision.
Waelbers has always loved to build robots and play with electronics. He started work on a high-tech company after his father asked him to make a robot that would shovel snow for him. Waelbers plans to start sales in early 2017.
26. This article mainly talks about()
A. a newly-designed robot
B. The founder of a company
C. problems with a new product
27. According to Steven Waelbers, the robot is designed to()
A. encourage people to do exercise
B. help people keep healthy and fit
C. make people enjoy family time
28.the robot would stop in front of pets and people thanks to()
A. the remote controller
B. the ultrasound sensor
C. the big and square yard
29. Which of the following steps should be done in the first place?()
A. An owner must wheel the robot around the yard by himself.
B. The robot learns and stores the length and width of the lawn.
C. The robot operates the task it’s going to take without supervision.
30. Which of the following about Waelbers is TRUE?()
A. He didn’t love building robots when he was a young boy.
B. His father asked him to make a robot that could play balls.
C. He is starting to sell this snow-shoveling robot in early 2017.
A.until 12 o'clock in the evening
B.until early next morning
C.all day and all night
D.until after 12 o'clock in the evening
Questions are based on the following passage.
Romantic love has clear evolutionary roots but our views about what makes an ideal romanticrelationship can be swayed by the society we.live in.So says psychologist Maureen O'Sullivan from theUniversity of San Francisco.She suggests that humans have always tried to strengthen the pair-bond tomaximise (使最大化) reproductive success.Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures tostay married.In those where ties to family and commtmity are strong, lifelong marriages can bepromoted by practices such as the cultural prohibition of divorce and arranged marriages that are seenas a contract between two families, not just two individuals.In modern western societies, however, thefocus on ndividuality and independence means that people are less concerned about conforming to (遵守 ) the dictates of family and culture.In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds,O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that shoulddetermine who we stay with and for how long."That's why historically we see an increase in romantic love as a basis for forming long-term relationships," she says.According to O'Sullivan culture also shapes the sorts of feelings we expect to have, and actually doexperience, when in love.Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love-fear of loss,disappointment and jealousy-are fairly consistent across cultures, the positive feelings can vary. "If youask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highlythings like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O'Sullivan. "If you ask American college women,they expect everything under the sun: in addition to being committed, partners have to be amusing,funny and a friend."We judge a potential partner according to our specific cultural expectations about what romanticlove should feel like.If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you thatthis is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or familypressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.
What does the author say about people's views of an ideal romantic relationship?
A.They vary from culture to culture.
B.They ensure the reproductive success.
C.They reflect the evolutionary process.
D.They are influenced by psychologists.
Psychologists have discovered that even the most independent-minded of us will conform. to social pressure when we are with a group of people. In one classie experiment, people were showna vertical line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three.
You might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform. it by themselves they do it very well. However, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed by the opinions of other people when we do this task in a group. In one study, a group of three people was set up,where two of the people were confederates(同伙 )of the experimenter.When the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers,people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. In fact, 75% of people gave at least o ne wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion.
But why do people conform. in this way? In an easy task like this, it seems that people do not want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. On more difficult tasks, people also conform. because they lose onfidence in their own ability to make decisions and prefer to trust the majority opinion instead.
A typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we come across people in distress. Would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street?It turns out that you are much more likely to go to her assistance if you are alone.When other people are also around,a diffusion of responsibility occurs. People are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the woman' s assistance.
25. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word "conform" probably means“ ()”.
A.seek independence
B.disobey orders
C.seek pleasure
D.follow what others do
26.What is the purpose of the experiment described in Paragraph 2? To().
A.explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of others
B.prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of others
C.train the confederates of the experimenter as independent-minded
D.describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others
27.In the last paragraph, according to the author,why wouldn’t one help the woman ?He().
A.thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand
B.thinks he has has nothing to do with it
C.is too shy to give his helping hand
D.thinks someone else will offer assistance
28.What method does the author mainly use to develop the text? (
A.Giving examples.
B.Cause-effect analysis.
C.Comparative analysis.
D.Process analysis.
that it has too much fat and salt. One thing is sure. People will continue to eat fast foods. In fact, now there are fast-food restaurants in countries all over the world.
1. In a fast-food restaurant, people ___________________.
A. stand up to eat
B. are served at table
C. eat in a hurry
D. serve themselves
2. Usually fast food is rich in _____________________.
A. sugar and milk
B. salt and fat
C. meat and salt
D. beef and meat
3. Fast-food restaurants are popular because _____________________.
A. people are free to order their food
B. the quality of the food is good
C. it is cheaper and faster to have meals there
D. people can find fast food restaurants everywhere
4. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?
A. The service is fast and the food is cheap in fast-food restaurants.
B. More people like eating fast food.
C. People can find the same food in all the restaurants.
D. People can take fast food out.
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Americans eat enough hamburgers to make a line around the world four times.
B. Fast-food restaurants are popular in the United States.
C. Some people can eat fastfood in parks.
D. Mothers who work outside home often have meals in fast-food
restaurants.