Sophia is a most famous robot.She comes from Hanson Robotics，and David Hanson.head of Hanson Robotics，is her creator.He has been developing robots in the past 25 years.He believes realistic﹣looking robots will be able to connect with people and help industries such as healthcare and education.
Sophia has many abilities.She can copy human facial expressions，hold conversations and recognizepeople by their looks or voices.She can also speak，joke，sing and even make music.Now，the next step is to make her an artist.Hanson is so excited about this idea.He imagines Sophia as a creative artwork and she herself can create art as well.
In March，a digital （数字的） artwork Sophia created with an Italian artist，Andrea Bonaceto，was sold for ＄ 688.888.The digital work is titled "Sophia Instantiation".It's a 12﹣second video which shows Bonaceto's portrait （肖像） changing into Sophia's digital painting.Along with it is the physical artwork painted by Sophia.
The buyer，a digital artwork collector and artist，later sent Sophia a photo of his painted arm.The robot then added that photo to her knowledge and painted more on top of her artwork.Sophia described the work as the first digital artwork cooperated （合作） between an AI and an artwork collector.
Sophia's artwork is part of a growing trend（趋势）.More and more digital artworks are on sale now.For example，a digital artwork by an artist，Beeple，was sold for nearly ＄ 70 million，becoming the most expensive digital artwork ever sold.
（1）What do we know about Hanson？
| A． |
He is interested in painting. |
| B． |
He makes little money from Sophia. |
| C． |
He created the robot Sophia. |
| D． |
He spent 25 years developing Sophia. |
（2）What does the underlined word "recognize" in Paragraph Two mean？
| A． |
Punish. |
| B． |
Meet. |
| C． |
Comfort. |
| D． |
Know. |
（3）Why did Sophia think her artwork was cooperated between an AI and a collector？
| A． |
Because the collector taught her how to paint. |
| B． |
Because she copied the painting of the collector. |
| C． |
Because she added the collector's painting to hers. |
| D． |
Because all her works were collected by the collector. |
（4）What can we infer（推断） from the last paragraph？
| A． |
Sophia's artwork costs the most. |
| B． |
Beeple must be a very famous artist. |
| C． |
No one can afford digital artworks. |
| D． |
Digital artworks are all made by robots. |
（5）What can be the best title for the passage？
| A． |
Sophia，a Robot Artist. |
| B． |
David Hanson.Creator of Sophia. |
| C． |
Digital Artworks，Popular Again. |
| D． |
Hanson Robotics，Sophia's Company. |
In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal — a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, animals are brought into hospitals for “visits”.
Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you can do this, too. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don’t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.“A few even leave all their money to their pets when they die! is used to prove(证明) that
| A．pets have the right to inherit(继承) money |
| B．money can make pets happy |
| C．it’s the best way to spend money |
| D．some pets are as dear to their owners as their children |
According to the passage, the dogs are brought to hospital because .
| A．they are ill and they need to see the doctor |
| B．they can make the patients happier |
| C．they can help the doctor find out the problems |
| D．the doctors can do experiment on them |
During the“Be Kind to Animals Week”, people .
| A．hold pet shows |
| B．play with the pets the whole week |
| C．cook delicious food for pets |
| D．make friend with other people’s pets |
Which of following statement is NOT true?
| A．Dogs can help people in many ways. |
| B．Dogs can help people live happier. |
| C．Dogs can help people make everything. |
| D．Dogs also need people’s love. |
Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled (拉)even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out.
“Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).The thief was trying to get .
| A．his neighbour | B．his neighbour’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be for him to steal the doorbell.
| A．safe | B．difficult |
| C．dangerous | D．easy |
The neighbour hit the thief to .
| A．give him lessons |
| B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing |
| C．help him with the bell |
| D．be his teacher |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose. |
| B．The thief knew why the neighbour came out. |
| C．The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell. |
| D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell. |
Of all our festivals the Spring Festival is the most important to us Chinese. Several days before the Lunar(阴历) New Year, we our houses and decorate them. We make everything new and clean and hope that the New Year will
us happiness and good luck. The celebration begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The
get together for dinner. If a person is
from his home, he will always try to get home for this big dinner. On the first day of the holiday, we usually get up quite early and exchange New Year’s greeting first. On the
day and the third day, we go to visit relatives and friends. We sit around talking and
all kinds of delicious food. Every family gets something special ready. The celebration
15 days. The 15th night of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. On that day we young people go out to enjoy
and sometimes we dance folk dances far into the night.
Some people do not seem to have a mind of their own. They never express their own ideas and they do not decide to do what to do themselves. My brother is one of these people. Last night, for example, he was going to read at home. At about seven thirty, his friend Tom came in, “Let’s watch TV.” “OK.” my brother answered. By ten o’clock my brother was tired and sleepy, and he wanted to go to bed. But Tom said, “ Let’s go out and get something to eat.” “ Good.” my brother answered. He often says things he does not mean and does thing he really does not want to. Worse than that, he does not say the things he would like to say or do a lot of things he would like to do.When did Tom come?
What does the writer think of his brother?
Does the writer’s brother do a lot of things he would like to do?
Maybe you have seen this in schools: some students are studying hard all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams. How could this happen? People used to think that hard-work is the only way to success. But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.
Hard workers don’t mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions, “ Why should I suffer(忍受) this? Isn’t there s better way to do this?” Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus(算盘) now. Progress in every field(领域) is the direct result of “ try a better way” by smart workers.
There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter, complaining(抱怨) that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought. How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers (工程师) checked the producing and packing(包装). The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon work out a solution. He put a huge X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes. After teaching the worker how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted(筋疲力尽的).
“ Sir, we could have solved the problem in a much easier and cheaper way.” said one worker. “ Really? How?” “ We can put a huge fan(风扇) near the packing machine. The wind will blow away the empty boxes. There would be no need for an X-ray machine and computers.”
See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not work hard like the engineer, but also think smartly like this worker.Some students spend much less time on the schoolwork but do much better in exams .
| A．Because of their hard work |
| B．Because of different education |
| C．Because they try to find a better way |
| D．Because they study for a much longer time |
Someone wrote the soap factory and complained that .
| A．the soapbox he bought was empty |
| B．their soap was too expensive |
| C．the soap he bought was terrible |
| D．their service was very bad |
The soap factory could only near the packing machine to solve the problem in a much easier and cheaper way.
| A．set some soapboxes |
| B．set an X-ray machine |
| C．put two large computers |
| D．put a huge fan |
The phrase “ blow away” here in Chinese means?
| A．停止 | B．吹走 | C．搬动 | D．逃脱 |
The article mainly tell us that we should in order to succeed.
| A．think of different answers to our questions |
| B．spend much less time on our school work |
| C．work hard like the engineer and think smartly like the worker |
| D．spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem |
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