Although the dream of the home robot
has not died, robots have had their greatest impact in factories. Unimate, the
first industrial robot, went to work for General Motors in 1961. Even at a time
when computing power was costly, robots made excellent workers and proved that
machines controlled by computers could perform some tasks better than humans. In
addition, robots can work around the clock and never go on strike.
There are now about 800 000 industrial robots around the world, and orders
for new robots in the first half of 2007 were up a record 26% from the same
period in 2006, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE). Demand is increasing as prices fall: a robot sold in 2007 cost less
than a fifth of an equivalent robot sold in 1990, for example. Today, in car
factories in Japan, Germa A. become more and more popular among families B. be made just like the ones in Hollywood movies C. be used more widely in agricultural contexts D. be able to do housework with high intelligence
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Dr. Mary Jo Bane is the associate director of the Center for Research on Women. Her recent study found “surprising evidence of the persistence of American commitments to family life”, which cast doubt on some common myths about American family.
Myth 1: The American Family is Dying Because of the Soaring Divorce Rate.
According to Dr. Bane’s study, the American family is changing, not dying. It is becoming smaller and the divorce rate is high. But Dr. Bane says that despite the high divorce rate, marriage has never been more popular. The majority of divorced people re-marry, but only 2%marry more than twice. Most marriages last a long time, and a large proportion of divorces are from teenage marriages. Depending on the specific situation, there’s often good reason for teenage marriages to break up.
Myth 2: Working Mothers are Destroying the Family by Neglecting Their Children.
“There’s no evidence that children receive less attention from mothers who A. Americans are persistent in career B. Americans are serious with their families C. American families are all breaking up D. American families are perfect as usual
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Although the dream of the home robot
has not died, robots have had their greatest impact in factories. Unimate, the
first industrial robot, went to work for General Motors in 1961. Even at a time
when computing power was costly, robots made excellent workers and proved that
machines controlled by computers could perform some tasks better than humans. In
addition, robots can work around the clock and never go on strike.
There are now about 800 000 industrial robots around the world, and orders
for new robots in the first half of 2007 were up a record 26% from the same
period in 2006, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE). Demand is increasing as prices fall: a robot sold in 2007 cost less
than a fifth of an equivalent robot sold in 1990, for example. Today, in car
factories in Japan, Germa A. the technology robots use is really advanced B. robots greatly increase the efficiency in factories C. robots are becoming economically available D. most car factories around the world need robots
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Passage Two
Tribute to Dr. Carlo Urbani, Identifier of $ARS
(1) On the 29th of March, 2003, the World Health Organization doctor Carlo
Urbani died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the fast-spreading pneumonia
that had killed 54 people worldwide. (2) The 46-year-old Italian
doctor was the first WHO officer to identify the outbreak of this new disease in
an American businessman. Dr. Urbani first saw the US businessman on Feb. 28, two
days after the patient had been admitted to a hospital in Hanoi. Although Urbani
had worn a mask, he lacked goggles and other protective clothing. He began
demanding that Hanoi hospitals stock up on protective gear and tighten up
infection control procedures. But he was frustrated at how long it was taking to
teach infection-control procedures to people A. Dr. Urbani caught SARS from an American businessman who was hospitalized in Hanoi. B. There were not enough disposable masks, gowns, gloves and protective equipment. C. He knew he had little hope to survive after he was found infected. D. Dr. Urbani had helped combating the new disease by putting in place a series of infection-control measures.
[单项选择] Passage Two
Although the American civilization took
over and replaced the frontier over a century ago, the heritage of the frontier
is still evident in the United States today. Many people are still fascinated by
the frontier because it has been particularly important in shaping American
values. For many years, the frontier experience was romanticized in popular
movies and television shows that featured cowboy heroes fighting Indian
villains. Little attention was given to the tragic story of what really happened
to Native Americans. Today, most Americans are more aware of the darker side of
the settling of the continent, when thousands of Native American Indians were
killed, their lands were taken, and much of their culture was
destroyed. The American frontier consists of the relatively
unsettled regions of the United States, usually found A. the frontier area is more civilized and developed than other parts of the country B. the frontier experience is greatly romanticized in today’s popular movies and TV shows C. the frontier period represents a time when the traditional basic Americans values were expressed in their purest form D. the lifestyle of the Native American Indians who live in the frontier area is still mysterious and appealing
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Although there had been an astonishing
variety of small Cameras developed in the 1880s, it was not until George Eastman
introduced the Kodak in 1888 that the mass appeal of photography seized America
and Europe and thereafter spread quickly to the far corners of the earth.
Eastman called his now famous camera the Kodak for no particular reason except
that’ he liked the word. It was easy to remember and could be pronounced in any
language. An immediate consequence of Eastman’s invention was a
number of amateur (业余的) photographs that soon became known as snapshots. The
word was borrowed from hunters’ jargon. When a hunter fired a gun from the hip,
without taking careful aim, it was described as a snapshot. Photographers
referred to the process of taking pictures as shooting, and they would take
pride in a good day’s shoot A. The number of professional photographers increased quickly. B. Family albums became out of date. C. Photography became much easier than ever before. D. Camera clubs and associations flourished.
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