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　　Both late sleepers and early risers find the fixed hours of a nine-to-five work day a problem. Now there is an answer that seems to please them both. Employees of over 500 businesses, organizations and government agencies in the USA are changing their work hours to suit their individual needs. It's called“flexible time” ( flextime ) and it means, for example, that employees can start working at any time during the first three hours their offices are open and leave after completing their required daily working time. Early riders can began work at seven a. m., finish at three and still have daylight time for shopping, picking up children at school, or recreation. Late sleepers need not report for work until 10 a. m. — but they must stay on their job until six in the evening.

　　Says a Boston official, “Our employees like the system and tardiness( being late) has been virtually completely got rid of. Fewer people are absent, turnover has dropped markedly, and productivity and morale(士氣) have risen. ”

1．How do workers who either enjoy sleeping late or rising early react to a flexible work hour schedule?

[　　]

A．Anxiously.
B．Angrily.
C．Happily.
D．Frequently.

2．The normal American work day schedule is ________.

[　　]

A．eight hours
B．five hours
C．six hours
D．flexible

3．What is one of the benefits of the flexible work schedule?

[　　]

A．The time passes by more quickly.

B．There is more time for lunch.

C．Hardly anyone is ever late for work.

D．Late sleepers have plenty of sleep.

4．What is the earliest possible time someone can get out of work on an eight-hour schedule?

[　　]

A．2:30 p. m.
B．3 p. m.
C．1 p. m.
D．4 p. m.

5．Which of the following statements is the best one that can be used to complete the above passage?

[　　]

A．Many business organizations in the USA have never heard of flexible work hours.

B．Employees shouldn't be forced to adhere to a flexible work hour schedule.

C．I wouldn't be surprised if most businesses adopt flexible work hours in the near future.

D．Flexible work hours is a terrible idea.

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科目：高中英語 來源：浙江省溫州市部分中學(xué)2007屆高三第一次月考英語 題型：050

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　　A good teacher is many things to many people．In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded (要求) the most discipline (紀(jì)律) from their students．

　　I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school．I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person．I remember very vividly (清晰地) a sign over her classroom door．It was a simple sign that said,“Laborato ry-in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized (強調(diào)), not the last seven．”In other words, I guess, labor(勞動) for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches．

　　She prepared her work very care-fully and demanded us to do the same．We got lots of homework from her．Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the home-work load would be reduced, but it con tinued just the same．She checked our work by stamping her name at the bot tom of the papers to show that she had read them．

　　I think sometimes teachers who de mand the most are liked the least．But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit (有益于) the students．

(1)

Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?

[　　]

A．

A patient teacher．

B．

An honest teacher．

C．

A strict teacher．

D．

A hard-working teacher．

(2)

The teacher put up the sign over her classroom door ________．

[　　]

A．

to remind the students that this room was a laboratory

B．

to advise the students to follow the disciplines

C．

to warn the students not to be careless

D．

to tell the students to work hard in the classroom

(3)

When the teacher’s arm was broken, she ________．

[　　]

A．

gave her students the usual am ount of homework

B．

gave her students less homework

C．

asked her students to check the homework themselves

D．

gave her students more homework

(4)

What’s the writer’s opinion of dis cipline?

[　　]

A．

It makes the students dislike their teachers．

B．

It does good to the students in the long run．

C．

It’s too much for young children．

D．

It does more harm than good to the students．

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　　A good teacher is many things to many people．In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded(要求)the most discipline(紀(jì)律)from their students．

　　I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school．I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person．I remember very vividly(清晰地)a sign over her classroom door．It was a simple sign that said,“Laboratory－in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized(強調(diào)), not the last seven．”In other words, I guess, labor(勞動)for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches．

　　She prepared her work very care fully and demanded us to do the same．We got lots of homework from her．Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the home work load would be reduced, but it con tinued just the same．She checked our work by stamping her name at the bot tom of the papers to show that she had read them．

　　I think sometimes teachers who de mand the most are liked the least．But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit(有益于)the students．

(1)

Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?

[　　]

A．

A patient teacher．

B．

An honest teacher．

C．

A strict teacher．

D．

A hard-working teacher．

(2)

The teacher put up the sign over her classroom door ________．

[　　]

A．

to remind the students that this room was a laboratory

B．

to advise the students to follow the disciplines

C．

to warn the students not to be careless

D．

to tell the students to work hard in the classroom

(3)

When the teacher’s arm was broken, she ________．

[　　]

A．

gave her students the usual amount of homework

B．

gave her students less homework

C．

asked her students to check the homework themselves

D．

gave her students more homework

(4)

What’s the writer’s opinion of dis cipline?

[　　]

A．

It makes the students dislike their teachers．

B．

It does good to the students in the long run．

C．

It’s too much for young children．

D．

It does more harm than good to the students．

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　　It may not have a funny bone．But that hasn't stopped one robot from developing a sense of humor．Scientists have created the first software program that can tell the difference between ordinary conversation and surprising puns(雙關(guān)語)．

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What is the difficulty in making machines understand jokes?

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A．

Machines don't have a funny bone．

B．

Jokes are too difficult to understand for people．

C．

Humor is the kind of mental product．

D．

Human technology is not advanced at all．

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What can the“joke bot”do?

[　　]

A．

It can find a joke in a car accident．

B．

It can judge whether a passage is a joke．

C．

It can tell a joke to humans．

D．

It can design a difficult joke program．

(3)

Why did the software decide the dialogue between mother and son as a joke?

[　　]

A．

Because there are the same sounding terms“a lot”．

B．

Because it found the words were related to each other．

C．

Because it recognized a word didn't fit in with its surroundings．

D．

Because it was a dialogue between mother and son．

(4)

The subject discussed in the passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

the robot that appears friendly to humans

B．

the robot that helps human communicate

C．

the robot that is intelligent

D．

the robot that can understand pun

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　　Le Trung, 33, has spent ￡14,000 creating Aiko, who he describes as“in her 20s”with a 32,23,33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features．

　　She can speak English and Japanese and is so good at mathematics that she can do Mr．Trung's accounts．

　　Mr．Trung, from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he has never had time to find a real partner, so he designed and created his ideal woman using the latest technology．

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　　Mr．Trung has designed Aiko with a touch-sensitive face and body so she reacts in a natural way if she is shown affection or hurt．

　　He said,“She has all senses except for smell．”

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Why did Le Trung spend much money creating Aiko?

[　　]

A．

Because he prefers Aiko to a real person．

B．

Because he is too busy to find a partner．

C．

Because he thinks Aiko is very beautiful．

D．

Because he thinks Aiko is worth much money．

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According to the passage, what is Aiko?

[　　]

A．

Aiko is a female person．

B．

Aiko is Mr．Trung's girl friend．

C．

Aiko is a robot that looks like a beautiful woman．

D．

Aiko is a perfect woman．

(3)

Aiko can do the following things EXCEPT ________．

[　　]

A．

that she can understand and speak English and Japanese

B．

that she can do maths questions very well

C．

that she can smell the strange smell

D．

that she can help to receive some familiar guests

(4)

What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

The reason for Le Trung creating Aiko．

B．

The introduction to a new scientific product－Aiko．

C．

Aiko's ability or functions．

D．

The process of making Aiko．

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　　Le Trung, 33, has spent ￡14,000 creating Aiko, who he describes as“in her 20s”with a 32,23,33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features．

　　She can speak English and Japanese and is so good at mathematics that she can do Mr．Trung's accounts．

　　Mr．Trung, from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he has never had time to find a real partner, so he designed and created his ideal woman using the latest technology．

The former software programmer has taken out credit cards and loans, sold his car and spent his life savings on perfecting his “fem-bot”．

　　Now he is desperate to find a corporate sponsor(資助者)to help him complete and perfect Aiko．

　　He said, “Aiko is what happens when science meets beauty．”

　　"I want to make her look, feel and act as human as possible so she can be the perfect companion．"

　　"I talk to her a lot, and hope to improve her knowledge．"

　　"So far she can understand and speak 13,000 different sentences in English and Japanese, so she's already fairly intelligent．"

　　"Aiko recognize faces and says hello when any of my family come around to visit．She helps me pick what to have for dinner and knows what drinks I like．"

　　"She even helps me with directions when we're going somewhere．"

　　"When I need to do my accounts, Aiko does all the maths．She is very patient and never complains．"

　　"She doesn't need holidays, food or rest and she will work almost 24-hours a day．She is the perfect woman．"

　　Mr．Trung has designed Aiko with a touch-sensitive face and body so she reacts in a natural way if she is shown affection or hurt．

　　He said，"She has all senses except for smell．"

(1)

Why did Le Trung spend much money creating Aiko?

[　　]

A．

Because he prefers Aiko to a real person．

B．

Because he is too busy to find a partner．

C．

Because he thinks Aiko is very beautiful．

D．

Because he thinks Aiko is worth much money．

(2)

According to the passage, what is Aiko?

[　　]

A．

Aiko is a female person．

B．

Aiko is Mr．Trung's girl friend．

C．

Aiko is a robot that looks like a beautiful woman．

D．

Aiko is a perfect woman．

(3)

Aiko can do the following things EXCEPT _________．

[　　]

A．

that she can understand and speak English and Japanese

B．

that she can do maths questions very well

C．

that she can smell the strange smell

D．

that she can help to receive some familiar guests

(4)

What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

The reason for Le Trung creating Aiko．

B．

The introduction to a new scientific product－Aiko．

C．

Aiko's ability or functions．

D．

The process of making Aiko．

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