1.Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert,seeking a million in prize money.To win,they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10hours.Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all,because these vehicles were missing a key part-drivers.
DARPA,the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields.But the Grand Challenge,as it was called,just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance.One had its brake lock up in the starting area,Another began by throwing itself onto a wall.Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9miles.
One turned upside down.One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote (遠(yuǎn)距離的) consol.One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock.The"winner,"if there was any,reached 7.8miles before it ran into a long,narrow hole,and the front wheels caught on fire.
"You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,"says Reinhold Behringer,who helped design two of the ear-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics,"Even ants (螞蟻) can do all these tasks effortlessly.It's very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines."
The robotic vehicles,though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance,had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately.Sure,that very young child,who has just only learned to walk,may not think to wipe apple juice off her face,but she already knows that when there's a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table,and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good.She is more advanced,even months old,than any machine humans have designed.
68.DARPA organized the race in order toD.
A.raise money for producing more robotic vehicles
B.push the development of vehicle industry
C.train more people to drive in the desert
D.improve the vehicles for future wars
69.From the passage we know"robotic vehicles"are a kind of machines thatD.
A.can do effortlessly whatever tasks living things can
B.can take part in a race across 142miles with a time limit
C.can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down
D.can move from place to p1ace without being driven by human beings
70.In the race,the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered wasA.
A.a(chǎn)bout eight miles B.six miles C.a(chǎn)lmost two miles D.a(chǎn)bout one mile
71.In the last paragraph,the writer implies that there is a long way to goC.
A.for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties
B.for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table
C.for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve
D.for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face.
分析 本文為科技說明文,文章為我們介紹了機(jī)器人車,包括其性能、裝備、用途等.
解答 68---71 DDAC
68.答案D.細(xì)節(jié)題:從ARPA,the DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency,organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battle fields.可以看出,DARPA舉行這場競賽是為推動未來戰(zhàn)場上機(jī)器人車的發(fā)展.故選D.
69.答案D.細(xì)節(jié)題:how difficult it isto get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance可以看出這種機(jī)器無需人的駕駛和指引.故選D.
70.答案A.細(xì)節(jié)題:從The"winner,"ifthere was any,reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long,narrow hole,andthe front wheels caught on fire可知,機(jī)器人車可覆蓋的距離大約為8公里.故選A.
71.答案C.推斷題:從最后幾句Sure,thatvery young child,who has just only learned to walk,may not think to wipeapple juice off her face,but she already knows that when there's a cookie inthe kitchen she has to climb up the table,and that when she gets to the cookieit will taste gook.She is more advanced,even months old,than any machinehumans have designed.可知,機(jī)器人車還由很長的路要走,因?yàn)樗F(xiàn)在只能解決簡單的問題,這些問題小孩子也可以解決.答案為C.
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