14．A group of students in Japan have created an eerily （怪異的） realistic robot baby to motivate young people to start planning a family and boost the country's birth rate．The automated doll developed at the University of Tsukuba，called Yotara，giggles （咯咯地笑） and"wakes up"when a rattle（撥浪鼓） is shaken．
He can become angry and doze off （打瞌睡）like a real baby and smiles when his stomach is rubbed．The robot can also sneeze and have a runny nose，thanks to a heated water pump system．The students of the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences created the robot with touch sensors．A projector beams （ 照射） the facial features onto a warm silicon balloon which makes up Yotara's face．The robot's facial expressions and body movements change according to pressure applied to different parts of its body．
The information collected through touch sensors under the silicon skin is processed by a special programme．It then changes the baby's expression projected onto the balloon-face from behind．Its head with a bonnet（童帽），a colourful blanket covers the robot's limbs which stimulate wiggling with the help of a geared motor．"We wanted to create a new type of robot that is soft，cuddly and cute，"said project leader Hiroki Kunimura．
"We'd like people to experience the innocent，joyful expressions typical of small babies．Through this experience，it would be great if some people started feeling that they wanted to have their own baby，if they started feeling that working is not everything．"
Japan's birth rate is among the lowest in the developed world at 1.37%，compared to 2.12% in the United States and l.84% in Britain．According to a ministry of labor and welfare report，Japan is facing serious economic consequences with over a quarter of its citizens expected to be aged over 65by 2015．The population is expected to shrink by a third within 50years if the birth rate does not increase．

60．What is the purpose of creating such a robot baby in Japan according to the text？A
A．To increase Japan's birth rate．
B．To give small children a great deal of pleasure．
C．To comfort the young people who are lonely．
D．To help old people who live alone．
61．It can be inferred from the text thatB．
A．the robot baby's head is covered with a bonnet and a colourful blanket
B．some people think working is everything in Japan
C．Japan's birth rate is the lowest in the world
D．people would like to experience the innocent，joyful expressions typical of small babies
62．What is Japan's problem according to the author？D
A．Most young people don't want to have a family．
B．Japan's birth rate is increasing at present．
C．The lifetime of Japanese will decrease in future．
D．Japan will lack workforce by 2015．
63．From the text we can learn that YotaraC．
A．can react at what you say to him                  B．show no emotion of human beings
C．is controlled by the pressure on it               D．can cough and have a runny nose．

分析 本文是科技文，介紹了日本學(xué)生創(chuàng)造了機(jī)器人嬰兒，目的是促進(jìn)日本年輕人組建家庭，提供日本人口出生率．

解答 ABDC
60   A   主旨大意題．  根據(jù)第一段A group of students in Japan have created an eerily （怪異的） realistic robot baby to motivate young people to start planning a family and boost the country's birth rate．可知日本學(xué)生創(chuàng)造了機(jī)器人嬰兒，目的是促進(jìn)日本年輕人組建家庭，提供日本人口出生率．故選A．
61   B   推理判斷題．  根據(jù)文章第 四段if they started feeling that working is not everything．"可知一些人認(rèn)為在日本工作就是一切，故選B．
62   D    細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章最后一段Japan is facing serious economic consequences with over a quarter of its citizens expected to be aged over 65by 2015． 可知到2015年日本將缺乏勞動力，故選D．
63   C   細(xì)節(jié)題． 根據(jù)文章第二 段The robot's facial expressions and body movements change according to pressure applied to different parts of its body．可知Yotara被它身上的壓力所控制，故選C．

點(diǎn)評 學(xué)生需要認(rèn)真閱讀原文，把握文章大意，對文章脈絡(luò)有整體的了解，能仔細(xì)查找文中細(xì)節(jié)，并能根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行合理的推測判斷．

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3．A few months ago as I wandered through my parents'house，the same house I grew up in，I had a sudden，scary realization．When my parents bought the house，in 1982，they were only two years older than I am now．I tried to imagine myself in two years，ready to settle down and buy the house I'd still be living in almost 30 years later．
   It seemed ridiculous．On a practical level，there's no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon．More importantly，I wouldn't want to．I'm not sure where I'll be living in two years，or what kind of job I'll have．And I don't think I'll be ready to settle down and stay in one place．
   So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents．When our parents were our age，they'd got their education，chosen a career，and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives．
   My friends and I--"Generation Y"--still aren't sure what we want to do with our lives．Whatever we end up doing，we want to make sure we're happy doing it．We'd rather take risks first，try out different jobs，and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place．We'd rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account．
   This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation"arrogant"，"impatient"，and"overprotected"．Some of these complaints have a point．As children，we were encouraged to succeed in school，but also to have fun．We grew up in a world full of technological innovation：cellphones，the Internet，instant messaging，and video games．
   Our parents looked to rise vertically（垂直的）--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top，on the same track，often for the same company．That doesn't apply to my generation．
Because of that，it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible，stable adulthood．But that's not necessarily a bad thing．In our desire to find satisfaction，we will work harder，strive for ways to keep life interesting，and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents'generation did．
    By Ariel Lewiton
61．When the author walked through her parents'house，she．C
A．had no idea what she wanted from life
B．realized I should buy a house
C．started to think about her own life
D．wondered why her parents had settled down early
62．What is the main"generation gap"between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article？A
A．Their attitude toward responsibility．   
B．Their ways of making their way to the top．
C．Their ways of gaining experience．      
D．Their attitude towards high technology．
63．Which of the following might the author agree with？B
A．It's better to take adult responsibility earlier．
B．It's all right to try more before settling down．
C．It involves too much effort to rise vertically．
D．It's ridiculous to call her generation"arrogant"．
64．What can we conclude from the article？D
A．The author is envious of her parents enjoying a big house at her age．
B．Growing up in a hi-tech world makes"Generation Y"feel insecure about relationships．
C．"Generation Y"don't want to grow up and love to be taken care of by their parents．
D．The author wrote this article to make others understand her generation better．
65．What is the main theme of the article？B
A．The sudden realization of growing up．
B．A comparison between lifestyles of generations．
C．Criticisms of the young generation．  
D．The factors that have changed the young generation．

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

4．Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think．They may let you surf the Internet，listen to music and take photos wherever you are，but they also turn you into a workaholic（工作狂）．
A study suggests that，by giving you access to emails at all times，the smartphone adds as much as two hours to your working day．Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles．The study shows the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours，but a further 2 hours is spent responding to or sending work emails，or making work calls．
Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails．Some workers say they are on call almost 24 hours a day．Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up，while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am，with more than a third checking their first email in this period，and a quarter checking them between 11pm and midnight．
Ghadi Hobeika，marketing director of Pixmania，said："The ability to access millions of applications has made smartphones invaluable for many people．However，there are disadvantages．Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day，seven days a week，and smartphones mean that people cannot get away from work．The more constantly in touch we become，the more is expected of us in work．"
67．With a smartphone the average UK working day isC．
A.2 hours       B.9 to 10 hours          C.11 to 12 hours               D.24 hours
68．It could be inferred from the text that the British peopleD．
A．prefer to check emails in the morning
B．a(chǎn)re crazy about different smartphones
C．shorten their normal working hours
D．work extra hours with smartphones
69．What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smartphones？C
A．They are unimportant for most of people．
B．They have disadvantages for some companies．
C．They make it impossible for people to rest．
D．They are useful to improve a work ability．
70．Where can we most probably read this text？B
A．In a science fiction
B．In a newspaper．
C．In a travel magazine
D．In a storybook．

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