3 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。每词限用一次。

object, they, park, final, make, test, drive, safety, like, impossible

Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and     1     these cars, and the technology is there.

So how do they work? The cars have sensors (传感器) all around which can find other cars and     2     on the road. Sensors on the wheels also help when     3    , so the car knows how far it is from the stone or other parked cars. Road signs are read by cameras, and GPS is used so the car knows where you want to go. All you have to do is type in the address!     4    , a central computer system takes in all the information it receives from the sensors and cameras and work out when to speed up, turn and stop.

Sound     5     your idea of heaven? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while “driving” would be     6     with this new technology. You wouldn’t have to worry about remembering directions where you’re going. In addition, computers are generally better     7     than humans. They would also drive     8     than people — they don’t listen to music or talk with friends, they would follow the speed limit and they have quicker reaction times if something bad happens.

However, there are many downsides of driverless cars. Computers would have difficulty     9     ethical(道德的) decisions; if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn suddenly and kill the car’s passengers? There would also be many legal decisions to be made — should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by     10    ? Or would there need to be a responsible(有责任的) adult with a driver’s licence in the car at all times?

4 . The Internet joins millions of computers all over the world, and today it is used by people all over the world. It was invented in the 1960s in the USA. The American government needed a network of computers for its army. Then in the 1970s scientists and business people also wanted to use the Internet to send and receive messages. For some years, they weren’t allowed to use the US network, and when they were allowed to, the messages were in very simple text without photos.

The World Wide Web was invented by a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wanted to send documents to other scientists, so he developed the World Wide Web. This allowed him to send and receive scientific documents with text, drawings and photos(also called multimedia documents). In the 1990s, more and more people began to use the Internet and the World Wide Web.

So what’s the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?The Internet is the hardware. It allows us to communicate with other people. The World Wide Web is the software. It allows us to create, see and read multimedia documents.

The Web is made up of millions of documents called Web pages. These pages are held in computers all over the world. Many people have a favorite website with a number of Web pages on the same subject.

The email is a way of using your computer to send and receive messages. It’s cheaper and quicker to use emails than send normal mails. New users call the normal mail “snail mail” because it’s too slow. It took 50 years for 100 million people to listen to the radio. It took 15 years for 100 million people to watch television. By the year 2000, it had taken only about three years for 100 million people to use the Internet. What will happen next on the Internet?

1. The Internet was first invented for _________.

A．scientific work

B．the American army

C．business people

D．the American government

2. The World Wide Web was invented to ________.

A．communicate with others	B．create,see and read documents
C．send and receive scientific documents	D．send and receive simple text without photos

3. The Internet and the World Wide Web began to be widely used ________.

A．in the 1970s

B．in the 1990s

C．in the late of 1980s

D．by the year 2000

4. The writer wrote the last paragraph to show that ________.

A．the Internet has a greater influence than radio and TV	B．radio and TV will be replaced by computers
C．the use of the Internet spreads very quickly	D．people spend much more time on the Internet

5. The best title of the passage may be “________”.

A．The effect of the greatest invention	B．The development of the Internet
C．The movement of new technology	D．The history of the World Wide Web

5 .

On Oct. 16, 2016, Chinese astronauts of the Shenzhou-11 mission (任务), Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, met the press（新闻发布会）Sunday ahead of Monday’s launch.

Sitting under a national flag, the astronauts _______ in good spirits and answered several questions.

“_______ the job is challenging, risky and dangerous, there is nothing more I would rather do,” Jing Haipeng, 50, who is commander of this mission, told reporters. It will be Jing’s _______ spaceflight following his Shenzhou-7 mission in September 2008 and Shenzhou-9 mission in March 2012.

On Monday, China successfully launched   (发射) manned spacecraft Shenzhou-11 carrying the two astronauts who will remain in space for 33 days. The spacecraft was sent up at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in _______ China’s Gobi desert at 7: 30 am. Beijing time Monday with a Long March-2F Y11 carrier rocket. The spacecraft has entered its designated orbit (轨道). The launch _______ a success by Zhang Youxia, about 19 minutes after the blast-off (发射).

Three weeks before the task, the family members of Jing Haipeng and ChenDong still knew nothing. Chen Dong has been a (an) _______ for many years before joining the space team. He and his wife now have a pair of five-year-old twin sons. One-month mission is not the longest time that Chen _______ away from home. When he was a pilot , he once did not come back home for half a year during a mission.

Chen Dong described the experience as “no seeing, no _______.” But with the help of Virtual Reality (虚拟现实) (VR) technology, astronauts will meet their family during free time. “If I see them (family members) , it will be different somehow,” Chen said.

For Jing, he looks very calm. In his first space mission on Shenzhou VII, his wife was so nervous _______ she almost did not sleep during those three days. Now that it is his third, his wife has ________ it.

1.

A．met

B．came

C．appeared

D．stood

2.

A．Until

B．Although

C．Because

D．But

3.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth

4.

A．northwest

B．southwest

C．northeast

D．southeast

5.

A．was told

B．was announced

C．was spoken

D．was said

6.

A．astronaut

B．engineer

C．pilot

D．scientist

7.

A．has stayed

B．left

C．has left

D．stayed

8.

A．listening

B．watching

C．noticing

D．missing

9.

A．one

B．it

C．this

D．that

10.

A．got used to

B．used to

C．been used for

D．been used by

6 . “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”

This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.

We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?

Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?

Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave(微波炉), computer or mobile phones.

The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy(赶时髦的), beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The writer uses the quote(引号) at the beginning of the story to ________.

A．tell us a truth about our lives

B．tell us what life was like long time ago

C．point out what causes such a thing to happen

D．point out some problems we will meet in the life

2. In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions ________.

A．have speeded up our lives	B．have improved the quality of our lives
C．may make people feel very happy	D．may bring people some trouble

3. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940s house because ________.

A．they loved to live simple lives

B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions

C．they were troubled by modern inventions

D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them

4. According to the passage, which is NOT right?

A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier.

B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better.

C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house.

D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired.

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．problems with technology

B．improvements of our lives with technology

C．changes happening to technology

D．the importance of technology

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

Robots have built a big house in Switzerland using 3D-printed materials. It is the first house made by robots for people to live       1    . It is environmentally friendlier and       2     (safe) than man-made houses.

The creators say the future of building will     3     (influence) by the big house. “This is a new way of seeing architecture（建筑）,” said one of the creators. “How you build is important.”

The big house was built     4     (complete) from robot-made materials. It used 60% less cement（水泥）than a man-made house. There are 35 parts in the house, but some     5       (wise) robots built each one in 60 to 90 minutes. It means     6     the robots built the full house in just 48 hours.

It is not the first time for robots     7     (build) houses. The Chinese used 3D printers to build 10 houses in a day in 2014. And also     8     created a building the next year. Last year,     9     (Italian) built a house in just 48 hours.

Scientists say one day they could send robots to build houses on     10     moon. We are curious about how we're building for the future.

8 . Artificial intelligence(人工智能), or AI in short, is the science of giving computers and machines ability to think and work like humans. AI scientists and engineers have made a lot of cool technologies.

AI is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. As a result, facial recognition(识别) is used a lot in the world. Chinese police use this technology to identify criminals(罪犯). Once they caught a criminal when he attended a concert. It also checks the ID of ride-hailing(网约车) drivers and lets people pay for things with a smile.

AI is also used in self-driving cars, which are believed to be the future of driving. Most drivers may wave or nod at passers-by to let them cross the street, but self-driving cars don't have this ability. Carmakers are testing a light signal system to help them "speak" to humans. The system can show what self-driving cars will do. For example, if a driverless car is yielding(让路), it will flash two white lights side to side. A rapidly flashing light tells passers-by that the car is about to speed up.

Service Robots also show you how powerful AI is. Imagine this—you come back home from school and your robot housekeeper is waiting for you at the door. After dinner, he teaches you to play the piano, just like a real music teacher. Such thoughts will soon happen in the real world. In the future, more and more service robots will become good home helpers.

AI is so powerful that it can help human beings and even replace us in many jobs.

1. What does the underlined word "identify" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．To let somebody know his mistakes.	B．To come to realize and tell who is who.
C．To take somebody to the police station.	D．To inform somebody of something important.

2. According to the passage, what is facial recognition used for?

A．Driving cars.	B．Making people smile.
C．Calling the police.	D．Checking people's information.

3. Which technology has been used in real life according to the passage?

A．Service Robots at school.	B．Robots as ride-hailing drivers.
C．Facial recognition for payment.	D．Light signals for self-driving cars.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．People use AI in many different ways.	B．AI will take the place of human beings in all jobs.
C．Self-driving cars will be able to talk like humans.	D．A criminal was caught for inventing facial recognition.

9 . What if you had the chance to meet with a dead loved one in virtual reality (VR) (虚拟现实)?

Recently, a South Korean video recording a special meeting between a mother and a daughter has touched the hearts of many people. The video is from a TV show called Meeting You.     1     Jang Ji-sung, a mother of four, meets her dead daughter Nayeon in this way. Nayeon is Jang’s third daughter and she died of an illness at the age of seven.

In the video, Jang wears a VR headset (头戴式耳机) and gloves.     2     Jang and the virtual Nayeon meet in a virtual park and have a birthday party. They blow out the candles on the cake and Nayeon makes a wish.     3     Then she goes to sleep. Jang replies “me too” and reaches out to touch Nayeon again as she falls asleep. “Even though it was very short, I was really happy at that time. I think I had the dream I’ve always wanted,” Jang said.

The video has been watched more than 13 million times in a week on YouTube.     4     “My mother passed away two years ago and I wish I could meet her through virtual reality,” said one of the viewers. “When I watch the video, I am full of hope and the world looks better,” another viewer added.

The maker of the show spent eight months processing the virtual Nayeon. “People often think technology is something cold, but I’d like to say it can also warm your heart,” said the maker of the show.

A．They allow Jang to see, hear and touch the virtual Nayeon.

B．Later, Nayeon says, “Goodbye, Mom, I love you.”

C．It is unrealistic for most people who lost their family members.

D．Many viewers offered their support for the technology.

E．It mainly wants to help people meet with their lost family members by VR technology.

10 . Anyone with a long-term illness knows that recovering (康复) at home can be lonely. This can be especially true for children. They are recovering from a long-term illness in hospital or at home, so they may feel lonely since they are away from their friends and classmates. Now, a small robot may help these children. The robot goes to school instead of them. Through the robot, the children can hear what their teachers and friends say. They can also take part in the classroom activities at home or on the hospital bed.

The robot is called AVI. It goes to school for the sick child. And the child's school friends must help to make the robot move. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot at the child's desk.

Dolva, one of AVI's inventors, explains how the robot works. She says, "The robot sits at the child's desk in the classroom, and the child at home or in the hospital uses a tablet or a phone to start it, control its movement by touching the screen, and talk through it. With speakers, microphones and cameras, the robot becomes the eyes, the ears and the voice of the child at school. "Moreover, AVI is designed to be tough. It would not be easily broken even falling from a desk. Inside AVI there is a small computer connected to a 4G network. AVI is large and looks like a human. Dolva thinks this is important because in this way, it would be easier for the robot to become a friend of the children.

Now the robot has come into the market. Hopefully, AVI will help some children feel less lonely while they are away from the class.

1. The robot AVI can help the children ________.

A．recover from a long-term illness very soon

B．see their teachers and friends at any time

C．have classroom activities and do homework for them

D．join in classroom activities at home or on the hospital bed

2. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to ________.

A．the desk

B．the tablet

C．the robot

D．the phone

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．AVI is big in size and looks like a human.

B．AVI has cameras, speakers, and microphones.

C．AVI has the same eyes, ears and voices as children.

D．AVI has a computer inside which is connected to a 4G network.

4. Where can we most probably read this passage?

A．In a health report.	B．In a science magazine.
C．In a travel guide.	D．In a science fiction.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A．AVI, an Illness Doctor	B．AVI, a Helpful Friend
C．AVI, a Smart Student	D．AVI, a Helpful Teacher