27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. The man saving endangered sea turtles. B. An unique job of protecting sea turtles. C. A pioneer project protecting sea animals. D. The current situation faced by sea turtles.
C
An autonomous vehicle designed for making local commerce deliveries was unveiled by Nuro. The vehicle is about the height of an SW but far narrower than a typical car. The electric car features four exterior compartments (暗格) — two on each side — to hold separate deliveries. Each compartment can be tailored to a specific use, such as cooking a pizza or refrigerating a package.
“We can use self-driving technology to deliver anything, anytime, anywhere for basically all local goods and services,” Nuro co-founder Dave Ferguson said. “Consumers used to be okay with two-week paid shipping. It became two-week free delivery, followed by one week, two days, and the same day. Now same-day delivery isn’t fast enough for some customers.”
Nuro isn’t alone in building robots for local commerce deliveries. Earlier this month, Toyota, a Japanese car company, unveiled a concept vehicle that could be used for package delivery. A handful of startups — including Starship Technologies, Marble and Dispatch — are testing small robots for deliveries on sidewalks.
Nuro’s vehicle will likely face legal hurdles. Fully autonomous vehicles without a test driver aren’t legal in California today, and many companies have shifted testing to states where regulators are more welcoming of autonomous vehicles, such as Arizona.
Nuro expects to face fewer challenges because it doesn’t carry passengers. Nuro’s narrow size may also be helpful when navigating streets and avoiding pedestrians. The vehicle isn’t equipped with any special features to communicate with pedestrians or other road users. Some companies have tested and patented solutions such as digital screens that signal the car’s next move. Ferguson said his team conducted studies and found that such techniques could confuse people. Nuro believes ifs better to make sure the car performs predictably, so that human drivers know what to expect from it.
“We feel by creating this new technology that’s going to enable this last mile delivery, we’re going to
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be creating new markets and doing things that previously weren’t possible,” Ferguson said. “This is not swapping out Jobs with robots. It’s creating new markets. There will definitely be new employment opportunities.”
28. What is the main characteristic of the Nuro’s self-driving vehicle? A. It can cook delicious meals for customers. B. It is a pioneer in the field of self-driving vehicles. C. It is fur narrower and higher than other autonomous ones. D. Its deliveries can be transported in the special compartment.
29. Which can best replace the underlined word “hurdles” in Paragraph 4? A. Breakthrough. Protection.
30. Why is the Nuro’s vehicle not equipped with communicating features? A. Its digital screens often break down. B. People may be puzzled at the features. C. The features have not been developed. D. Its performance is usually hard to predict.
31. What can we infer about Ferguson’s opinion on this new technology? A. Beneficial. Ambiguous.
D
While there are a few ways to make use of your old smartphone, one of the better ways is to convert into a dash cam (行车记录仪) that you can use on your bicycle. With the camera, you can record your rides, which is especially helpful if you are involved in a crash with another vehicle.
To use your smartphone as a dash cam on your bike, you will need to make sure it is properly secured to your bike. To do this correctly, you must take two strips of heavy-duty Velcro (a kind of cloth used as fastening) along with two pipe Clamps (管夹) and a flat corner brace (角撑) to properly attach it. You will start by attaching the comer brace to your smartphone.
Next, attach a Velcro strip to your phoned back. You will put the second strip on the end of the brace
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B. Dilemma. C. Restriction. D.
B. Challenging. C. Controversial. D.
comer and cut any extra Velcro off and away from the brace. By using heavy-duty Velcro, you shouldn’t have to worry about the camera brace must be attached to the bicycle directly.
Take two pipe clamps so you can attach the part of the corner brace so the phone can be held up and used. The pipe clamps must be positioned near the center of the handlebar, which will enable you to get a better picture when videotaping.
To run a dash cam app on your old phone, you will just need to download a dash cam app onto the old phone. You will then just start the app at any time you head out on the road. There is always the chance of flaws, but you will be giving yourself a way to protect yourself in a friendly, eco-friendly manner that is much less expensive than purchasing a dash cam.
32. What is the purpose of building a dash cam on your bike? A. To make full use of an old smartphone. B. To record the scenery while travelling. C. To reduce an unexpected crash on the road. D. To avoid unnecessary arguments in an accident.
33. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. The bike.
B. The pipe clamp. D. The flat comer brace.
C. The smartphone.
34. What can we learn about a Velcro strip? A. It will fix the camera firmly.
B. It is better to keep it as long as possible. C. It is important for the flat comer brace. D. It is best put in the center of the smartphone.
35. What can be inferred about the DIY dash cam from the last paragraph? A. It is a perfect alternative to a purchased one. B. It is beneficial to environment in some way. C. It is a much more demanding job for the user. D. It makes its owner friendly to other people. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 When it comes to the end of daylight savings time (DST), trying to remember how reset the time on the microwave might be the least of our worries. According to a review, a one-hour shift in your sleep cycle can affect you for up to a week. People are more likely to have trouble falling asleep, wake up more frequently throughout the night and wake up earlier than normal for up to seven days after daylight savings time starts. _36_ Here’s how to battle the effects of DST.
● Dim the lights and your device
Light can inhibit the production of melatonin, a natural hormone that is associated with sleep onset. When we stare at the screen of a phone or television, or even read next to too bright a light, _37_ Try dimming the lights and turning off your device at least thirty minutes before bed.
● Turn down the thermostat (恒温器)
When we sleep, our body temperature drops, reaching our lowest level at around 5 a.m. If the air in our bedroom is too warm, _38_ The National Sleep Foundation says the ideal sleeping temperature is around 18 degrees Celsius. Experiment with what temperature range is best for you.
● _39_
According to researchers, there’s no bad time to exercise when it comes to improving your sleep. As long as you fit in physical exercise and, most importantly, stay consistent with it, you are less likely to have sleep problems. On the flip side, there is a good and a bad time for food. _40_ Additionally, it’s best to avoid spicy (辛辣的) foods and caffeine before bedtime.
A. Exercise often and eat early. B. Develop a bedtime routine. C. But that doesn’t have to be you!
D. that can interfere with our natural sleep cycle. E. we essentially force our body into staying awake. F. Eating too late in the day is a main cause of restlessness. G. it only takes five minutes to put the temperature down. 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Isn’t it amazing how you never have to water your weeds or nurture (培育) them and they still give you an unwanted crop?
I can remember as a young boy my grandfather showed me how to _41_ this annoying weed called Bermuda grass. It was _42_ stuff and it would really _43_ if you didn’t get it out by the _44_.
When my wife and I bought our first home about 8 years ago, what I had to deal with this is this certain part weeds _45_ to the Bermuda grass, which would also spread wildly.
After getting the inside of our home _46_, it was time to work on the outside. On my hands and knees I _47_— attacked the weeds with a small hand spade getting each one _48_ by the roots.
Just this Spring I realized that one particular weed was no longer _49_ but another one was in full _50_. So again, I got down on my hands and knees and got to work _51_ them from my yard. When I was _52_, my yard was better off.
Sometimes our life can be so similar. We all have weeds in our life. These weeds can be challenges, setbacks, or _53_ beliefs, and the list can be _54_.
When dealing with these weeds of _55_, the _56_ is to get to the root of them and remove them one by one out and eventually you will _57_ this round. And when another crop of weeds _58_, deal with them directly _59_ they spread, because now that you know what to do with them by getting to the root of it, it will give you more courage and _60_ the next time a problem arises up. 41. A. eat up 42. A. powerful 43. A. spread 44. A. leaves 45. A. attractive 46. A. counted 47. A. energetically 48. A. inside 49. A. useful
B. dig up B. poisonous B. succeed B. hands B. similar B. mended B. unsuccessfully B. out B. dynamic
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C. break up C. sensitive C. withdraw C. spades C. fundamental C. appreciated C. curiously C. off C. different
D. put up D. terrible D. compromise D. roots D. unknown D. settled D. thankfully D. across D. common
河南省中原名校(即豫南九校)2019届高三第六次质量考评 英语
