B.Unconditional Assistance to Friends in Need
C.Things to Consider When You Have to Say \
D.Things to Think over When You Don\\'t Want Your Friend to Eat Cat Food
E.Strategies for Borrowing Money
F.Advantages of E - mail in Handling Money Issues
正确答案:A
答案解析:本题难度不大，主旨句比较好确认，就是第五段的第一句。第五段主要谈到在询问朋友两三次后，还没有结果时，就要考虑结束你们的友谊。回来看选项，A选项Time to Break off a Friendship，言简意赅地概括本段意思了，是答案。
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5、Intelligent Machines1. Medical scientists are already putting computer chips (芯片) directly into the brain to help people who have Parkinson\\'s disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world\\'s best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities.2. Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices. An example of this is Ramona; the virtual (虚拟的) hostess of Kurzweil\\'s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings.3. Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a \\world\探测器) which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.4. Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the \machine\This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker. The listening machine will also be able
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to trans late into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.5. But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future, Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won\\'t be ready for at least 50 years, but when it arrives, it means our minds will be able to live forever.Paragraph 4 ____【单选题】
A.A new pair of eyes
B.Computers that can communicate
C.Everlasting consciousness on a computer
D.Time to break off a friendship
E.An author and researcher
F.A new pair of ears
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正确答案:F
答案解析:本题难度不大，第四段有明显的主旨句：Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the“listening machine”，主要讲其如何帮助聋哑人听见东西。F项A new pair of ears，“一对新的耳朵”，可以概括本段内容，答案是F。
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职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及答案0515-5
