高三上学期英语阅读理解训练114
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WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO?
Is it amazing that the WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO makes it fun for young children to save? With the help of Standard Bank’s Kidz APP and the Big Five animal friends, teaching your children about managing their cash has never been more fun. Let the WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO show your little ones what it means to earn and save money as well as share in the enjoyment of spending their well－earned cash.
Elephant
As your children use the mobile app to complete various actions—achieving savings goals, completing missions and achieving wishes—here various medals will be rewarded.
Earned medals are displayed in the elephant habitat as well as locked medals still to be achieved.
Leopard
Reward your kids with pocket money for completing ‘missions’: household chores, achievements, etc.
You can create a mission for your child, or your child can request a new mission. Once created, it must be accepted. The mission needs to be completed by your child and approved by you before you can pay him or her.
Lion
Help your children create and fulfil wishes. Wish cards and their savings progress can be tracked from your banking app.
Once their savings goal is reached, lion will inform you of their achievement.
Buffalo
Kidz can request to withdraw cash or purchase airtime and data using their savings.
Rhino
Rhino shows your child’s latest account balance and transactions.
Download the Standard Bank’s Kidz APP from Apple App Store on the phone. Use the comment section to interact with other Standard Bank customers and bank consultants. 1.What is the WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO designed for? A. Players of board games.
B. Travelers in the zoo.
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C. Parents for online banking. 2.Rewards will be paid if ________. A. you keep the account balanced
D. Kids for self－service banking.
B. your kids get enough locked medals D. you approve the request via Kidz APP
C. the kids fulfil your created missions
3.Which of the following animals is related to spending? A. Rhino.
B. Buffalo.
C. Lion.
B
In early February 2019, 51-year-old Rainer Schimpf and his team set out to film South Africa’s Sardine Run off the coast of Point Elizabeth Sardine Run, the annual migration(迁徙)of billions of sardines (a small sea fish), is a big draw for large predators, especially the dolphin and whale. Predators are animals that kill and eat other animals. In an attempt to obtain the best images of the incredible natural phenomenon, Rainer dived into the middle of a spinning ball of fish. Suddenly the sea moved around violently, and the experienced diver and his photographer Heinz Toperczer, who was filming from the boat, instantly realized something strange was going on Suddenly dolphins shot out of the water, a white spray came out and then a whale appeared and grasped Rainer
While Toperczer was filming the terrifying turn of events with his video camera, Rainer, who was trapped had first and engulfed(吞噬)in darkness inside the whales mouth, was trying to survive. Nothing can actually prepare you for the event when you end up inside the pure instinct(本能), \diver told Barcroft TV. “Knowing in the whale’s mouth, I tried to control my fear. But I was convinced that it was going to dive down and release me much deeper in the ocean.”
The whale quickly realized he was no sardine! As the whale turned sideways, he opened his mouth slightly to release me, and I was washed out, together with what felt like tons of water, of his mouth, \Rainer.
Still holding his underwater camera in his hand. the diver swam to his boat, where he was quickly rescued by the members of the team. The terrible adventure did not disturb Rainer for too long. After checking to ensure he had no injuries, the diver returned to the water to seek out more 4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Diver's Narrow Escape From A Whales Mouth
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D. Leopard.
B. The Annual Migration Of Billions Of Sea sardines C. A Frightening And Fantastic Experience Under Sea D. An Adventurous Trip Off Coast Of Point Elizabeth 5.What animals does Sardine Run appeal to most? A. seagull
B. Seals
C. Dolphins
D. tortoises.
6.What did Rainer probably do first once in the whales mouth? A. He dived aimlessly C. He panicked immediately.
B. He cried desperately. D. He struggled violently.
7.According to the passage, we can say that Rainer was very_______. A. intelligent
B. generous
C. flexible
C
A six-wheeled robot travels underground in Hefei to discover warning signs of faults inside the pipeline network, \Mao, the robot 's operator.
The pipeline robot, developed by Wuhan Easy-Sight Technology, is made up of four parts — crawler, camera, cable reel, and controller. A full charge can enable the robot to work for four to five hours, covering a distance between 800 and 1 ,000 meters in the underground p ipeline.
The robot made its appearance last month in Shushan District. It will carry out inspections of the underground pipeline network stretching 150 kilometers. \blocked, we can clearly see its situation through high-definition(高清晰度的)cameras fixed into the robot, \
The real-time data including video images of the pipe will be up loaded and displayed on a computer. \faults to local government, who will arrange the repair as soon as possible. \
With the rapid develop merit of cities, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage underground pipelines. Among all the difficulties, discovering faults in the sewage (污水)and rainwater pipelines comes first. Many other cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai are using the robots to inspect their pipelines, the robot ' s developer said.
Equipped with environmental detection sensors, the robots can monitor temperature and damp, poisonous gases, oxygen levels and smoke density, while providing color diagram in real time.
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D. fortunate
\有免疫力的)to poisonous gases in sewage pipes,\company. \ 8.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about the pipeline robot?
A. Its developer. B. Its components. C. Its characteristics. D. Its outward appearance. 9.What is the toughest in managing underground pipelines in cities? A. Locating the position where the pipelines are. B. Handling the poisonous gases in sewage pipes, C. Arranging the repair and maintenance of pipelines. D. Discovering flaws in the sewage and rainwater pipelines. 10.What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 5? A. Add some background information. C. Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B. Introduce a new topic for discussion. D. Present some new functions of robots.
11.What is Ge Shengli's attitude towards the pipeline robots? A. Doubtful. C. Critical.
B. Appreciative. D. Indifferent.
D
“Does my smile look big in this?” Future fitting-room mirrors in clothing stores could subtly adjust your reflection to make you look--and hence feel--happier encouraging you to like what you see.
That’s the idea behind the Emotion Evoking System developed by Shigeo Yoshida and colleagues at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The system can manipulate, or in other words, control your emotions and personal preferences by presenting you with an image of your own smiling or frowning face.
The principle that physiological changes can drive emotional ones that laughter comes before happiness, rather than the other way around- is a well-established idea.
The researchers wanted to see if this idea could be used to build a computer system that manipulates how you feel. The system works by presenting the user with a web-camera image of his or her face as if they were looking in a mirror. The image is then subtly altered with-software, turning the corners of the mouth up or down and changing the area around the eyes, so that the
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person appears to smile or frown.
Without telling them the aim of the study, the team recruited(招募)21 volunteers and asked them to sit in front of the screen while performing an unrelated task. When the task was completed, the participants rated how they felt. When the faces on screen appeared to smile, people reported that they felt happier. On the other hand, when the image was given a sad expression, they reported feeling less happy.
Yoshida and his colleagues tested whether manipulating the volunteers emotional state would influence their preferences. Each person was given a scarf to wear and again presented with the altered webcam image. The volunteers that saw themselves smiling while wearing the scarf were more likely to report that they liked it, and those that saw themselves not smiling were less likely.
“The system could be used to manipulate consumers’ impressions of products,” say the researchers. For example, mirrors in clothing-store fitting rooms could be replaced with screens showing altered reflections. They also suggest people may be more likely to find clothes attractive if they see themselves looking happy while trying them on.
“It’s certainly an interesting area,” says Chris Creed at the University of Birmingham, UK. But he notes that using such technology in a shop would be harder than in the lab, because people will use a wide range of expressions. “Attempting to make slight differences to these and ensuring that the reflected image looks believable would be much more challenging,” he says.
Of course, there are also important moral questions surrounding such subtly manipulative technology. “You could argue that if it makes people happy, what harm is it doing?” says Creed. “But I can imagine that many people may feel manipulated uncomfortable and cheated if they found out.” 12.What’s the main purpose of the Emotion Evoking System? A. To see whether one’ s facial expressions can be altered. B. To replace the mirrors in future clothing-store fitting rooms. C. To see whether laughter comes before happiness.
D. To see whether one’s feeling can be unconsciously affected. 13.What can we learn about the web-camera image in the study?
A. It recorded the volunteers’ performance in the task. B. It attempted to make the volunteers feel happier. C. It gave the volunteers a false image.
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高三上学期阅读理解训练114(含答案)
