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体裁
新闻报道
话题
建筑“泰坦尼
克二号”
词数
364
NEW YORK—Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布)blueprints for TitanicⅡ, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he didn’t call the ship unsinkable any more.
The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some modifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said. “I’m not too superstitious(迷信的). ”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship best-known for sinking was tempting fate.
White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be unsinkable. About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a similar boast.
“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it, ”Palmer said. “I think it would be very cavalier to say it. ”
Unlike the original, TitanicⅡwill have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape staircases. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be the“safest cruise ship in the world”.
Palmer refused to answer questions about the project’s cost. Although the Titanic was the world’s largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today’s modern cruise ships.
“It’s not about the money, ”Palmer said. “I’ve got enough money for it. I think that’s all that matters. ”
Forbes estimated Palmer’s net worth to be $795 million in 2022. He describes himself as a billionaire.
TitanicⅡwill be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has already built four ore carriers for Palmer’s mining business, he said. The contract to build TitanicⅡhas not yet been signed, Palmer said.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The old Titanic
B. The blueprints of TitanicⅡ
C. The unsinkable TitanicⅡ
D. Clive Palmer—a billionaire
2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word“maiden”in Paragraph 4?
A. First. B. Trial. C. Second. D. Last.
3. What can be inferred about TitanicⅡfrom the passage?
A. TitanicⅡwill have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.
B. TitanicⅡwill be the largest cruise ship in the world.
C. TitanicⅡwill allow different classes of passengers to mingle.
D. TitanicⅡwill be a real unsinkable cruise ship.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.
B. The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.
C. The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.
D. The Titanic was the world’s largest ship at that time.
5. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To tell us the story of the Titanic.
B. To tell us TitanicⅡwill cost a lot of money.
C. To tell us about the future TitanicⅡ.
D. To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.
B
体裁
科技新闻
话题
无人驾驶的机器人
车辆竞赛
词数
348
(2021·中山模拟)
Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part—drivers.
DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battle fields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1. 9 miles.
One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote(远距离的)console. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The“winner”, if there was any, reached 7. 8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.
“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things, ”says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the ear-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics, “Even ants can do all these tasks effortlessly. It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines. ”
The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately. Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.
6. Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because .
A. they did not have any human guidance
B. the road was not familiar to the drivers
C. the distance was too long for the vehicles
D. the prize money was unattractive to the drivers
7. DARPA organized the race in order to .
A. raise money for producing more robotic vehicles
B. push the development of vehicle industry
C. train more people to drive in the desert
D. improve the vehicles for future wars
8. From the passage we know“robotic vehicles”are a kind of machine that .
A. can do effortlessly whatever tasks living things can
B. can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit
C. can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down
D. can move from place to place without being driven by human beings
9. In the race, the greatest distance one robotic vehicle covered was .
A. about eight miles
B. six miles
C. almost two miles
D. about one mile
10. In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go .
A. for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties
B. for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table
C. for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve
D. for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face
C
体裁
记叙文
话题
传递爱心
词数
317
Lisa Klein spends much of her time surrounded by mountains of brightly colored baby clothes. For most parents, this is pretty routine, but Klein has a larger purpose: She’s getting baby clothing to mothers in need.
She was inspired a few days after Hurricane Katrina, when she read that a Louisiana church was asking for baby clothes for stricken families camped out on the church’s front lawn. “I instantly knew I’d found a way to help, ”Klein says. She pulled together all the used clothes of her daughter and spread the word to her friends. Within days, 200 pounds of dresses, booties, sweaters, and other little items were piled up in front of her, ready to be shipped to New Orleans. Klein thought, “If that’s what I can do in four days with a few friends, what if I really put my mind to it? ”
Not long after her second child was born, in 2007, Klein started her own group Loved Twice to collect donations of used baby clothes for distribution to hospitals, prenatal-care clinics, and shelters in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Now Loved Twice supplies baby clothes to 40 social service agencies assisting new mothers. Fifty more want to sign up. The group’s six collection bins fill up quickly, landing over 1, 000 pounds of clothing in Klein’s house every month.
Volunteers sort the clothes into boxes, each holding 75 items of clothing, sizes zero to 12 months, along with kid’s books and tips on child-care resources. Up to now, Klein’s group has sorted and delivered over 28, 000 pounds of clothing to newborns in need and the clothes keep on coming. Her dream is to raise enough money to rent a house as a headquarters, allowing her to handle even larger amounts of clothing and more volunteers.
“I’m so happy to be able to spread awareness, ”she says. “These babies deserve to be warm and clean. ”
11. Lisa Klein keeps herself busy most of her time to .
A. make beautiful baby clothes
B. deal with her daily housework
C. collect baby clothes for mothers in need
D. take care of her two kids
12. What led Lisa to start her work in charity?
A. Her own experience as a poor mother.
B. Those stricken families in the hurricane.
C. The advice from her friends.
D. Her special abilities to make clothes.
13. Which is TRUE about Loved Twice?
A. It was founded before Hurricane Katrina.
B. It was named after her daughter.
C. It has helped many families in need.
D. It will make baby clothes on its own.
14. According to the fifth paragraph, Lisa’s biggest wish is that she needs more .
A. money to get a bigger working place
B. information about disasters
C. books for kids besides clothes
D. volunteers to make baby clothes
15. What can we learn from Lisa’s words in the last paragraph?
A. She thinks few of mothers at present are qualified.
B. She considers her efforts worthwhile and meaningful.
C. Nothing has been done to arouse the people’s awareness in the past.
D. Mothers should learn how to keep babies warm and clean.
答案解析
A
【文章大意】本篇文章主要叙述澳大利亚一家公司欲建筑“泰坦尼克二号”游轮的构想。
1.【解析】选B。主旨大意题。由文章第一段中的“Australian mining enterpriser Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for TitanicⅡ”可知这篇文章的标题为B。
2.【解析】选A。词义猜想题。由文章中的“About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912”以及结合常识可知“泰坦尼克号”是在首航中沉没的。
3.【解析】选A。推理推断题。依据第七段第一句可知“泰坦尼克二号”上救生艇的空间要比“泰坦尼克号”大。
4.【解析】选D。细节理解题。由第八段其次句中“the Titanic was the world’s largest ship in her time”可知在当时“泰坦尼克号”是世界上最大的船。
5.【解析】选C。写作意图题。本篇文章主要介绍了将来的TitanicⅡ的设计、装修以及建筑的状况, 故选C。
B
【文章大意】13辆无人驾驶的车辆为一百万的大奖在莫哈韦沙漠进行竞赛, 要求在不到10小时的时间完成142英里的路程, 他们都没能顺当完成, 从而想到将来战场上所需要的机器人车辆真正运行起来还是有确定难度的。
6.【解析】选A。细节理解题。依据第一段最终一句Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part—drivers. 和其次段其次句But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. 可知本题选A。
7.【解析】选D。细节理解题。依据其次段第一句DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battle fields. 可知组织这场竞赛是为将来的战斗研发更先进的车辆, 故本题选D。
8.【解析】选D。推理推断题。本文就是通过叙述13辆无人驾驶的车辆在莫哈韦沙漠竞赛的活动, 为将来战斗所需要的机器人车辆的研制作铺垫, 故robotic vehicles指的应当就是无人驾驶的机动车辆, 故选D。
9.【解析】选A。细节理解题。依据第三段的最终一句The“winner”, if there was any, reached 7. 8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire. 可知本题答案为A。
10.【解析】选C。细节理解题。最终一段通过让机器人车辆和一个2岁的孩子做同样的事情作对比发觉一个两岁孩子能解决的简洁问题对机器人车辆来说还是有难度的, 故本题选C。
C
【文章大意】Lisa Klein是一位格外有爱心的妈妈, 读到卡特里娜飓风中受灾家庭的境况, 她决心要通过自己的方式为处于逆境中的妈妈们送婴儿的衣服来挂念她们。后来她还成立了Loved Twice这一慈善组织以挂念更多的人, 而她认为这是格外有意义和值得做的事情。
11.【解析】选C。细节理解题。从文章第一段中的but Klein has a larger purpose: She’s getting baby clothing to mothers in need可知, Lisa Klein这样做的目的是要收集小孩的衣服帮那些处于逆境中的妈妈们。
12.【解析】选B。细节理解题。从文章其次段中的She was inspired a few days after Hurricane Katrina, when she read that a Louisiana church was asking for baby clothes for stricken families camped out on the church’s front lawn可知, 是那些飓风中受害的家庭使Lisa有了做慈善的想法。
13.【解析】选C。细节理解题。依据文章可知, Loved Twice这一慈善组织不是在Hurricane Katrina之前建立, 而是在Lisa的其次个孩子诞生后, 但文章没有提到以她的女儿命名, 从文章第三、四段可知, 它已经挂念过很多困难家庭, 而Loved Twice这些衣服的来源是他人的捐助, 因此D项不正确。
14.【解析】选A。细节理解题。从文章第五段中的Her dream is to raise enough money to rent a house as a headquarters可知, Lisa期望能募集到更多的钱以便能有一个更大的工作空间。
15.【解析】选B。推理推断题。从文章最终一段可知, Lisa认为自己所做的一切是格外值得和有意义的。
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