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1、河北省大名县一中2020学年高二英语下学期第二周周测试题 1、 阅读理解 (每题2分）AStephen Hawking, a world famous British physicist, also wrote a childrens book with his daughter. Hawking said the book would be “a bit like Harry Potter” but without the magic. “It explains the wonders of the universe,” said Hawking, while he was on a vis
2、it to Hong Kong over 10 years ago.Hawking, is probably the worlds most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert on black holes. He has put his whole life into digging into the beginning (and the end) of the universe. “My goal is simple,” Hawking once said. “It is to completely underst
3、and the universe, why it is as it is and why it is there at all.”Hawking has a bad illness that stops him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking.Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by his side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to con
4、trol the computers mouse. He selects his words from the screen, which are then spoken by a voice synthesizer.“I have had the disease for most of my life,” Hawking once said. “Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work.”Although Hawking is such a disabled man, he made great achievemen
5、ts. He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the highest achievement in theoretical physics.1.In the first paragraph, the book that Stephen Hawking wrote is_.A.the same as Harry PotterB.is quite different from Harry Po
6、tter.C.about the magicD.about science2.From the text we can learn _.A.Hawking is more famous than EinsteinB.Hawking is less famous than EinsteinC.Both Hawking and Einstein are very famousD.Neither Hawking nor Einstein is famous3.What does the underlined pronoun “It” in the second paragraph stand for
7、?A.The goal.B.The magic.C.The universe.D.The book.4.According to the text, which of the following statements is the fact?A.Hawking has received many awards and prizes except the Albert Einstein Award.B.The illness keeps him from moving and talking.C.He communicates with others by speaking.D.The illn
8、ess stopped him from being successful.BIn the far future, robots live on Earth as humans but the population of humans is smaller than a thousand. This is a story of a repair robot R-62.One day, a car came to the repair factory and a human stepped out of the car.“Wow, a human! I have never seen a rea
9、l one,” said R-62.“Humans are quite clever. Theyre able to do any action they want to. Theyre even able to harm other human beings or organize wars, which they have been doing a lot in the history. Also they dont even have to follow orders if they dont want to,” said another robot T-59 quietly to R-
10、62.“How terrible it is! And almost all robots seem afraid of him and dont look at him directly,” said R-62.The human then sat down and asked if there had been any problems in the last 10 years and he only got a quick answer, “No, sir.”Then suddenly, R-62 said loudly, “I have one question for you.”Th
11、e human said, “Yes”, a bit unhappy for not getting “sir”.“Why do human create so many robots?” asked R-62.Silence followed the question and he then said, “I dont need to answer questions from robots!” He then went into his car and drove away quickly.“I really dont understand why humans replaced them
12、selves with robots,”asked R-62.“Because they thought that robots were more advanced than humans. They created us to support themselves,” answered T-59.“But there are so few humans on Earth. What they should do is to take away the robots or at least make them stop doing the work which humans are supp
13、osed to do,” said R-62.“I agree. But we can do nothing about it. And now we have to finish repairing this car,” said T-59.“All right, lets continue.”5.In T-59s opinion, humans are_.A.smartB.politeC.dangerousD.stupid6.According to the text, R-62_.A.dared not look at the human directlyB.was not friend
14、ly to the humanC.decided to give up its jobD.hope to live on Earth7.What can we learn from the story?A.R-62 doesnt know what human beings look like.B.R-62 and T-59 are brothers and do different jobs.C.T-59 doesnt want to support human beings.D.T-59 knows a lot about human beings.8.Whats R-62s attitu
15、de towards humans creating robots?A.Frightened.B.Excited.C.Doubtful.D.Supportive.CPreparing Cities for Robot CarsThe possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurists dream, years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is apparently now. The California Dep
16、artment of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self-driving cars on public roads. The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self-driving cars, and for companies to operate driverless taxi services. California, it should be noted, isnt leading the way here. Companie
