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1、2022年考博英语-四川大学考试内容及全真模拟冲刺卷（附带答案与详解）1. 单选题The simple wooden house sits in an unremarkable old neighborhood in an Osaka suburb, the kind of place people forget still exists in modem Japan. There are no pachinko parlors or cyber cafesno shops of any kind, really. Its an unlikely place to encounter the
2、next version of Japans technological evolution. But listen to what happens when a gray-haired septuagenarian named Kazuko Komiyama returns after visiting friends, Welcome home, a voice chirps. Isnt it a nice day?”The high-pitched greeting belongs to a robot. Its a simple machine, to be sure. This is
3、nt a thoughtful robotic character like those found in a Star Wars movie, or like Japans own popular creation Astro Boy. But its a robot nonetheless: a chocolate-brown wombat that eventually will be able, to flutter its eyes when Komiyama, 77, enters the room and giggle when she scratches its fuzzy l
4、ittle head. It tells her what the weather is like. It reminds her when its time to take her medicine. It sings sweet songs to her.For Komiyama, a mechanical companion is a guard against the dreadful loneliness many elderly Japanese must endure. She saw one such tragic story on a TV news show recentl
5、y. “An old mans death went unnoticed because he lived alone,” she says. “Day after day, his diary read, I didnt meet anybody today. Again. I dont want to end up like that.” So when welfare workers from the Osaka suburb of Ikeda asked for volunteers to test the prototype of Matsushita Electric Indust
6、rial Co.s pet robot, she jumped at the chance. She keeps the robot sitting in her living room. After a month, shes starting to warm-up to the thing, despite one irritating habit “It speaks with a childish voice,” she complains. “That makes me feel like Im treated as an old person. I would rather hav
7、e an equal relationship with a robot.”This is modem Japan, a Gizmo Nation where even grandmothers make friends with their gadgets. For half a century, the Japanese have made it a cultural mission to turn out a succession of cool, elegant and increasingly human machines. And what machines they have b
8、ecome: robotic geishas; headgear that projects computer screens in midair in front of wearers eyes; toilets that measure a persons weight, body fat and urine sugar levels. The country that gave the world transistor radios, the Walkman and hand-held video games is now positioned to turn its love of g
9、adgetry into a profitable national enterprise once again.1.We can learn from the first paragraph that（ ）.2.Who giggles after Komiyama comes into the room according to the passage?3.We can infer from the third paragraph that nowadays many old people in Japan are （ ） .4.The phrase warm-up to in the th
10、ird paragraph can be most likely replaced by（ ） .5.Which of the following is not mentioned as one of the roles the robots can play?问题1选项A.it is impossible for people to find high-tech robots in a simple wooden houseB.it is easy for people to think of a simple wooden house in the modem JapanC.Komiyam
11、a usually goes to a coffee restaurant to release her lonelinessD.Komiyama has a mechanical companion whose voice is very sharp and short问题2选项A.The old woman Komiyama herself.B.Komiyamas fantastic pet robotC.A mechanical companion in Star Wars.D.A naughty Japans creation Astro Boy.问题3选项A.treated as o
12、ld personsB.very lonely in their lifeC.enjoying themselvesD.not taken good care of问题4选项A.become warmer and warmerB.prepare fora game with the robotC.start to like or be friendly withD.approach to or come up to问题5选项A.Helpful instruments.B.Friendly companions.C.Entertaining machines.D.Instructive educ
13、ators【答案】第1题:A第2题:B第3题:B第4题:C第5题:D【解析】1.根据第一段的第三句“Its an unlikely place to encounter the next version of Japans technological evolution. ”可知选项A正确。选项B,C,D都与原文不符。2.根据第二段的一二三句“The high-pitched greeting belongs to a robot.选项A首先排除。Its a simple machine, to be sure. This isnt a thoughtful robotic character
14、 like those found in a Star Wars movie, or like Japans own popular creation Astro Boy.”既不是星球大战里的机器人, 也不是日本人创造的阿童木, 所以排除选项C和D。3.根据第三段的第一句“For Komiyama, a mechanical companion is a guard against the dreadful loneliness many elderly Japanese must endure.”可知, 选项B日本的老人都很孤独, 符合原文。4.根据原文, 老人把机器人放在客厅, 一个月后,
15、 开始慢慢的接受它。选项C符合原文。5.根据原文内容可知, 只有选项D有益的教育工作者, 在文中没有被提及, 其他的均提到了。2. 单选题According to the law which he later produced,everything in the universe attracts everything else towards （ ） .问题1选项A.itB.everythingC.itselfD.each【答案】C【解析】考查反身代词的用法。反身代词itself与主语everything形成互指关系，表示向它自身的方向吸引另一物体。选项C符合句意。句意：根据他后来提出的定律，宇宙中的一切事物相互间都彼此吸引。3. 单选题While some office jobs would seem （ ） to many people, there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.问题1选项A.hostileB.tediousC.fantasticD.courageous
