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1、阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AOne day a man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat down and watched the cocoon. Suddenly a small opening appeared, and the butterfly made its great effort to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress
2、. It appeared as if it could go no further. The man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly could come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon. The man continued to wat
3、ch the butterfly. He expected that its body would grow smaller and the wings would become large enough to fly. But neither of these things happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬行) around with a heavy body and small wings. What the man, in his kindness, did not unders
4、tand was that the cocoon and the effort were necessary for the butterfly. As the butterfly struggled to get through the small opening, fluid (液体) was forced from its body into its wings. This way, it would be able to fly. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If nature allowed us
5、 to go through our life without any difficulties, it would cripple (使残废) us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.1. The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon to _.A. watch the butterfly clearlyB. help the butterfly come out easilyC. kill the butterflyD. stop the butterfly grow
6、ing bigger2. Which of the following can be used to describe the man?A. Patient but stupid. B. Careful and clever.C. Kind-hearted but unwise. D. Brave and kind-hearted.3. What does the author want to tell us by telling the story?A. Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life.B. Nothing is difficult
7、 if we put our heart into it.C. Every good deed will come back with good result.D. The greatest happiness in the world is to help others.BIt is a normal Monday morning in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the beginning of a new work week. The streets are busy with traffic. At Nairobis central bus station, a lar
8、ge group of men and women carry many brightly colored yellow balloons (气球). They offer the balloons to people traveling to work. These yellow balloons are part of an art project called Monday Morning.Yazmany Arboleda is an artist from New York City. In 2011, Arboleda set up a new art project. He cal
9、led it Monday Morning. He knew that many people dont like Mondays. Monday is the beginning of new work and the end of the weekend. He told the magazine UP: Nairobis Urban Perspective that he got the idea for Monday Morning while he worked in India.“I was sitting on the grass. Then an idea came to me
10、. Parties usually make people happy. And what is the one element that symbolizes (代表) parties? A balloon. This was the perfect way to make art with a positive influence.”Arboleda wanted his art to change how people felt about Monday morning. He decided to do the art project in seven different countr
11、ies. In each country, he would make one Monday morning feel like a party.In Kenya, the Monday Morning project did just what Arboleda hoped. On November 7, 2011, Miriam Muthoni was on her way to work in Nairobi. Suddenly, someone gave her a balloon. The gift surprised her. She said, “I feel it has gi
12、ven me the energy to work.”4. Yazmany Arboleda called his art project Monday Morning because _.A. people are very busy on Monday morningsB. people feel bad on Monday morningsC. people are tired on Monday morningsD. people expect parties on Monday mornings5. Why did Yazmany Arboleda choose balloons?A
13、. Balloons symbolize parties.B. Balloons are easy to carry.C. Balloons are beautiful.D. Balloons cost a little.6. The balloons for the art project are given to _.A. old and lonely peopleB. children going to schoolC. visitors to a large cityD. people going to work7. Miriam Muthoni is mentioned in the
14、 passage to show _.A. Arboledas hope for the art projectB. peoples attitude towards the art projectC. the art projects influence on peopleD. peoples surprise receiving the balloonsCIt is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is
15、 being taught to create jazz with a human being in a project.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To startwith, the Telenoid will be trained to imitate (模仿) the movements and simplesounds made by a human singer, and then connect music with differenthuman emotions.Previous (以前的
16、) robots had the ability to find common connectionsbetween things. But Chella suggests that a conscious (有意识的) robot shouldbe able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of thiskind.“This work raises interesting questions about the connection betweenconsciousness and music creating,” says Philippe Pasquier, a musician andcomp
