Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook –only to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. It sounds like a fantasy, but it could be about to come true thanks to a robot chef developed by British scientists.
Those scientists have come up with a set of robotic arms so smart that they are capable of cooking meals all by themselves. The device will be sold from as early as 2017 as part of a purpose-built high-tech kitchen.
Scientists at Moley Robotics spent almost 18 years developing the hands. According to its creators, the arms can chop, stir, whisk and baste well enough to recreate almost anything you would care to eat, whether it is a simple home-cooked supper, or a complicated creation designed by a world-class chef. The hands move a little slowly, hovering strangely above the work surface whenever they are not busy, but they imitate human movements closely enough that they can do things such as wiping a spoon on the edge of a pan to prevent drips.
Mr Oleynik, who is leading the project, said, “All the things which are possible with the hand are possible here. There is no limitation. A lot of people want to go to Michelin-starred restaurants, but they are quite expensive and may be quite far from the home. This is an opportunity for people to enjoy very good food, and for a reasonable price. ”
The only cuisine that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which requires extremely steady pressure and nimble fingers to make, but the team plan to conquer that as well by the time it goes on sale.
1.People go to Michelin-starred restaurants in order to______.
A. appreciate car tires. B. enjoy delicious meals
C. see the new robot chefs D. escape from work
2. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. British scientists B. The robot chef’s arms
C. Cooks at restaurants D. Household wives
3.Which kind of food CAN’T the robot chef cook at present?
A. Bread B. Beef C. Sushi D. Sandwich
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Hands of a robot chef can perform exactly like a cook.
B. Robot chefs are available at shopping malls.
C. Michelin-starred restaurants are suitable for many people.
D. It is uncertain when the robot can cook all kinds of food.
The pounding（重击声） was driving Edward crazy. A new neighbor had just moved into the apartment below him. The newcomer was deaf, or seemed to be, because he played his stereo loud enough for the whole building to hear.
On the first day he heard the stereo rocking over, Edward marched downstairs and politely told the newcomer that his stereo was too loud. He asked the new tenant to turn the volume down and keep it down as long as he lived in the building. The tenant appeared surprised and embarrassed, and said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was that loud.”
So, Edward returned upstairs, feeling good, because he had taken a stand and politely let the newcomer know that loud music was not going to be tolerated. The next day all was quiet, and Edward continued to be pleased with himself. The following day, Edward thought it must be Fourth of July, because a marching band was playing on his street. In fact, it was the new neighbor who was playing his music loud again.
Edward was not one to repeat himself, feeling that each time you repeated yourself, you diminished the value of your words. So, he did what he always did with rude neighbors－grin and bear it. Eventually, they would move away. What else are you going to do?
In Los Angles a year ago, a woman had complained to her upstairs neighbor that he was playing his drums too loud and too often. The drummer repeatedly ignored her. One day the woman walked upstairs and shot the drummer in the head and his girlfriend in the chest. The woman was sentenced to prison for 20 years.
The dead drummer won’t bother anyone with his drums, but the woman might be wishing now that she had learned to grin and bear it. If she were still living in her apartment, she could always move. When you’re in prison, you don’t have that option.
1.The man living below where Edward lived was .
A.a deaf man B.the owner of the house
C.a tenant D.an old neighbor
2.What did Edward always do with rude neighbors?
A.Grinning and bearing it.
B.Persuading them to stop repeatedly.
C.Shouting them to dead.
D.Moving away from the rude neighbors.
3.The woman killed her neighbor because .
A.he ignored her advice repeatedly
B.she could not stand his playing the guitar too loud
C.she could not put up with him any longer
D.he played the drums too often
4.The author writes the last paragraph to prove that .
A.being in prison means the loss of freedom
B.grinning and bearing it is the best policy
C.Edward should follow the example of the woman
D.the woman was right to kill her neighbor
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书面表达
假如你是尚德中学高二的学生李华，你的英国笔友Tom正在做一个课题：世界各地的生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文：
一、通常方式
1．邀请好友举行生日聚会 2．赠送生日礼物，表达生日祝福3.聚餐，吃蛋糕，唱歌，跳舞
二、我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由（至少说明一种方式和理由）
课题：subject research
*词数120
Dear Tom,
课文填空
1.But he became ______when he thought about helping ordinary people _____ to cholera. 但他一想到要帮助那些得了霍乱的普通百姓时，他就感到很振奋。
2.Now when people _______ _______ England you find Wales ________ as well. 如今只要有人提起英格兰，你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。
3.Only if you ask many different questions _____ _____ _______ all the information you need to know. 你只有提出很多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。
4.Remove clothing using scissors _______ ________ unless it is stuck to the burn. 除非衣服粘贴在烧伤面上，否则都要把它脱掉（必要时可用剪刀帮助）。
5.At first my new _________ were difficult to ____________.
一开始新的环境让我很难忍受。
6.Hit by _____ ______ __ fresh air, my head ached. 由于缺乏新鲜空气，我感到头痛。
7.However, I ________ _________ of Wang Ping when we reached ________ looked like a large market because of too many carriages ______ by in all ________. 可是，当我们到达一个看上去像大市场的地方时，由于太多车子朝四面八方飞奔，我看不见王平了。
改错
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线（ ），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
Nowadays, some students would not like to live in a dormitory. Instead of, they rent houses outside the school. There are advantages for them both. Live in a dormitory can increase friendship and cooperation among classmates, and of course it is safer．However, a dormitory is more like a society, where enables students to learn to get along well with each other，thus preparing the social life later. As for renting houses to live alone, it’s better for your study as you can feel freely in your own room with being interrupted by others. Absorbing in your study，you can have a plenty of time to devote yourself to review your lessons wholeheartedly. But there may appears a few safety problems as you live outside the school. Anyhow as a student, I prefer living in a dormitory.
