单选题（共160题，160.0分）120. （1.0分）~~~~____ weather it is! Shall we go for a hike? ·····I can't agree more.A. What a fineB. What fineC. How fine aD. How fine

As she ___ the newspaper. Granny ___ asleep.A. read , was fallingB. was reading; fellC. was reading, was fallingD. read; fell

翻译 1．Good afternoon! As president of the university, I am proud to welcome you to this university. Your achievement is the triumph of years of hard work, both of your own and of your parents and teachers. Here at the university, we pledge to make your educational experience as rewarding as possible. 2．In welcoming you to the university, I am reminded of my own high school graduation and the photograph my mom took of my dad and me.Posenaturally，Mom instructed us. Wait! said Dad, Let's take a picture of me handing him an alarm clock. The clock woke me up every morning in college. It is still on my office desk 3．Let me share with you something that you may not expect. You will miss your old routines and your parents' reminders to work hard andattain your best. You may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with high school, and your parents may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with doing your laundry! But know this: The future is built on a strong foundation of the past. 4．For you, these next four years will be a time unlike any other. Here you are surrounded by great resources: interesting students from all over the country, a learned and caring faculty, a comprehensive library, great sportsfacilities, and student organizations covering every possible interest from the arts to science, to communityservice and so on. You will have the freedom to explore and learn about new subjects.

Text 1 Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics — the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close. As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much hum an labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robo-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy—far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone. But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves — goals that pose a real challenge. "While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error," says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program at NASA, "we can’t yet give a robot enough ’commonsense’ to reliably interact with a dynamic world." Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries. What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain’s roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented — and human perception far more complicated—than previously imagined. They have built robots that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the 98 percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side of a winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer systems on Earth can’t approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still don’t know quite how we do it.Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in (). A. the use of machines to produce science fictionB. the wide use of machines in manufacturing industryC. the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous workD. the elite’s cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work

. ---Do you feel tired after the basketball match? --- No, ______.A. just a littleB. not a bitC. just a bitD. not a little

We mention the importance of giving up smoking once and again, but hardly __________ it.A. did they realizeB. have they realizedC. they did realizeD. they have realized

Complete these sentences with the words in the boxes . determine ( verb) determination ( noun ) determined ( adjective ) 1 . It’s hard for me to _ _ _ what career will make me happy 2 . The _ _ young athlete practiced for hours every day . equip ( verb ) equipment ( noun ) equipped ( adjective ) 3 . Electronic _ for the office is on sale at the store today 4 . It’s a good idea to _ yourself with a GPS when you are traveling

-Four tickets for the concert on Sunday，please!-I'm so sorry.There is __ left.（ ）A. nothingB. noneC. anyD. something

Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory. There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modem theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage. When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, we are able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy, you might attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before you get the opportunity to make your phone call, you will forget the number instantly. Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory. A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories. Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often. However, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.1 According to the passage, how do memories get transferred to the STM?A They stem from the long term memory.B They are filtered from the sensory storage area.C They get rearranged when they enter the brain.D They enter STM via the nervous system.2 How can a person remember more information in a short time according to modern theorists?A By organizing it.B By repeating it.C By giving it a name.D By writing it down on paper.3 Why does the author mention a dog's bark?A To exemplify poor memory.B To analyze a type of interruption.C To compare human memory with dogs' memory.D To illustrate the lack of efficiency of rote rehearsal.4 Which of the following is true about retrieving information?A Elaborate rehearsal contributes to information retrieval.B The most efficient way of retrieving information is to assign semantic meaning to the information.C It's impossible to retrieve forgotten information without picture prompts.D Encoding information is more efficient than chunking it.5 Which of the following is true according to the passage?A One's memory capacity can be enhanced by rote rehearsal.B Putting information down is suggested to improve memory.C Providing sufficient prompts helps information retrieval.D Multiple choice exams are the most difficult.

What do you think of the performance? --- _____! The audience clapped their hands excitedly when it was over.A. BoringB. WonderfulC. BoredD. Wonderfully