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四川省遂宁市市城区初中2017届九年级上学期期末考试英语试题
“You are what you eat” is a common English saying. It means the food you eat will become part of you. Many experts use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. However, a team of American scientists have discovered something new about eating sweet food.
“When we say some people ‘sweet', we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps this word can help us learn more about people's feelings and acts.”said Brain Meier, a scientist from the study team. “Taste is something we experience(体验) every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone's character and behavior depending on their taste.”
In one of their experiments(实验), college students were asked questions about their characters, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.
In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate helped other people in need, but those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren't. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more possibly to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.
The result of experiments is that people's helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful. Next time, try some ice-cream.
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After a long day's study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to relax. When you get home, a robot welcomes you. He's happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talk about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say happy birthday. And then he helps you with your homework.
This is your future, and the robot's name is NAO. NAO has a small body, big eyes and a large head. He can walk and dance. He listens and talks, and he even learns and thinks for himself. His creators predict that the robot will be in people's homes before 2040. This $16, 000 robot knows who you are.
NAO can even express emotions(表达情感). He is a self-guided robot. A self-guided robot can sense(感觉), think and act. Other robots might do two out of the three. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and think using computers, but with no arms, he can't act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can't think for himself. These aren't self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all.
NAO—A Home Robot in the Future | ||
Your life with a robot at home in the future | ●The robot can welcome you and help you carry things when you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. ●The robot can listen and speak to you. He can even tell jokes. ●The robot can remind you of the things you forgot and help with your homework. | |
Something about NAO | Looks | He has a small body, big eyes and a large head. |
Ability | ●He can {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, listen and talk, learn and think. ●He can also know who you are. | |
Prediction | ●He will be used {#blank#}3{#/blank#} before 2040. ●You can buy the robot NAO at the price of $16, 000. | |
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You speak, write a letter, send an e- mail and make a telephone call. Your words carry some messages. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Do you think you can communicate without words? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Tears in your eyes probably tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. In China, you shake your head and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, blue seas and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And we can understand what other people are thinking about.
A. People communicate through words. B. People can communicate in many other ways. C. A smile on your face shows you are happy or kind. D. And you receive messages from the signs all the time. E. They can help us to know what is going on in the world. |
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