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湖南省常德市津市市2024-2025学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试题
Computer scientist Mary has an idea for a new robot to help her work with children. How should it look? The robot should have arms to be able to lift things. And if it is going to communicate with people, it will also need a face. Scientists believe that giving a robot a face can make it seem more friendly. Humans would also like to pay more attention to robots with faces. But what kind?
For Mary, she wants to make sure that her new robot doesn't look too much like a human. She wants people to just treat it as a machine-person. If it looks more like a human than a machine, she thinks users might find it a bit creepy and feel afraid. Mary also believes that robot faces don't need to look a lot like ours. Her research shows that we can enjoy communicating with robots whether or not they look like humans, because our brains are able to look for faces. Just put two circles on top of a robot's body, and we will see a face.
Dave feels differently. He believes that although at first we might be afraid when seeing a robot with a lifelike face, we may soon get used to it. If robots are going to work closely with humans, they should look as much like us as possible. After all, faces are an important part of the way we communicate.
To make his robots look as much like real people as possible, Dave invented a special skin( 皮肤)for their faces. With this skin, robots can show human-like expressions and appear to be angry, sad, happy or surprised. Dave's robots are also programmed to copy expressions. How? Just imagine his robot is looking at you. The cameras in its eyes send pictures of your face to its central computer!
Michael is a 12-year-old student. He and his parents are going to travel around Hangzhou this summer. Here is some information that he got.
The West Lake Opening hours: Monday—Sunday 00:00—24:00 Admission(人场费): Free | Liangzhu Museum Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 09:00—16:30 Admission: Free(booking needed) |
Hangzhou Zoo Opening hours: Monday—Sunday 07:00—17:00 Admission: Adult: ¥20 Child(6—15) : ¥10 Old people(60+) : ¥10 Child(0—6) : Free | XiXi Wetland Opening hours: Apr. 1st—Oct. 31st 08:00—18:30 Nov. 1st—Mar. 31st 08:00-17:30 Admission: Adult: ¥80 Student(6—15) : ¥40 Child(0—6) : Free Old people(70+): Free |
World Book Day is on April 23rd every year. It was set up by the UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to find out the fun of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day.
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. Take the UK as an example. On that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998.
World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Xi Jinping, Chinese President, does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2020, he called on young people to do more reading. "Books cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading." he said.
Reading can be good for people in many ways. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that we don't know. We would have to use our head to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the smarter we become. What's more, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, such as the ways English people are speaking and writing today. Reading helps us.
"Reading makes a full man." Bacon said. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day.
World Book Day | |
Date | ·On April 23rd every year. |
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Differences between China and the UK | ·In the UK, schoolchildren can buy books at {#blank#}3{#/blank#} than usual in any bookstore. ·In China, President Xi Jinping, encouraged young people to read more and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the world. |
Benefits(益处)of reading | ·Giving us {#blank#}5{#/blank#} about other cultures and places of the world. ·Helping us to find out the answers to unfamiliar things. ·Helping us to learn a foreign language well. |
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