1词义猜测题A(2016·山东青岛高三联考)Iworkinanursinghomeandmyjobistotakecareoftheelderly.Thisyear,averysweetoldladythatIcaredfor,Alice,hadgonethroughadifficulttime.Shegotdementia_andsoshehadbeeninthehospitaltwice.InNovemberIwasfinallyabletogetherbacktoher“home”.AlicehadthoughtherdaughterwascomingtovisitheronChristmasDayandthattheyweregoingtohavethewholefamilytogetherliketheolddays.Whenshefinallyrealizedthatthathappymomentwasnotgoingtohappen,shewasverysad.KnowingthatherdaughterwascomingafterChristmaswasnotenoughtomakeherfeelhappy.Ihatedtheideaofherbeingaloneontheholiday!OnChristmasEve,Igaveherasurprisebyaskingifshewouldliketogotoacandlelightserviceatchurchthatnight.Insteadoftakinghertomychurch,Itookhertoheroldneighborhoodchurchwhereallherfriendswere.WegotthereearlyandIgotheraseatwhereherfriendscouldseeherastheycamein.Thensoonsomeofherfriendscametothechurchandtheyrushedovertogreetherandsitwithher.ThecandlelightservicewasbeautifulandAlicegotalotoflovefromheroldandnewfriendsthere.ThetruthofthestoryisthatIamtheonewhogotthebestgift:thesmileonAlice’sface.【解题导语】老人的女儿不能回来陪老人一起过圣诞节,作者便在平安夜带老人去有老人熟悉的朋友的老社区教堂,在那里,作者看到了老人脸上幸福的笑容,这也是作者得到的最好的礼物。1.Theunderlinedword“dementia”inParagraph2probablyis________.A.ahouseB.aletterC.anillnessD.aplan解析:选C。词义猜测题。根据文章第二段中的“andsoshehadbeeninthehospitaltwice”可推断,此处表示老人生病了,住了两次院,故选C项。2.WheredidAlicespendherChristmasEveaccordingtothestory?A.Inheroldhouse.B.Inheroldneighborhoodchurch.C.Inthenursinghome.D.Inthehospital.解析:选B。细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的第一句“Insteadoftakinghertomychurch,Itookhertoheroldneighborhoodchurchwhereallherfriendswere”可知选B项。3.WhatwasthebestgiftthattheauthorgotonChristmasEve?A.Thecandlelightservice.B.PraisefromAlice’sfriends.2C.Alice’shappiness.D.ThanksfromAlice’sdaughter.解析:选C。细节理解题。根据文章的最后一段“ThetruthofthestoryisthatIamtheonewhogotthebestgift:thesmileonAlice’sface”可知,作者得到的最好的礼物是Alice脸上的笑容,即她的快乐,故选C项。4.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?A.AspecialcandlelightChristmasEveB.ThedreamofalloldlonelyladiesC.MyspecialjobD.Thetruelove解析:选A。标题判断题。本文讲述了作者帮助一位老人过了个特别的烛光平安夜的故事,故选A项。B(2015·河北唐山市高三一模)Robotsperformingtasksaccordingtoapredeterminedsetofinstructionsarenothingnew.Butrobotsabletolearnhowtocookbywatchingvideosareacompletelydifferentapproach,whichisconductedbyagroupofresearchersattheUniversityofMaryland.IfyouhavepostedavideoofyourfavoriterecipeonthepopularwebsiteYouTube,chancesarethatitwillbeusedbyarobot.UniversityofMaryland’sprofessorYiannisAloimonos,leaderofthegroup,said“ThereexistsalargeamountofvideoinformationontheInternetthatourrobotscancapitalize_on.”“Atpresent,thevideosarefedelectronically,”saidresearchscientistCorneliaFermuller.“Originally,wetookourownvideos,ourcameraslookingatusdoingthecooking,”sheexplained.“And,astherobotadvances,itreactstogoodqualityvideos.Anditwillreacttoevenlowerqualityhomemadevideos.”Sofar,therobotnamedJuliacanmakeasimplesaladbybreakingeachtaskintobasicparts,suchasgraspingaspoon,bringingittothebowl,stirringthesaladandobservingtheresults.Butwhyteacharobothowtounderstandavideowhenitcaneasilyfollowafixedprogram?Aloimonosbelievespredeterminedinstructionslackflexibility.Hethinksoneoftheproblemsishowtomaketherobotunderstandandusewhatitlearnsduringacertaintask,thesocalledfeedback(反馈意见);anotheristheintroductionoflanguage.“Ibelieveitwilltakequitesometimebeforetherobotsareabletounderstandmetaphorical(比喻性的)language,”headded.“But,”hesaid,“wedon’tneedthattocreateanewworldwheretherobotswillbeworkingforus.”【解题导语】机器人按既定指令完成任务并不让人觉得新鲜,但能看着视频学做饭的机器人,你可能前所未闻。5.Theunderlinedphrase“capitalizeon”probablycanbereplacedby“________”.A.takeholdofB.makeuseofC.keeptrackofD.catchsightof解析:选B。词义猜测题。由第二段的第一句“IfyouhavepostedavideoofyourfavoriterecipeonthepopularwebsiteYouTube,chancesarethatitwillbeused3byarobot.”可知,机器人能利用网上大量的视频信息,结合第二段的最后一句可知,capitalizeon应与“use”意思相近,因此选择B项。takeholdof“握住”;makeuseof“利用”;keeptrackof“与……保持联系”;catchsightof“看到”。6.Aloimonosprobablyagreesthatatpresenttherobot________.A.cannotfullydigestwhatitlearnsB.cannotmakeasimplesaladC.canfollowhomemadevideosD.canunderstandmetaphoricallanguage解析:选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段Aloimonos的话可知,该机器人目前还不能理解比喻性的语言。根据倒数第二段的最后一句可推知,Aloimonos可能认为目前该机器人还不能完全消化它学的东西,应选择A项。7.Robotsaretaughttounderstandavideomainlybecause________.A.theycaneasilyfollowfixedprogramsB.theyaresmartenoughtolearncookingC.cookingvideosaremoreinterestingtowatchD.predeterminedinstructionsarenotflexible解析:选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的前两句“Butwhyteacharobot...afixedprogram?Aloimonosbelievespredeterminedinstructionslackflexibility”可知,教机器人理解视频是因为预定指令不够灵活,应选择D项。8.Whichofthefollowingmightbestserveasthetitleofthepassage?A.RobotsCreatingaNewWorldB.RobotsMakingCookingVideosC.RobotsLearningtoCookbyWatchingVideosD.RobotsPerformingTasksbyFollowingInstructions解析:选C。标题判断题。文章主要介绍了通过观看视频学做饭的机器人,因此C项是最佳标题。