2017届高考英语二轮阅读理解训练：（35）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语二轮阅读理解训练：（35）

　　4.“I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means________.

　　A．it was a firm arrangement

　　B．it was an uncertain arrangement

　　C．the arrangement is written as a diary

　　D．he prefers a pencil to a pen

　　5．A website address can be easily found if it has been________for the author.

　　A．emailed

　　B．messaged

　　C．favorited

　　D．texted

　　6．Which of the following has not been used as a verb，yet?

　　A．message

　　B．pencil

　　C．email

　　D．mobile

　　7．The best title for this passage is“________”．

　　A．New Verbs from Nouns

　　B．New Technology and New words

　　C．The English Language

　　D．Technology and Language

　　Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each case, they are designed and built specifically for the job. Now there is a movement under way to build multipurpose machines-robots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or living rooms and work with their hands.

　　All-purpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. “It’s been five or 10 years from happening for about 50 years,” says Eric Berger, co–director of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley organization. The delay is in part because even simple tasks require a huge set of capabilities. For a robot to fetch a mug, for example, it needs to make sense of data gathered by a variety of sensors–laser scanners identifying potential blocking objects, cameras searching for the target, force feedback in the fingers that grasp the mug, and more. Yet Berger and other experts are confident that real progress could be made in the next decade.