1．Asimo hasn't come on the market mainly because it ________．

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A．is too expensive

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．lacks too many functions

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．needs improvement

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．is actually not a success

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 答案　C　[推理判断题。根据第一段“...the advanced Japanese robot Asimo is still serving only as an experimentation.”可知，这个机器人仍处于实验阶段，由此可推知它还需要改进。]

2．What do you know about Jibo?

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A．It was created for experiments.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．It is the first family robot.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．It is sold only within Japan.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．It is equipped with a projector.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 答案　A　[细节理解题。根据第三段“...created Jibo first as a tool for exploring how people communicate with technology.”可知，机器人Jibo是为了实验而被制造出来的。]

3．According to researchers，medical robots ________．

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A．have been put into use widely

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．should be more individual

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C．still can' t interact with humans

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．should have some character of art

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 答案　B　[细节理解题。根据倒数第四段内容可知，研究者认为机器人应该被改进得更适合个体病人。]

1. According to the passage Everyclick. com contributes to charity________.

　 A. without taking any money from users

B. by receiving money from students

C. by directly offering information to students

D. by advertising on their website

答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “…students can raise money every time they search, but it won’t cost them a penny.” 和第三段最后一句话 “Wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give it to charity, without costing them a single penny.” 可知，Everyclick. Com对慈善事业作贡献不收取捐助人的费用，故答案为A。

2. How does Beth Truman think of the“wugging”movement?

　 A. It makes Everyclick. com popular in the UK.

B. It makes giving to charity easy.

C. It is a common way to promote the students’social awareness.

D. It stresses the importance of charity in people’s daily lives.

答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节推理题。由第三段最后一句话 “…as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give it to charity, without costing them a single penny.” 可知，答案为B。

3. From the passage, we can conclude that ________.

　 A. more full time students contribute to charity on the Internet every day

B. Everyclick. com helps students pay for the college education

C. “wugging”is a win-win idea for both students and charities

is the most successful search engine in the UK

答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由倒数第二段 “Students using the web can generate money for causes they care about without it costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding.”可知，学生可以依靠该网站为慈善事业捐钱而不花费时间或金钱，慈善事业也可以得到珍贵的基金源，该网站为学生和慈善事业创造了双赢，故答案为C。

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. A tool to assist in making complex decisions.

B. A comparison of actual decisions and ideal decisions.

C. Research on how people make decisions.

D. Difference between long-range and short-range decision-making.

答案解析：答案为A。本题为主旨大意题。文章第一段开头就点出了讨论的话题 “Researchers in the field of psychology have found that one of the best ways to make an important decision, … involves the use of a decision worksheet.”，帮助做重要决定的决策工作表，故答案为A。

2. Of the following steps, which occurs before the three other steps in making a decision worksheet?

A. Listing the consequences of each solution.

B. Calculating a numerical summary of each solution.

C. Deciding which consequences are most important.

D. Writing down all possible solutions.

答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第一段 “Although there are several variations on the exact format that worksheets can take, they are all similar in their essential aspects.”可知，尽管决策工作表在格式上有不同之处，但是他们在本质方面是类似的。文章接下来就对制作决策工作表的步骤进行了介绍 “Worksheets require defining the problem in a clear way and then listing all possible solutions to the problem. Next, …” 可以推断，第一步就是定义问题并列举所有解答问题的方法，因此答案为D。

3. According to decision-making worksheet theory, an optimal decision is defined as one that ______.

A. has the fewest variables to consider

B. uses the most decision worksheets

C. has the most points assigned to it

D. is agreed to by the greatest number of people

答案解析：答案C。本题为细节推理题。由第一段 “Advocates of the worksheet procedure believe that it will yield optimal, that is, the best decisions.”和“The alternative with the highest number of points emerges as the best decision.”两句话，可知最佳决策是得分最高的那个，因此答案为C。

4. The author develops the discussion in para. 1 by means of ______.

A. describing a process

B. classifying types of worksheets

C. providing historical background

D. explaining a theory

答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。结合前面第2、3题的分析可知，作者在第一段开始介绍了决策工作表，后面的内容陈述了决策工作表的制定步骤，因此答案为A。B选项“对决策工作表分类“；C选项“提供历史背景”；D选项“解释一种理论”，显然都不是作者的写作手法，均不选。

1. Which of the following is true about the two children?

A. They played a major role in getting India children to receive education.　

B. They were both excited about receiving the award.

C. They were interviewed after they went back home.

D. They were the only two child winners of the movie.

2. When the children attended the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, their family and friends were _________.

A. watching TV in Mumbai　　　　　　　 B. doing what they did as usual

C. seeing the movie Slumdog Millionaire　 D. having a family party

3. What will happen to the two children after they return to India?

A. They will stay at home as before.　　　 B. They will still worry about their daily lives.

C. They will leave school to learn acting.　 D. They will have a better education.

4、 The movie is successful mainly because________.

A. it attracts the public attention to an existing social problem　　

B. it has made the two children famous

C. the two children will go to a better school

D. the two children stars in the movie are from India slums