模块综合测评
(时间：100分钟；满分：120分)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Wow，ladies! That is all I can say, I write this article with mixed emotions. Having Aiko the female robot around the house to help out could be either a blessing or a nightmare. If you are a working mother like me, then the idea of having a helping hand around would be a good thing. We working mothers dream about going home to find dinner on the table, a clean house and everything ready for the next day，that would be the perfect world.
Yet as always we women worry about being replaced，me included. Aiko has been created with special sensors (感应器) underneath her immediate“skin”cover. I believe her creator, Le Trung，has other motives(动机). Of course, he says it's not true. She doesn't complain, argue or talk back. She can carry on a conversation and help you with your math homework. She can tell you the weather outside and can speak in English and Japanese. She doesn't require any sleep nor does she complain about a headache or being tired. She can serve tea and give back massages. I'm sure some men out there would view her as the perfect woman or even“superwoman”. So with good reason I say having Aiko around could prove to be bad. As a woman and a wife，I worry about being replaced or even being compared to Aiko. How can you compete with someone or something so perfect like that?
Scientists have been trying to invent robots for a long time. There are many movies and books out there about robots. It looks like those crazy scientists are closer than we thought. Ladies, I think we are fighting a losing battle. So instead of trying to fight it，I guess we have no choice but to join them. Now where is my male robot? Hmm...I want him to look exactly like my Ken Barbie doll. Okay?
1．Le Trung created Aiko mainly to ________. A．keep people company B．teach people foreign languages
C．help children with their homework D．help working mothers do housework
2．What can we learn about Aiko from the second paragraph? A．She is poorly designed. B．She is perfectly made.
C．She works better than expectations. D．She is especially made for housewives.
3．Why does the author think having Aiko around could prove to be bad? A．The robot could replace her. B．The robot can do more than she does. C．The robot makes a mess in the house. D．The robot can speak human language.
4. What could be the author's purpose in writing the text? A．To introduce a robot.
B．To argue against robot-making. C．To show her fights with robots.
D．To describe the daily life of a working mother.
B
If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like stomach, even your mind will be hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets its full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next？”， “Why can't I think？”， “Why am I always given the difficult problems？” Well, this is the after-effect of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. But why is it reading but not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educational tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading for help. You have a number of books in the world which will answer all your “how-to” questions. Once you read a book, you just don't run
your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (译解) it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, which you would never think of in your wildest dreams！This is nothing but creativity. The more books you read, the wider your mind will become. Also this improves your oratorical (speech-making) skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. When you start speaking English or any other language fluently with your friends or other people, you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.
Actually, I had a problem in speaking English fluently，but as I read, I could improve significantly. So guys, do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for? Go, grab a book and let me know!
5．What's the best title of the passage? A．Hunger of the mind B．Stomach and Mind C．Feed your Mind by reading D．Reading or Watching TV
6．You don't know your mind is in hunger because ________. A．you are not hungry
B．you keep it thinking of silly things C．your creativity gets a full stop
D．you always meet with difficult problems
7．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of reading? A．Reading can make your dream come true. B．Reading can contribute to your vocabulary. C．Reading can improve your spoken ability. D．Reading can make people creative.
8．The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________. A．comment and blame B．introduce and describe
C．explain and persuade D．advise and inform
C
Here's a new warning from health experts：sitting is deadly. Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for long periods, even if you exercise regularly, could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place—in the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV. Just the overall number of hours it takes counts. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.
While health officials have issued (发布) guidelines advising on the least amounts of physical activity, they haven't suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.
“After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals，” said Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. She explained that genes controlling the amount of glucose (葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.
Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day but still spend a lot of time sitting might get more benefits if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single hour.
Still in a study that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether they exercised or not.
Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. “People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits，” Ekblom-Bak said. “And when they're in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible. ”
9．The underlined word “offset” in Paragraph 6 most probably means “________”．
A．turn to
B．work out
C．get rid of D．make use of
10．Sitting too much is dangerous because it can ______. A．make a person unable to exercise enough in a day B．destroy the balance of glucose and fat the body C．increase glucose and fat in the body D．make a person become lazy
11. In the opinion of Ekblom-Bak, when at work, you'd better have a rest by ________.
A．sending your friends e-mails B．taking a walk around your office
C．chatting online or playing computer games D．listening to music while sitting
12．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A．Side Effects of Sitting Too Much B．Don't Sit Too Much While Working C．More and More People Sit Too Much D．Sitting Too Much Could Be Dangerous
D
You may ride on your bicycle in a rush to get to school every morning. You may fight to get a bit of space on a bus or in the subway. You may also watch taxis crawl their way through traffic jams.
No matter where you are, all big cities around the world have traffic jams these days. But although they all have their problems, many cities also have a type of transport that has become a cultural icon (文化标识)．
In London to avoid the traffic above ground, people use the “underground”，also called the “tube”. The city has the oldest and most complicated underground railway system in the world and is the pride of many Londoners. With 12 lines and 275 stations across the city, the tube, is normally the quickest and easiest way of getting around London. In London, you are never far from a tube station.
New York is famous for its yellow cabs. They serve as a quick and easy way of getting across Manhattan, where the subway doesn't take you everywhere. Stopping a
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