Eric likes to think about the future.He thinks a kind of small cars may appear in the streets in the future.①People will like this kind of small cars better than the big ones.The car is as small as a bike, ②___it can carry two people in it.Everybody can drive it easily, just like riding a bike.③甚至孩子和老人都能驾驶着它们去学校或公园。
If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air.There will be more space for all the cars in cities, and there will be more space for people to walk in the streets.The little cars of the future will cost less money to buy and to drive.④These cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer.The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but ⑤____________________________
This kind of cars can save a lot of gas.They will use less gas than the cars today.
根据短文内容完成下列各题。
【小题1】将句①翻译成汉语。
【小题2】请在②处填入一个恰当的连接词。
【小题3】将句③翻译成英语。
【小题4】请在“Driving will be safer ________ these cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour.”的空白处填入一个恰当的词，使它与句④意思相同。
【小题5】结合文意，在下面两个句子中选取一个填入文中⑤处。
| A．they will be useful for long trips | B．they will not be useful for long trips. |
Robot revolution
The day that a robot wakes you up，cleans your room and walks your dog might still be a few years off. Engineers are saying that robots are going to make the leap from the factory floor to your family room.
Companies like Sony and General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba，a robot that can clean floors，are flying off the shelves. On the cover of a recent Scientific American magazine，Bill Gates predicted the “Dawn of the Age of Robots”.
What's behind this new time？It's a matter of technology in some ways. Devices（设备）that can recognize human voice and reply to him have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more powerful.
To be sure，robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still too complex（复杂的）for our present engineering abilities. Today's robot revolution is to make them for everyday use. Robots will do the housework such as cleaning or gardening，or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
What makes a robot different from an ordinary cleaning machine is not the computer chips. Nowadays even your microwave has a computer chip. It is the ability to sense and make changes to the environment in real time.
For example，a floor-cleaning robot should be able to sense your scared cat and move out of the way. Today's computing ability is，for the first time，able to make machines that could “think"，at least in certain limited ways.根据短文内容完成表格（每格限填一词）。
Robot Revolution | |
What today's robot can do | What |
*recognize and | *sense and make some changes to the |
*talk like people | |
*work in the | |
* | |
*move around, like walking or | * |
* | |
*think in some limited | |
*be able to | |
The 14th Five-year Plan (2021-2025) has drawn great attention, since we consider this period as the start of China’s journey to fully build a modern socialist country. Here are some of the changes it includes.
Research and development (R&D)
Larger 5G networks and robot waiters will become more common in China. The country’s spending on R&D will increase by more than 7 percent per year during the 14th Five-year Plan period.
This means that the government will build more labs. There will be more science and technology programs. The government will give research institutes (研究机构) more money to buy experimental equipment and pay salaries to researchers.
Forest coverage
There will be steady (稳定的) growth in China as forest coverage goes from 23.04% in 2020 to 24.1% by 2025. This is higher than the global average (平均) figure of 22%. China will also use more clean energy sources, such as sun and wind energy.
Life expectancy
The life expectancy (预期寿命) of Chinese citizens is expected to increase by one year during the 14th Five-year Plan period. Life expectancy in China now is 77.3 years, higher than the average of medium-and-high-income countries.
Public fitness programs will be carried out to raise life expectancy. For example, more exercise equipment will be built in communities.
Years of education received by the working-age population
The working-age population means those aged 15 to 64. Normally the more education the working-age population receives, the better products and services they’ll produce.
By 2025, the working-age population will receive 11.3 years of education on average. This means most people will at least finish high school before getting a job.
To realize this, the government will develop better and fairer education.
| A Quick Look at the 14th Five-year Plan | |
| This period is | |
| Research and development (R&D) | ● There will be more 5G networks and robot waiters in China. The country’s spending on research and development will ● The government will |
| Forest coverage | ●China’s forest coverage will ● China will use more clean energy sources, |
| Life expectancy | ● During the 14th Five-year Plan period, Chinese citizens are expected to live one year ● Public fitness programs will be carried out, like |
| Years of education received by the working-age population | ● If people receive more education, they will produce ● By 2025, most people won’t get a job |
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