课时作业(八)必修2Unit 3 Computers限时：30分钟.多项选择1While there are some differences in the educational systems in many countries in the world，education is _.Aregular BuniversalClogical Dnormal2The loss has not yet been _ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.Acalculated BconsideredCcompleted Dcontrolled3Saying you are sorry wont _ the damage of breaking the vase.Aturning up Bputting upCmaking up Dshowing up4He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his _ was seen at its best when he worked with others.Aadvantage BappearanceCqualification Dcharacter5These plastic flowers look so _that many people think they are real.Abeautiful BnaturalCartificial Dsimilar6In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a _ for everyone to stand up.Asignal BchanceCmark Dmeasure7In some countries, poisonous snakes can be used to _ the jewels in the shop at night.Awatch over Bwatch outClook out Dtake over8We should know that we can only reach the top if we are ready to _ and learn from failure.Adeal with Bdepend onCcarry on Dgo with9Chinas first Mars probe，Yinghuo1，was launched in the second half of the year 2011 and it was the first time that China _ another planet.Aexplored BresearchedCdiscovered Dinvented10Running a company is not _ a matter of hiring peoplethey also need to be trained.Asimply BpartlyCseriously Dequally.阅读理解AA Northern Ireland team is leading a research to develop a thinking computer which can sense a users mood.Researchers at Queens University in Belfast hope to complete the 10 million Euro project for an emotionsensitive computer within four years.The aim is to enable computers to think and behave more like humans.The Europewide project is being led by the universitys School of Psychology and involves 160 researchers from 27 institutions.The universitys researchers developed the scheme and signed the contract with the European Commission.The academics said the work will build upon attempts to create “multimodal interfaces (多模式界面)” which allow machines to sense and respond to the moods of the user.Programme leader Professor Roddy Cowie said while it sounds like science fiction, computers which respond to human emotion will appear in the future.“At the moment, our use of computers is limited by the fact that we need a keyboard and a screen to access them，” he said.“It would make a big difference if we could interact with them by speaking normallyperhaps through a microphone and a transmitter (传感器)” But emotion is part of normal speech, and experience has shown that most users are deeply uncomfortable with speech interfaces that ignore ittoo uncomfortable to use them very much.“If we can make computers more intuitive (富于直觉的) and expressive, and also less challenging to use, there is great potential to let people make fuller use of information technology.”The emotionsensitive computer would have its own “personality” and establish a social relationship with the user.“Its a fair bet that in 30 years time, emotionsensitive interfaces will be as much part of life as windowandmouse interfaces are now，” said Professor Cowie.The project team believes such computers will play a major role in teaching and learning.11Which of the following statements is TRUE about the project?AIt aims to create an emotionsensitive computer.BIt can create a 10 million Euro profit.CIt is led by a Southern Ireland team.DIt has been completed within four years.12How will computers sense users moods?AThrough a screen. BThrough a keyboard.CThrough the voice of users.DThrough multimodal interfaces.13We can infer from the passage that a persons emotion_.Avaries from time to time Bis determined by his own personalityCplays an important role in normal speechDmakes people uncomfortable when one is speaking14What conclusion can we draw from the last paragraph?AEmotionsensitive computers can talk freely as human beings.BIt will be difficult for people to use emotionsensitive computers.CEmotionsensitive computers have been widely used in teaching.DIt will be common for people to use emotionsensitive computers in the future.BFujitsu, a Japanese technology company, has created a system capable of simultaneously(同时地)charging multiple portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and laptop computers without the need for cable connections.Electric cars users may also eventually be able to charge their vehicles wirelessly using the same technology, said the company, which developed a sample system at Osaka Prefecture University. Claiming to be the worlds first of its kind, the technology works on the basis of the transm