Book 5 Unit 3 Science and nature阅读理解组块练.阅读理解A(山西省太原市2018届高三第二次模拟考试)Located in Los Angeles, University of Southern California is in the heart of a leading city.Although LA ranks highly in The Economists Safe Cities Index, navigating and city calls for certain safety precautions (预防措施) along with practicing common sense. Mobile Safety App Powered by LiveSafeThe Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe, manage by the USC Department of Public Safety and the USC Department of Emergency Planning, is a free downloadable app that mobile users can use to initiate contact with emergency responders around the campus.Features include: immediate “push button” calls to DPS, easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes in progress, and location services to notify friends of your route through campus. Blue Light Phone LocationsThe University Park has multiple blue light phones that are strategically placed throughout campus.Take note of where the closest ones are on your route.They come in handy in case you lose your phone or in an emergency.These phones are directly connected to USCs Department of Public Safetys 24hour communications center.Besides emergency needs, it can also be used to report suspicious activity, request for an escort (护送) if you feel unsafe and to report a crime. Trojans AlertTrojans Alert is an emergency notification system that allows university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message or email.When an emergency occurs, authorized USC senders will instantly notify you with realtime updates, instructions on where to go, what to do (or what not to do), whom to contact and other important information.All members of the USC community, as well as parents and regular visitors to campus, are strongly encouraged to sign up for Trojans Alert.1What do blue light phones do for students?AGuide students through campus.BAlert students to crime activities.CLight up the way if students feel unsafe.DConnect them with the safety department.2How does USC send out instructions during an emergency?AWith blue light phones.BVia text message or email.CThrough mobile safe app.DBy calling all USC members.3What is the purpose of the text?ATo encourage students to fight crimes.BTo introduce USCs safety department.CTo provide safety services for USC students.DTo inform parents of safety risks on campus.【答案与解析】1D细节推理题。根据Blue Light Phone Locations中第四句可知，这些手机直接连接到南加州大学公共安全部门的24小时通讯中心，故选D。2B细节推理题。根据Trojans Alert中第一句可知，Trojans Alert是一个紧急通知系统，在紧急情况下通过短信或电子邮件发出指令，故选B。3C推理判断题。根据第一段和下文的安全服务措施的具体介绍可知，本文的目的是介绍大学为学生们提供的安全服务，故选C。B(2018云南质检)In a science fiction future, well arrive at the hotel in our driverless taxi，check in at the reception desk staffed by androids, and then follow the robot porter(行李员) as it carries our bags to our room.However, this is already a science fact.Robots are already working in some hotelsthe Hennna Hotel in Sasebo，Japan is manned entirely by machines.In a Marriott hotel in Ghent, Belgium, a humanoid robot named Mario has been working since June 2015.He welcomes guests in 19 languages.Another robot has just taken up a concierge(接待员) position at a Hilton McLean hotel in Virginia.So the rise of the hotel machines seems unstoppable, but will guests really want to stay in robotrun hotels? And will it come at the cost of human interaction and human jobs?US.online booking company Travelzoo gathered some statistics.Of the 6,000 travelers surveyed globally, nearly two thirds said theyd be comfortable with the idea of being looked after by machines.Richard Singer, Travelzoos European president, says he welcomes the day when apps and machines will get us from lobbies(大堂) to rooms.But how to stop a robot stealing your job?“A lot of jobs considered nonautomatable in the past are now automatable，” said Carl Benedikt Frey from University of Oxford, an expert on technology and employment.But Frey says its still too early to say what effect robots will have on employment levels.In other words, even though robots may soon be checking us in, thats no excuse for us to be out.4Three hotels are mentioned in the text to show that _.Arobots are already working in hotels in realityBmany common jobs can be done by robotsCrobots can really help people check into hotelsDthere are now some restaurants run by robots5The company Travelzoo found out that _.Arobots will put hotel employees out of workBrobots still have a long way to go to replace humansCthe hotel robots are mostly wellreceivedDsome hotel jobs can be automatable6What is Richard Singers attitude towards using robots in hotels?ADoubtful.BPositive.CNegative. DCautious.7Which of the following can be the best title of the text?AJapan Opens Worlds First Robot HotelBOur Next Hotel Will Be Staffed by RobotsCHow to Compete with Robots for