单元质量检测(二)(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)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
AResearchers at The University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes.“Shoes convey a thin but useful piece of information about their wearer，”the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality.“Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues (非语言暗示) with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”Medical Daily notes that the detailed personality information detected in the study includes a person's general age, gender, income, political ideas, and other personality, including someone's emotional stability.Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 students from The University of Kansas looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. V olunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.Some of the results were expected: people with higher income most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by outgoing people.However, some results are funny and interesting. For example，“practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned_with the “aggressive”personality. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking”shoes tend to have the “calm” personality.The researchers noted that some people would choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality information, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personality.1．According to Paragraph 2, which of the following statements is true?A．The shoes people wear may reflect the information of the wearer.B．People would always look at strangers' shoes with a practical purpose.C．Shoes are so funny and interesting that they attract people's much attention.D．People pay attention to shoes in order to know the information of the shoes.2．According to the text, the researchers did the study by ________．A．doing casual interviewsB．carrying out lab experimentsC．analyzing the data from the participantsD．observing the participants3．The underlined part “aligned with”probably means “________”．A．familiar with B．related toC．provided with D．devoted toBA little girl lines up plastic letters in front of a little robot. The robot struggles to reproduce them on a tablet. The girl kindly steps in to help, writing out the word to show the robot how to do it. She puts in effort to teach the robot, without realizing that she is actually the one who is improving her writing skills. Yesterday, EPFL researchers introduced their new teaching tool at the Conference on HumanRobot Interaction (HRI) held in Portland, the USA.The program is based on a principle called “Learning by Teaching”. When children experience difficulties in writing, they can easily lose confidence, or even gradually lose interest in the learning process. Eventually, their entire education can be affected. When students put themselves in the place of a teacher and pass on what they know to their peers, they can regain their selfconfidence and interest in their studies.Scientists developed progressive writing algorithms (算法) and used them in an existing robot model which was designed to interact with humans. With these algorithms, the machine can slowly draw words on demand, and then gradually improve. To do this, it uses many handwriting examples, which allow it to reproduce common errors made by young children while learning. It is also possible to program the robot so that it can pay attention to the particular difficulties of a student.The system has already been used in primary school lessons with about seventy students ranging from six to eight years old, and then individually with a sixyearold child for one hour per week over the course of one month. So far the system has been very well received.4．The little girl is mentioned to ________．A．advertise an old robotB．introduce a smart girl to usC．lead to the topic of the textD．explain how girls study today5．What kind of role does the robot play?A．A teacher who is good at teaching.B．A student who needs to be taught.C．A student who is good at his studies.D．A teacher who knows students' mistakes.6．What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?A．How the robot works.B．The popularity of the robot.C．Why the robot was designed.D．The appearance of the robot.7．Those who have tried the system most probably consider it ________．A．difficult B．stupidC．childish D．helpfulCMy kids tell me it's unfair to play with the big children; I tell them that's right. The playing field is never even or equal. Your skills and attitude play a major role in the outcome.Unfairness is a good thing. There is more to be gained by the effort when things seem unfair. It is true that many things in the world are unfair, but unfair things usually benefit you. For example, the early bird catches the worm. It is unfair that the bird that sleeps in misses out on breakfast, but it is nice to know that if he gets up early he is sure to get the worm.I always try to explain to my kids that complaining about how unfair the thing is will get them nowhere. Instead, make use of it and get on the other side of it. Once you do that you are in the advantage. Above all, you have to focus on gaining the unfair advantage and you have to build your inner strength. When you empower (使强大) yourself, you are gaining skills or abilities, confidence and selfconfidence. You should look at your place in the world. Where do you want to be financially, spiritually, emotionally, and physically? You are creating your own story when you empower yourself.You can build all the advantages that you need to live the life that you want. If you haven't yet, you need to make a list of all the things you want to experience in your new life. This will help you focus on building the advantage so that you never have to say that it's not fair. When you do this, then you will be able to realize that unfairness is a good thing.8．Why is unfairness a good thing?A．It will benefit us.B．It leads us to success.C．It's common in the playing field.D．It gives us a realistic view of the world.9．How does the author explain the benefits of unfair things?A．By listing facts.B．By telling a story.C．By making comparisons.D．By giving an example.10．According to the author, what should we do in face of unfair things?A．Avoid them if possible.B．Take advantage of them.C．Change them to fair things.D．Analyze the reason behind them.11．The text is written to ________．A．advise us to be positive before unfair thingsB．ask us to stop complaining about unfair thingsC．encourage us to try our best in the playing fieldD．show the author's attitude to competitive sportsDWe've been covering standing desks for a long time now because experts agree that sitting all day is killing us. We want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthy. Over the years, there have been several solutions to this from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones, portable desks to ones that change into shelves.However, the most high tech and elegant solution has to be this new smart desk called The Stir Kinetic Desk. The desk learns your daily behaviors and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep you moving without interrupting your work flow.You can program specific sitting and standing intervals or let the desk set the schedule. If you tend to sit while returning emails in the morning，but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call，the desk will learn those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit them. Of course, the desk can always be manually lowered or raised by using the touch screen on the lower left corner of the desk.When switching positions, the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming up. If you're not ready to switch positions at that time, you can tap the touch screen to stay sitting or standing for a while longer.The builtin touch screen also keeps track of your daily sitting and standing times and tells you how many calories you've burned. You can even set goals for how long or often you want to stand. The desk also works with fitness devices like the FitBit to track your movements.All of that smart tech doesn't come cheap though. The M1 desk，which is the everyday model，runs a steep $2，990, while the more executive model with added features, the F1, goes for $4，190.While expensive, it's worth thinking of how much time we spend at our desks. Much like a good mattress (床垫)，a good desk that works with you is worth the investment. Hopefully in a few years these smart, integrated desks will be more common and less expensive.12．The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed to ________．A．help users with their workB．keep users moving all the timeC．get users to exercise while workingD．remind users of their working schedule13．Which is the feature of the touch screen of the desk?A．It can tell users when to change positions.B．It can track users' changes of positions.C．It can keep users in a fixed position.D．It can detect users' health condition.14．Which of the following can best describe the desk?A．Productive but challenging.B．Convenient but unaffordable.C．Complex and impractical.D．Multifunctional and intelligent.15．What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?A．To spend money on such a desk is rewarding.B．We should get such a desk as soon as possible.C．It won't be long before the desk is widely used.D．Desks play a very important role in our daily life.Ⅱ.任务型阅读(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
