【正文】 world.（3）What is special about BODY WORLDS amp。t miss this truly unique opportunity to look within yourself and gain a whole new perspective on what it means to be alive. More than one hundred preserved human specimens reveal the wonders of human development and show how poor health, good health, and lifestyle choices can shape your body.（1）Which exhibit do you need to book in advance? Garden Bird39。 s DNA sequenced? What keeps you awake? Step inside the Hall of Human Life, the Museum39。Hall of Human Life (Permanent Exhibit)Test your observation skills and see if you can get past different birds without them alerting (發(fā)信號) other animals to your presence This exhibit features the Museum39。A Bird39。 再根據(jù)最后一段中的“The next step in the research will be to test RAS39。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)章第二段中的“ The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors （傳感器）equipped in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities”可知機(jī)器人活動支持系統(tǒng)（RAS）使用WSU智能家居中配備的傳感器（傳感器）來確定其居民在哪里，他們在做什么以及何時需要日?；顒拥膸椭?，說明傳感器起到了重大的作用，故選A。Elderly people leave the nursing home.B.Doubtful.D.It can locate people and do any task.Through a mobile robot.Through sensors. Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with every day activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. With the number of adults over 85 expected to triple by 2050, researchers hope that technologies like RAS and the WSU smart home will relieve some of the financial strain on the healthcare system by making it easier for older adults to live alone. The Robot Activity Support System or RAS, uses sensors installed in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It navigates (定位) through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or a snack in the kitchen.RAS bines the convenience of a mobile robot with the activity detection technology of a WSU smart home to provide assistance in the moment, as the need for help is detected, said Bryan Minor, a postdoctoral researcher in the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.D.It can cook for owners on its own.（3）What39。Negative.C.B.D. （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ While we are still in an early stage of development, our initial results with RAS have been promising”可知，Minor對這款機(jī)器人的未來發(fā)展充滿信心、非常樂觀，故選C。 performance ”可知，機(jī)器人目前還在華盛頓州立大學(xué)的智能屋里進(jìn)行測試，故選B。 Walk among the freeflying residents of this warm conservatory. It is a wonderful opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies from New England and across the globe. The Emergence Box offers a window into the butterfly behavior. Look inside to see hanging chrysalids (蝶蛹) transform into adult butterflies. Tickets are required and visitors should reserve at least two weeks in advance.s World (Permanent Exhibit)s extraordinary collection of birds, displaying over 300 species found in New England. Here, you can learn to interpret the bird language taking place just outside your window at home.Learn to identify birds from a distance by recognizing unique flight patterns. Practice your flying technique in the Bird Walk.s new biology exhibition, and encounter such farreaching questions on an amazing journey inside the human body. Through digital media and personal interaction, you bee part of the story39。BODY WORLDS amp。BODY WORLDS es to the Museum of Science with a new chapter, Gunther von Hagens39。s World of Human Life WORLDS amp。 The Cycle of Life? is related to human body. lasts for only a limited time. is the most visited exhibition in the world. has something to do with the growth of life.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了波士頓科技館的四個展覽的相關(guān)信息。故選A?？芍?，游客在Bird Walk 活動中提高自己的飛行技能。 The Cycle of life 部分中的“Temporary Exhibit Now Open!”臨時展覽現(xiàn)在開始！可知，BODY WORLDS amp。3．閱讀理解 re hungry, we eat at home instead of going out. We take buses instead of taxis. And we wear our old designer jeans just a few months longer. With college expenses at alltime highs, high school students are eager to do anything to cut the cost of a university education.s degree in three years instead of four. Educational institutions have been actively exploring ways to make the learning process more efficient. But there39。I doubt that mainstream North American colleges will carry out a threeyear curriculum any time soon. For one thing, most universities already allow highly qualified students to graduate early by testing out of certain classes and obtaining a number of college credits. In addition, at famous universities, the mittee who determine which courses are required and which courses are electives are unlikely to suddenly throw out one quarter of the required credits. Professors will resist diluting (稀釋) the quality of the education they offer.s not a good idea to water down medicine. If we want to help students find their way through university, we should help them understand early on what knowledge and skills they need to have upon graduation. We should allow students to test out of as many courses as possible. We should give them a chance to earn money as interns (實(shí)習(xí)生) in meaningful parttime jobs that relate to their university studies, such as the fiveyear coop program at Northeastern University.（1）Which of the following can best sum up the main idea? 39。根據(jù)第二段中的“Few US universities have formally approved a ‘threeyear degree’ model.”很少有美國大學(xué)正式批準(zhǔn)“三年學(xué)位”模式；以及最后一段中的“In my opinion, a quality fouryear education is always superior to a quality threeye