1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 241及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 0 What is it that made Steve Jobs special? What can we learn from this once-in-a-lifetime entrepreneur? Steve Jobs was a visionary and he ensured that he took his company through his vision whenever he was at helm. In【 M1】 _ fact, during his decade
2、 long absent from Apple following his【 M2】 _ ouster in 1985, Apple went through some tumultuous time for【 M3】 _ the lack of quality leadership! One of the biggest obstacles which the church faces today is the lack of vision, especially【 M4】 _ in its leaders. Although we set out with and towards a go
3、od【 M5】 _ vision, the church is just going to be a four-walled structure. Quite often, this results not just from lack of growth, but a【 M6】 _ slow, but steady stagnation. Steve Jobs thought ahead. Always. He never went out with【 M7】 _ the flow, and was always one or more steps ahead of the rest,【 M
4、8】 _ perfectly showcased with the launches of path-breaking product like the iPhone, iPod, and iPad! His approach was【 M9】 _ “people dont know what they want. We tell them and give them that.“ How amazing it would be if believers have the【 M10】 _ same approach? We are often happy with what we have a
5、nd we just go on with our Sunday-to-Sunday routine! Do we realise the fact that people around us don t quite know that they are lost? They won t approach us(more often than not) with their needs. We need to recognise their need that they may not even know about. 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M
6、5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】 9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 Applications outside the Earth s atmosphere are clearly a good fit for robots. It is dangerous for humans to get to space, to be in space and to return from space. Keeping robots operating reliably in space presents some unique challenges to engineers.
7、 The ultra-high vacuum in space【 M1】 _ prevents the use from most types of lubricants. The【 M2】 _ temperatures can swing wildly depending on whether the robot is in the sun light or shade. But, of course, there is【 M3】 _ almost no gravity. This is actually more of an opportunity than a challenge and
8、 leads to the possibility of some unique designs. The conceptual robot has 21 independent joints. On earth it would be possible for this robot to support its own【 M4】 _ weight, but in space, the design presents some unique capabilities. The robot can reach around obstacles and through out port holes
9、. The robot also possesses a huge【 M5】 _ degree of fault tolerance. It can continue to operate with excellent dexterity even after several joints fail. NASA decided to develop a $288-million Flight Telerobotics Servicer(FTS)in 1987 to help astronauts assemble the Space Station, which was growing big
10、ger and complex with each redesign. Shown here is the winning【 M6】 _ robot design by Martin Marietta, who received a $297-million contract in May 1989 to develop a vehicle by 1993. About the best thing which can be said for the FTS【 M7】 _ project was that it generated a lot of lessons learned. The r
11、obot never flew and never will because it was never【 M8】 _ completed. This project demonstrated that fault tolerance gone wildly will doom a robot. The robot had so many【 M9】 _ redundant systems that there was just so much to go wrong.【 M10】 _ 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M5】 16 【 M6】 17
12、 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 Todays kindergarteners are heavier than kids brought up in the 1970s and 1980s and appear to be on the road to become【 M1】 _ overweight and obese in the years to come, a new study finds. “Its not just kids are already overweight getting more and more【 M2】 _ so,
13、there is an entire shift. Even those who are abnormal weight【 M3】 _ are gaining weight,“ said lead study author Ashlesha Datar, serious economist at RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif.【 M4】 _ Researchers analyzed data on to nearly 6,000 white, black and【 M5】 _ Hispanic children who participated in th
14、e Early Childhood Longitudinal Studya nationally representative exampleand【 M6】 _ had their height and weight measure over nine years, in【 M7】 _ kindergarten, first, third, fifth and eighth grades. The study found nearly 40 percent of kindergarteners had a body mass index(BMT)in the 75th percentile
15、or above, down【 M8】 _ from 25 percent in the 1970s and 1980s, when the growth charts are developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and【 M9】 _ Prevention. While a BMI in the 75th percentile is still in the normal range, that child may be headed for being overweight or obese, Datar said. And i
16、f theyre already at the 75th percentile in kindergarten, they dont have far to go before they tip the【 M10】 _ overweight or obese category, which puts them at risk of serious health problems as adults. 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 30 Forg
17、et expensive educational DVDs and private tutors, the secret to smart children could be so simple as giving birth【 M1】 _ to them two years apart. Researchers who studied thousands of children found two-year gap to be optimum in boosting brain【 M2】 _ power. Any shorter, and the reading and maths skil
18、ls of the older child dipped. The effect was strongest between the first and second-born, but siblings in bigger families are also【 M3】 _ benefited. The theory comes from Kasey Buckles, an economist whose own children are, rather unfortunately, just over two years【 M4】 _ apart in age. She said it is
19、 likely that the difference in academic achievement is linked to the time and resources parents can invest in a child before a young sibling arrives.【 M5】 _ However, waiting for more than two years did not increase【 M6】 _ the advantage, the Journal of Human Resources will report. Siblings with a two
20、-year spacing include Albert Einstein and sister Maja, and Lord Attenborough and younger brother David. Kasey Buckles, who lead the study told the Sunday【 M7】 _ Times: “We believe this is the first time anyone has established a casual benefit to increase the spacing between siblings.“ The study also
21、 showed that gaps between children in larger families was also beneficial. Buckles told the newspaper: “The【 M8】 _ two year gap is significant because the early years are the most important in a childs development so dividing your time when the child is one is more harmful than dividing it when the child is already at school.“ The effect more pronounced in【 M9】 _ families with lower incomes, as those with less money could【 M10】 _ spend to compromise for lack of time. 31 【 M1】 32 【 M2】 33 【 M3】 34 【 M4】 35 【 M5】 36 【 M6】 37 【 M7】 38 【 M8】 39 【 M9】 40 【 M10】 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 241答案与解析
