湖北龙泉中学、宜昌一中2016届10月联考英语试题及答案(2)

However unusual it may seem, chainsaw art is here to stay. The final test of success for any type of art is the enthusiasm and acceptance of the public. The conclusion is: people love watching chainsaw artists work, and people love the sculptures they create.
21. What do we know about chainsaw artists?
A. They are originally traditional lumberjacks.
B. They create masterpieces in woods and forests.
C. They introduce a new concept of artists to people.
D. They produce their sculptures while cutting down trees.
22. Chainsaw art _____.
A. is a kind of folk art B. is hard to be spread
C. focuses on modern themes D. needs time to be mastered
23. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 4?
    A. The origins of the lumberjack art.
    B. The experiences of a chainsaw artist.
    C. The procedure for creating a chainsaw sculpture.  
    D. The application of chainsaw in the lumberjack art.
B
You know what it’s like. You’ve just arrived in Toronto after a long flight, and all you really want to do is to lie down and relax in your hotel room. But first you have to make a few quick notes for tomorrow’s meeting, then check your e-mails, and perhaps print out a few things. And you need to make a few local telephone calls, and one call home to your family.
And what do you usually get? Your desk is just about big enough for a cup of coffee; there’s no desk lamp; the stationery(办公用品) is a couple of sheets of headed notepaper; and a pen doesn’t work. Printing has to be arranged with the Reception, and when you try to use your cellphone you find that it won’t work in Canada.
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24. The advertisement is intended for_____.
A. airline staff B. business people C.secretaries D. tourists
25. What must the guest do if he wants a secretary?
A. Inform the hotel in advance. B. Tell the Reception on arrival.
C. Call an employment agency. D. Put up a notice in the hotel.
26. Why is it best to book now?
A. The best rooms go first. B. Prices might increase soon.
C. It ensures high standard rooms. D. Rooms may become unavailable.
27. What is special about Harmony?
A. It offers telephone calls for free. B. It provides printing at the Reception.
C. It gives high standard information services. D. It makes arrangements to meet guests’ needs.
C
Robots are being used for the first time in hospitals. “Robot-nurses” perform a variety of tasks such as delivering medicine, food and laboratory samples to sickrooms and taking away waste. Patients aren’t treated by robots, as this is still done by medical staff. The idea is to employ robots to transport supplies between departments.
“Nurses often have to break off from what they are doing to gather supplies,” says Peter Seiff, who makes the robots called TUGs. Research shows any interruption in medical work can lead to errors --- a nurse may forget whether she has given medicine and may give a patient double the dose (剂量) or none at all.
The robots vary in size according to what job they perform, but normally take the shape of a metal box on wheels, with a box on the side containing their software.
After being programmed, the robots are able to find their way around a hospital unassisted. They also contain scanning technology to create electronic pictures or a “memory” of routes on their hard drives to help them go through passages, doors and other obstacles. Each robot is also monitored at the producer’s headquarters (总部) in case it runs into any difficulties.
Trials show TUGs reduce the time it takes for a patient to receive medicine, and stop drugs from going missing. A study at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the U.S. found that when three TUGs were used over the course of a year, the average length of time from the drugstore receiving a prescription to the patient receiving it dropped from 74 minutes to 30 minutes and saved nurses 6,123 hours finding medicines. It also cut the number of medicines that went missing to zero.
“The biggest complaints we receive from patients is that the nurses don’t spend enough time with them. Anything that frees nurses is a boon,” says Katherine Mulligan, director of nursing at the hospital, “The TUGs allow nurses to spend more time focusing on patient care. Nurse satisfaction has improved.”
28. Which of the following activities are robot-nurses NOT programmed to deal with?
A. Transporting supplies.      B. Taking away waste.
C. Taking care of patients.   D. Creating electronic pictures.
29. The underline word “boon” in the last paragraph probably means           .
A. benefit   B. dream    C. habit   D. complaint
30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Robots can help nurses save a lot of time. 
B. All robots have the same size. 
C. Robots are unable to find their way by themselves.