2013年职称英语考试阅读理解习题(3)_第2页

　　 Feedback from the movement detector let the program work out which sets of instructions were best at producing lift. The most successful ones were paired up and “offspring” sets of instructions were generated by swapping instructions randomly between successful pairs. These next-generation instructions were then sent to the robot and evaluated before breeding a new generation, and the process was repeated.
1.Which of the following is NOT true of what is mentioned about the winged robot in the second paragraph?
A. The two professors of CUT built the winged robot.
B. The two professors of CUT tested whether the winged robot could learn to fly.
C. The two professors of CUT programmed the data on how the robot flapped its wings.
D. The two professors of CUT tried to find out if the robot could fly by itself.

2.How did the robot behave at the beginning of the test?
A. It rotated its wings through 90 degrees.
B. It twitched but gradually gained height.
C. It was twitched and broke down.
D. It landed not long after the test.

3.Which of the following is nearest to Peter Bentley’s view on the winged robot?
A. The winged robot could never really fly.
B. The winged robot did not have a mortor.
C. The winged robot should go through further evolution before it could fly.
D. The robot could fly if it were lighter.

4.What measured how much lift the robot produced?
A. Two vertical rods.
B. A movement detector.
C. An elastic band.
D. Both B and C.

5.What does “the process” appearing in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Pairing up successful instructions.
B. Sending instructions to the robot.
C. Generating new sets of instructions for evaluation.
D. All the above

　 Stress level Tied to Education Level
　　 People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
　　 However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a larger impact on their health.
　　 From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are not random, Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them.