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| 文章出处：学生大考试站 发布时间：2005-10-12 |
, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially heated house-while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant, If you don't believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may miss the hamburgers (汉堡包), but at least you'll get rid of that terrible hum.
21. The statement "In my fridge lees fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily."?
(Line 1, Para. 2) suggests that _______.
A) the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
B) the author was not accustomed to use fridges even in his fifties
C) there was no fridge in the author's home in the 1950s
D) the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
正确答案是
22. Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
A) People would not buy more food than was necessary.
B) Food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
C) Food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
D) People had effective ways to preserve their food.
正确答案是
23. Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
A) Inventors.
B) Consumers.
C) Manufacturers.
D) Traveling salesmen.
正确答案是
24. Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge's negative effect on the environment?
A) "Hum away continuously"
B) "Climatically almost unnecessary"
C) "Artificially cooled space"
D) "With mild temperatures"
正确答案是
25. What is the author's overall attitude toward fridges?
A) Neutral
B) Critical
C) Objective
D) Compromising
正确答案是
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. Such enormous numbers used to discourage us and cause us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with humanlike ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software (软件) or by
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