大学生英语竞赛D类阅读理解专项强化真题试卷24
第四部分
Have you ever thought about inventing something? Did you worry that your idea was too strange or unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again.
1.
common sense
解析：(weird ideas稀奇古怪的念头。与之相反的词组应为common sense常识。)
2.
huge／large tubes
解析：(根据第二段第五、六句，Pedrick发明了huge tubes来运输冰球。)
3.
golf balls
解析：(第二段第八句指出，Pedrick还发明了由无线电控制的golf balls。)
4.
underwear
解析：(参见第四段倒数第三句。)
5.
with drinkable ink
解析：(参见第四段倒数第三句。)
Robots are useful in exploring space because they can work in the conditions which exist in space. Such robots usually look like boxes with wheels. Though these robots are useful, however, they are extremely expensive—they break easily and they cannot do very many tasks. Because of these problems, scientists have been working on a new and unusual kind of robot. These new robots will look and move like snakes, so they have been given the name ‘snakebots\’.
6.
effective
解析：(根据第一段的第三句，这样的机器人很昂贵，容易损坏，并且完成不了太多的任务，这里应填effective。)
7.
break easily
解析：(参见第一段的第三句。)
8.
snakebots
解析：(根据第二段的倒数第四句可知，有轮机器人很容易被卡住，或掉落，但snakebots不会出现这样的问题。)
9.
modules
解析：(根据第四段的第二句：snakebot由大概30个部分或模块(modules)组成。)
10.
versatility and affordability
解析：(根据最后一句话：With their versatility and affordability，snakebots will be the way of the future，snakebots成为未来空间探索的一种途径，原因是它的versatility and affordability(多功能性和可承受性)。)
Robots are useful in exploring space because they can work in the conditions which exist in space. Such robots usually look like boxes with wheels. Though these robots are useful, however, they are extremely expensive—they break easily and they cannot do very many tasks. Because of these problems, scientists have been working on a new and unusual kind of robot. These new robots will look and move like snakes, so they have been given the name ‘snakebots\’.
11.
effective
解析：(根据第一段的第三句，这样的机器人很昂贵，容易损坏，并且完成不了太多的任务，这里应填effective。)
12.
break easily
解析：(参见第一段的第三句。)
13.
snakebots
解析：(根据第二段的倒数第四句可知，有轮机器人很容易被卡住，或掉落，但snakebots不会出现这样的问题。)
14.
modules
解析：(根据第四段的第二句：snakebot由大概30个部分或模块(modules)组成。)
15.
versatility and affordability
解析：(根据最后一句话：With their versatility and affordability，snakebots will be the way of the future，snakebots成为未来空间探索的一种途径，原因是它的versatility and affordability(多功能性和可承受性)。)
The Wai Wai are a tribe of about 250 people who live in the Amazon jungle. This tribe has had little contact with the modern world. In fact, their nearest neighbour, another tribe of native people , live so far away that it takes three weeks to walk from one village to the other.
16.【R1】
favour
解析：(文章中指出Colonel Blashford-Snell是极少
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