Hunger could be his only （）for killing a living thing.

Hunger could be his only for killing a living thing.

A.sensation

B.cause

C.reason

D.motive

A robot is so lifelike that its sweats are helping the US Army to test protective clothing. "Manny", as the developer of the mannequin(人体模型), Battelle Laboratories, has christened(给……取名) it, is also【B1】the interest of clothing manufacturers, 【B2】are looking for more realistic tests【B3】clothing for sold weather and athletics.

The original Manny, which【B4】$2 million, was sent to the army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah in early November. The army【B5】uses Dugway to test chemical and biological【B6】. "The mannequin resembles the human body in size, 【B7】and trunk geometry," says David Bennett of Battelle's【B8】. Physics Center in Richland, Washing ton. "It can【B9】complex body temperature and sweating. It will test the【B10】of clothing used to protect people【B11】chemicals, extremes of temperature and other【B12】environments."

Manny incorporates 12 heaters which【B13】the skin above them. Perspiration can be【B14】so that it fits the robot's action【B15】it can sweat more and heat up【B16】it is walking up stairs. The main【B17】of this system is that them is very little good【B18】around on just how much individual parts of the【B19】heat up and sweat in【B20】situations.

【B1】

A．exciting

B．satisfying

C．producing

D．moving

听力原文： A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time when he should have been digging the ground for planting the new crop of potatoes. He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself, but that she could manage to do the planting; and he knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do the digging for them. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said, "Please do not dig the potato field. I hid the money and the gun there."

Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said, "I think somebody read your letter before it got out of the prison. Someone arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole potato field. What shall I do now?"

The prisoner wrote back at once, "Plant the potatoes, of course."

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A．Because his wife was ill in bed.

B．Because the farm work needed him badly.

C．Because the weather was so bad that his wife could not dig up the land.

D．Because his wife didn't know how to do any farm work.

These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, "meet and look. " Many of them do so willingly. In today's prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon , or arranged marriage, is thriving.

But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn't reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middlernan. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren'ai kekkon , or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.

But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn't necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. "Today's young people are quite calculating," says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.

What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country's history, the "Japanization" of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new orniai in which both parties are free to reject the match. "Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction," Mrs. Akiyama says.

Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age—in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men—they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It's hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.

These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighborhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it's less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.

Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $ 125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $ 200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughthers, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents. )

According to the passage, today's young Japanese prefer______.

A．a traditional arranged marriage

B．a new type of arranged marriage

C．a Western love marriage

D．a more Westernized love marriage