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user"s mood.Researchers at Queen"s University in Belfast hope to complete the 10 million Euro
project for an emotionsensitive computer within four years.
The aim is to enable computers to think and behave more like humans.The Europewide project is
being led by the university"s School of Psychology and involves 160 researchers from 27 institutions.
The university"s researchers developed the scheme and signed the contract with the European
Commission.The academics said the work will build upon attempts to create "multimodal interfaces
(多模式界面)" which allow machines to sense and respond to the moods of the user.
Programme leader Professor Roddy Cowie said while it sounds like science fiction, computers
which respond to human emotion will appear in the future."At the moment, our use of computers is
limited by the fact that we need a keyboard and a screen to access them," he said."It would make a
big difference if we could interact with them by speaking normally-perhaps through a microphone and
a transmitter (传感器)." But emotion is part of normal speech, and experience has shown that most
users are deeply uncomfortable with speech interfaces that ignore it-too uncomfortable to use them
very much."If we can make computers more intuitive (富于直觉的) and expressive, and also less
challenging to use, there is great potential to let people make fuller use of information technology."
The emotionsensitive computer would have its own "personality" and establish a social relationship
with the user."It"s a fair bet that in 30 years" time, emotionsensitive interfaces will be as much part of life
as windowandmouse interfaces are now," said Professor Cowie.The project team believes such computers will play a major role in teaching and learning.
B.It can create a 10 million Euro profit.
C.It is led by a Southern Ireland team.
D.It has been completed within four years.
B.Through a keyboard.
C.Through the voice of users.
D.Through multimodal interfaces.
B.is determined by his own personality
C.plays an important role in normal speech
D.makes people uncomfortable when one is speaking
B.It will be difficult for people to use emotionsensitive computers.
C.Emotionsensitive computers have been widely used in teaching.
D.It will be common for people to use emotionsensitive computers in the future.
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charging multiple portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras and laptop
computers without the need for cable connections.
Electric cars users may also eventually be able to charge their vehicles wirelessly using the same
technology, said the company, which developed a sample system at Osaka Prefecture University.
Claiming to be the world"s first of its kind, the technology works on the basis of the transmission of
electricity using magnetic fields between the charger and the electronic device.
The system enables wireless charging at distances of up to several meters. With the final aim of
installing public "charging spots" on the streets in order to enable easy charging around the clock,
scientists at Fujitsu Labs are planning to commercially sell products incorporating the new wireless
charging system as early as 2012 but have not yet decided how much they would cost.
"This technology paves the way to integrating compact wireless charging functions into mobile
phones and enabling multiple portable devices to be charged simultaneously without any restrictions
on their position relating to the charger," the company said in a statement.
Mobile phone users in Japan can currently charge their batteries using the disposable portable
plugin batteryoperated device, available at most train stations and convenience stores. However,
phone companies warn long time use of it can damage the phones.
The company added, "We are also looking at applying the results of this work to fields other
than portable electronics, including power transmission between circuit boards(电路板)or computer
chips,and providing mobile charging systems for electric cars."
B.readers feedback
C.a news report
D.a brief introduction
B.It enables you to charge your device very easily beside the clock.
C.It is wireless and makes multiple charging at the same time.
D.It can be bought at any formal supermarkets in the city
B.the system
C.the phone
D.the battery
B.Power transmission between circuit boards
C.New wireless charging system developed
D.Mobile phones damaged by charging
woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn"t stop
the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and
angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati,the elephant princess.
Parbati Barua"s father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an
elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant roundup-how
to catch wild elephants.
Parbati hasn"t always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father,she was sent
to a boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went
back to her old life. "Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts
for days after the chase,"she says.
But Parbati doesn"t catch elephants just for fun."My work," she says,"is to rescue man from the
elephants,and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for
many years. Increasingly,the Indian elephant is angry: for many years,illegal hunters have attacked it and
its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild
elephants enter a tea garden or a village,Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before
they can kill.
The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend
hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant."Eventually they grow to love their tamers
and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans,"she said,as she climbed up one of her
elephants and sat on the giant,happy animal. An elephant princess indeed!
B.keep both man and elephants safe
C.send them back to the jungle
D.make the angry elephants tame
B.she learned how to sing love songs
C.she had already been called an elephant princess
D.she was taught how to hunt tigers
B.illegal hunters capture them and kill them
C.they are attacked and their land gets limited
D.dogs often bark at them and chase them
B.the manelephant relationship is getting worse
C.elephant tamers are in short supply
D.dogs are as powerful as elephants
paid parking at public hospitals.
Visitors had been paying up to $5 a day to park at Canberra and Calvary hospitals under the scheme
introduced in September, 2010.
Health Minister Katy Gallagher announced yesterday visitors would no longer pay these fees because
the idea had proved unworkable and unpopular.
The Government would also spend $29 million over two years to build a multistorey car park with 1,
400 spaces at Canberra Hospital. But she could not rule out that visitors would be charged to park in the
new structure.
Ms Gallagher said the Government had listened to the public concerns. "It is clear that, in spite of a
generous policy, many visitors to the hospitals don"t support the present system," she said.
The public would have access to twohour and threehour parking spaces from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
weekdays.
Opposition spokesman on urban services Steve Pratt congratulated the Government for "adopting"
Liberal policy to put an end to paid parking.
"Finally, the Stanhope Government has been forced to reduce the unfair burden that they put on ACT
residents," Mr Pratt said, "Why was it so necessary to put so many ACT residents particularly those who have to visit loved ones frequently or could hardly afford it through so much inconvenience and for so long before finally coming to their sense?"
Mr McGowan said the Government must come up with other ways to deal with problems such as
people parking at the hospital to avoid fees in Woden and Belconnen.
parking there.
A.unable
B.likely
C.free
D.sure
B.new things are hard to become popular
C.the Government accepts public views
D.people park far away from the hospitals
B.freely provided
C.badly influenced
D.slowly developed
B.the problem with hospital parking should also be solved in other places
C.the paid parking policy has not been supported by most hospital visitors
D.the Government"s latest decision is supposed to be still further improved
In the New York Knicks" 92-85 won over the Los Angles Lakers last Saturday, Lin had a
career-high 38 points.A day later, he led the Knicks to their fifth victory, 100-98 to Minnesota
Timberwolves.In his previous games, Lin, 23, had 23 points against the Washington, 25 points
against New Jersey and 28 against Utah in his first start.
Lin is smart.Before graduating from high school in California, he had sent his application to
all the Ivy League Schools (常青藤联盟).He only got into Harvard and Brown, and he chose
Harvard.In 2010, Lin graduated with a degree in economics.
Lin is the first Chinese-American player in the NBA.He was born in the US and his family is
Asian.Although not born in China, Lin has attracted nearly all Yao Ming"s old fans, who see him
as a powerful role model.
He started off on the Golden State Warriors.Lin first signed with the Warriors in July, 2010,
but seldom played in games before the start of the fourth quarter.His first time on the court for the
Warriors earned him seven points, three rebounds (篮板球) and two assists in just 11 minutes.
He is really perfect for the Knicks.The New York Knicks has been in need of a reliable point
guard and to Mike D"Antoni, the Knicks coach who"s going through a difficult season, Lin is a most
unexpected figure."Lin just does everything easy and the rest of the guys around him are playing the
way we want to," D"Antoni said."I think it"s for real, and it can only get better."
B.The Golden State Warriors.
C.Minnesota Timberwolves.
D.The Los Angles Lakers.
B.Lin is an American-Chinese basketball player
C.most of Yao Ming"s fans take Lin as a great role model
D.after graduation from Harvard, Lin signed with the Knicks
B.the Knicks" success only depends on Lin
C.the Knicks"coach puts strong hopes on Lin
D.the Knicks is sure to win the season this year
B.to express his love for Jeremy Lin
C.to report the progress of the Knicks
D.to introduce a newest rising NBA star
you knew? If so, you were suffering from what is known as test anxiety.
According to psychologist Ralph Trimble, test anxiety is a very real problem for many people.
When you"re worried over your performance on an exam, your heart beats faster and your pulse
speeds up. These reactions start others: You may sweat more than normal or suffer from a stomachache
or headache. Your field of vision narrows and becomes tunnel-like. Before you know it, you"re having
difficulty focusing.
"What I hear students say over and over again," says Dr. Trimble, who is working at the
Psychological and Counseling Center at the University of Illinois, "is, "My mind went blank.""
For a number of years, Dr. Trimble helped many students learn how to perform better during exams
and to bring up their grades. Some of these students were interested in sharing what they learned and,
with Trimble"s help, began holding workshops on overcoming test anxiety. For many students, just
being in a workshop(讨论会,实验班) with other sufferers made them feel better. They realized that
they were not the only ones who had done poorly on tests because of tension.
The workshops were so successful that they are still given.
In the workshops, students are taught that anxiety is normal. You just have to prevent it from getting
the best of you. The first step is to learn to relax. If before or during an examination you start to panic,
stretch as hard as you can, tensing the muscles in your arms and legs; then suddenly relax all of them.
This will help relieve tension. But keep in mind that you don"t want to be too relaxed. Being
completely relaxed is no better than being too tense. "If you are so calm you don"t care how you
do on an examination, you won"t do well," Trimble says. "There is an optimum level of concern when
you perform at your best. Some stress helps. There are people who can"t take even slight stress. They
have to learn that in a challenging situation, being anxiously excited is good and will help them to do
better. But if they call it anxiety and say, "It"s going to hit me again," that will make them nervous and
worried."
As a student you must also realize that if you leave too much studying until a day or two before the
examination, you can"t do the impossible and learn it all. Instead, concentrate on what you can do and
try to think what questions are likely to be asked and what you can do in the time left for studying.
When you sit down to study, set a moderate pace and vary it by reading, writing notes, and going
over any papers you have already written for the course, as well as the textbooks and notes you took
in class. Review what you know. Take breaks and go to sleep early enough to get a good night"s rest
before the exam. You should also eat a moderate breakfast or lunch, avoid drinks like coffee and stay
away from fellow students who get tense. Panic spreads easily.
Get to the exam room a few minutes early so that you will have a chance to familiarize yourself with
the surroundings and get out your supplies. When the examination is handed out, read the directions
twice and underline the significant instructions, making sure you understand them. Ask the teacher to
explain if you don"t. First answer the easiest questions, then go back to the more difficult.
On essay questions, instead of starting right away, take a few minutes to organize your thoughts,
make a brief outline, and then start off with a summary sentence. Keep working steadily, and even
when time starts to run out, don"t speed up.
B. can lead to physical discomfort
C. can have a negative effect on a person"s eyesight
D. often affects those who are physically weak
B. they had difficulty focusing on the test items
C. they could not think of a way to get rid of text anxiety
D. they began panicking well ahead of a test
B. that test anxiety is normal and would go away in time
C. certain mental exercises that would help them relax
D. how to concentrate on what they could do
B. can also be harmful to a person"s performance in the test
C. helps a student to cope with a challenging situation better
D. may be more harmful that getting too worried over tests
B. you should not think that you will be affected by your fellow student"s anxiety
C. you should get together with other sufferers of test anxiety in order to feel better
D. you should eat a big meal and drink some coffee to keep yourself in high spirits
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