Amanda Kitts is one of “tomorrow’s people” people who have artificial (人工的) body pats. She has a bionic(電子操控的)arm.

Now, Kitts runs a day -care center. Children run up to her

happily as she comes into the classroom. She bends over to talk with a small girl. As she bends Kitts puts her hands on her knees. For most people, this would be easy. However, just a few years

ago, this was impossible for Kitts.

In 2006, Kitts was in a car accident. A truck crushed(擠壞) her left arm and the doctor had to

cut it off. "I was angry, sad, depressed. I just couldn't accept it," she says. But then she heard about a new technique that could use the remaining nerves(神經(jīng)) in her shoulder to contort an artificial arm.

In a difficult operation, a doctor moved Kitts's nerves to different mens of her upper- arm muscles. For months, the nerves grew. Millimeter by millimeter, they moved deeper into their new homes. “At three months I started feeling little tingles and twitches(刺痛和抽搐),”she said. A month later, she got her first bionic arm. A research engineer worked with Kitts to make the computer programs match her real movements more and more closely.

Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect. She wants feeling in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is rough or smooth. She also needs feeling to do one of her favorite things-drink coffee "The problem with a paper coffee cup is that my hand will close until it gets a solid grip,” she says. One time at a coffee shop, her hand kept closing until it crushed the cup. But Kitts says positively, "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands… to the songs my kids are singing”

1.What is the difference between Kitts and normal people?

A. She has a bionic arm. B. She can bend C. She can put her hands on her knees

2.Kitts got her first bionic arm _____________after the difficult operation.

A. almost three months B. over one month C. more than four months

3.Kitts is able to ____________with her bionic hand.

A. clap her hands B. hold thing C. feel rough or smooth things

4.Kitts's attitude toward her new arm is______________.

A. positive B. Angry C. perfect

5.Choose the right order of the events

①Kitts heard about a new technique

②Kitts crushed a paper coffee cup

③Kitts had two human arms

④A truck hit Kitts's car

⑤Kitts got her first bionic arm

⑥D(zhuǎn)octors moved some of the nerves in Kitts’s arm

A. ④①⑥⑤②③ B. ③④⑤①②⑥ C. ③④①⑥⑤②

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.C 【解析】短文大意:文章介紹了阿曼達(dá)基茨在一次意外事故中失去了自己的左臂,在新技術(shù)的幫助下,她利用剩下的上臂神經(jīng),獲得了新的仿生手臂。本文介紹了她的手臂的情況。 1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的句子She has a bionic(電子操控的)arm.可知,阿曼達(dá)基茨她有一個(gè)仿生手臂。故選A。 2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段的句...
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