over as R2D2. It took the Dyson workshop five months of frantic labour but the order was met in time for the start of the shooting of the film After the success of R2D2, other film and television work followed a great deal for the Oxford Scientific Film series of wildlife documentaries. But Tony Dyson has always been an enthusiastic reader of science fiction, ever since childhood, and his old interest soon led him back to robots of one kind or another and this time to robots for advertising purposes. Phil the robot was designed for Philips domestic appliances and this two metre robot has appeared in children's TV programmes, in stores up and down the country at exhibitions as well as in television commercials Tony has now completed work on Harry an animated advertising cartoon with a difference in that he holds conversations with his audiences but his main interest at the moment is the launching of Droid Factory Ltd; a company set up specially to rent out promotional robots to marketing companies 11 Children nowadays are different from their parents in the way that A. they cause trouble in cinemas B. they are more visually aware C. they have perfect eyesight D. they are more easy to spoil 12. The writer suggests that parents should A. encourage their children to see old films B. control their children by twisting their ears C. stand no nonsense from their children scare their children by taking them to horror films 13. The importance of Tony Dyson to the cinema is A. he was the first man to produce special effects B. he changed people's expectations of special effects
over as R2D2. It took the Dyson workshop five months of frantic labour but the order was met in time for the start of the shooting of the film. After the success of R2D2, other film and television work followed; a great deal for the Oxford Scientific Film series of wildlife documentaries. But Tony Dyson has always been an enthusiastic reader of science fiction, ever since childhood, and his old interest soon led him back to robots of one kind or another, and this time to robots for advertising purposes. Phil the robot was designed for Philips domestic appliances and this two metre robot has appeared in children’s TV programmes, in stores up and down the country, at exhibitions as well as in television commercials. Tony has now completed work on Harry, an animated advertising cartoon with a difference in that he holds conversations with his audiences. But his main interest at the moment is the launching of Droid Factory Ltd; a company set up specially to rent out promotional robots to marketing companies. 11.Children nowadays are different from their parents in the way that ____. A. they cause trouble in cinemas B. they are more visually aware C. they have perfect eyesight D. they are more easy to spoil 12.The writer suggests that parents should ____. A. encourage their children to see old films B. control their children by twisting their ears C. stand no nonsense from their children D. scare their children by taking them to horror films 13.The importance of Tony Dyson to the cinema is ____. A. he was the first man to produce special effects B. he changed people’s expectations of special effects
C. he produced models of dinosaurs out of paper he created the film the empire strikes back 14.Dyson invented Phil the robot to A advertise a product B. make appearance on television C be displayed in shops D. appear at exhibitions 15.Nowadays Dyson is mainly interested in A having conversations with robots B appearing in supermarkets C selling promotional robots D. establishing a company In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religi ous associations. The olympian athletic festival, held every four years in honour of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, bacame first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been waived, international No one knows exactly how far back the olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B c The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many housands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonoured persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain but events included boys gymnastics, horse racing field events such as discus and javelin throwing, and the very important foot races. There was also boxing and wrestling and special tests of varied ability such as the pentathlon, the winner of which excelled in running, jumping discus and javelin throwing and wrestling The evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of
C. he produced models of dinosaurs out of paper D. he created the film The Empire Strikes Back 14.Dyson invented Phil the robot to ____. A. advertise a product B. make appearance on television C. be displayed in shops D. appear at exhibitions 15.Nowadays Dyson is mainly interested in ____. A. having conversations with robots B. appearing in supermarkets C. selling promotional robots D. establishing a company 4 In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religi ous associations. The Olympian athletic festival, held every four years in honour of Zeus, eventually lost its local character, bacame first a national event, and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been waived , international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C. The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonoured persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boys’ gymnastics, horse racing, field events such as discus and javelin throwing, and the very important foot races. There was also boxing and wrestling and special tests of varied ability such as the pentathlon, the winner of which excelled in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing and wrestling. The evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of