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1、RobotsThe technology is improving every day. We will see some very exciting home robots in the next few years. In the future the robots can do lots of things: Getting things In a few years, it will be possible to tell your home robot to get a piece of bread for you. The robot will use its eyes and a
2、n arm to get the bread for you. Watering plant Future robots will carry water to water plants. Telling danger A home robot will find out fire, smoke and other danger easily. Every night the robot will make its rounds to make sure that everything is right. Looking after children A robot will help us
3、look after our children well when we are not at home.Choose the best answer according to the passage. ( ) 1. A robot will get something for you with _. A. a hand B. eyes and a leg C. an arm D. eyes and an arm ( ) 2. What does “make its round” mean in Chinese? A.转圈转圈 B.巡查巡查 C.工作工作 D. 制作制作 ( ) 3. What
4、 will robots do when people are not at home? A. Robots will do housework with the children. B. Robots will cook for the children. C. Robots will look after the children. D. Robots will smoke with the children. ( ) 4. Robots can do all the following things EXCEPT (除了除了) _. A. Carry heavy things.B. Lo
5、ok after children. C. Look after plants. D. Get things for people. ( ) 5. What is the passage about? A. The food of robots. B. The dream of robots. C. The future of robots. D. The life of robots.TVMany people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities (活动活动) of the day. TV
6、 brings the outside world to the people. Some people say the world is smaller than before, because of TV. Whats going on in the other countries? How do people live in the other places far away? Is there a sport game? If you want to answer these and the other kind of questions, just turn on the TV an
7、d watch it. You can see a lot and learn a lot. People can also learn on the radio. But with TV you can learn better and more easily. Because you can hear and watch, TV helps us to open our eyes. TV also gives us some new ideas.Choose the best answer according to the passage. ( ) 1. Some people say t
8、he world is smaller than before because of _. A. TV B. radio C. newspaper ( ) 2. With TV we can learn better and more easily than radio because _. A. we can hear B. we can watch C. we can hear and watch ( ) 3. _ the TV and you can learn a lot. A. Turn on B. Turn off C. Turn over ( ) 4. Many people l
9、ike to _. A. watch TV B. see TV C. look at TV ( ) 5. _ brings outside world to the people. A. TV B. Radio C. Newspaper Make true (T) or false (F). ( ) 1. Watching TV is the only important thing of a day. ( ) 2. Because of TV, some people say the world is bigger than before.ComputersWe are already fa
10、miliar with computers computers work for us at home, in offices and in factories. But it is also true that many children today are using computers at schools before they can write. What does this mean for the future? Are these children lucky or not? Many people who do not know about computers think
11、of them as machines that children play with. They worry that children do not learn from experience but just from pressing a button and that this is not good for them. They think that children are growing not knowing about the real world. But people who understand more about computers say that comput
12、ers can be very good for children. A computer can help them to learn about the real world more quickly, to learn what they want to learn and think for themselves. And for the future, dont we need people who can think clearly, who know how to get information quickly and use it well? What do you think
13、?Choose the best answer according to the passage. ( ) 1. “To be familiar with” means to _. A. know nothing B. know about C. dislike D. like ( ) 2. Does everyone think computers are good for children? A. Yes, they do. B. No, not everyone thinks so. C. They dont know.D. They are not sure. ( ) 3. What
14、can computers help children to do? A. To think clearly, to do homework and to write. B. To play games, to do math and to copy. C. To think clearly, to get information and to use it well. D. To count, to clean the house and to get information. ( ) 4. Does the writer think computer is a good thing? A.
15、 It isnt mentioned. B. No, he doesnt think so. C. He doesnt know. D. Yes, he does.Albert EinsteinOne day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York. “Mr Einstein,” said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!” “It doesnt matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.” Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat. Once more his friend persuad
