Robots Are Now Teaching English!
Get ready． Robots are about to invade our classroom． From Korea to Japan to the United States， schools are putting English﹣speaking robots in front of their students． In Korea， robots are the new teaching assistants in a number of preschools and kindergartens． The young students say that the robots are fun， but are these children really learning anything？
I don't think a computer will ever be able to do what a teacher does． A teacher has to be able to respond to students as individuals （个体）．__▲__and a teacher has to change his or her teaching style to fit the needs of the student． I seriously doubt that a computer will ever be able to do this even though the big data （数据）is widely used in the world．
4 Comments on "Robots Are Now Teaching English!"
Sara says：
In my opinion， schools should spend money training human teachers rather than buying robots． Research shows that children learn more from real speakers than from recorded conversations．
Keiko says：
I don't think you can learn a language without real human interaction．After all， robots cannot think as humans do．
Hassan says：
Robots might be able to help people lean a language， but I don't think they should replace teachers because robots are just machines without human feelings．
Nancy says：
I think robots might be very helpful in the classroom． A child might be less afraid to make a mistake in front of a robot than in front of a real person．
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（1）The underlined word "invade" in Para.1 probably means ．
A． enter
B． leave
C． accept
D． fight
（2）Which of the following can be best put in___▲___in Para． 2？ ．
A． Each teacher is different
B． Each student is different
C． AIl teachers are helpful
D． All students are fun
（3）Of the 4 comments， thinks that robots could give lots of help to learners in class．
A． Sara
B． Keiko
C． Hassan
D． Nancy
（4）What's the writer's attitude （态度）towards robots' teaching English？
A． Uncaring．
B． Supportive．
C． Doubtful．
D． Agreeable．
We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________
| A．by car | B．by train | C．by plane | D．by sea |
People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________
| A．train | B．plane | C．sea | D．bus |
______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
| A．Traveling by bike． | B．Traveling by train． |
| C．Traveling by sea． | D．Traveling by car． |
If we travel by car, we can _________
| A．enjoy the longest journey |
| B．travel only fifty miles a day |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes |
When people travel on business, they usually take
| A．a boat or a train | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a plane or a car | D．a train or a plane |
The story is about a young student．She worked very hard at her lessons．She worked so hard that she became ill．She couldn't go to sleep at night．But when she got up the next morning, she felt very tired．
So she went to see a doctor．Hearing the student's words, the doctor said, "You are too stressed out．You must eat more yin foods like vegetables and tofu Besides（此外）, you can try to count numbers when you are lying in bed．By the time you count one thousand, you will be asleep（入睡）．I'm sure of it．"
The next day, the student came to see the doctor again．"Well," said the doctor, "How are you feeling today? "The student still looked tired．"Not very well," she said．" I tried to count one , two, three, four．, up to one thousand．But when I counted five hundred and sixty, I felt sleepy．I had to get up and drink some coffee so that（以便）I could go on counting up to one thousand．But then I still couldn't be asleep．Why couldn't the young student go to sleep?
| A．She was worried about her lessons． |
| B．She always couldn't finish her homework． |
| C．She worked too hard and became ill． |
| D．Her bed was too small． |
What did the doctor ask the young student to do?
| A．To eat more yin foods and count numbers when she was lying in bed in the evening． |
| B．To exercise more in the morning． |
| C．To do more reading． |
| D．To take some medicine． |
What did the young student do after she felt sleepy?
| A．She fell asleep． | B．She got up to have some coffee． |
| C．She listened to some music． | D．She got up to do some homework． |
What made the girl unable（不能） be asleep during the night after she went to see the doctor?
| A．The doctor's advice | B．The student's lesson． |
| C．The student's illness | D．The coffee． |
If you are a doctor, what will you ask the girl to do?
A．I will ask the girl to do more homework every day．
B．I will ask her to go to bed earlier．
C．I will ask her not to do so much homework
D．Both B and C．
五位中国学生要去美国留学，他们想要找住家。请仔细阅读题中的学生的个人情况说明，并从A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最适合的住家.Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
Liu Yong hopes to live near his school---Reading School. He prefers a bed room with a bathroom
Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.
If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .
As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.What is the passage mainly about?
| A．How to use a cell phone. | B．How to choose a cell phone. |
| C．New cell phone services. | D．New cell phone rules in China. |
Which of the following can you use to buy a new cell phone number?
| A．Student ID card. | B．Bank account. |
| C．Driving license. | D．ID card. |
If you register your cell phone number with ID information, .
| A．you will receive more junk messages |
| B．the cell phone service company may stop your service |
| C．the police will find the people behind messages |
| D．you can buy a new cell phone |
People received an average of junk messages in a week in the first half of this year.
| A．31.3 | B．12 | C．43.3 | D．55 |
To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information?
| A．India | B．Japan | C．Australia | D．Netherlands |
I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.
“What for?” I asked.
“I’m going to sell some of my stones, " he answered.
Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones from all over. “I’m busy to
do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help." I said.
A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading. " Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.
After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn't.
Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down a window and read the sign. I couldn't hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.
I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. "I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar — if you believe in yourself, you can do anything."Why didn't the writer help his son?
| A．Because his wife is better at making a sign. |
| B．Because he didn't know what to write. |
| C．Because he was busy sweeping leaves. |
| D．Because he didn’t want his son to sell the stones. |
The underlined words "was fascinated with" mean “______”.
| A．was far from | B．was afraid of |
| C．was famous for | D．was interested in |
Nick was a boy ______.
A. who was kind B. who had a strong mind
C who was honest D. who had many hobbiesWhich is the best title(题目) of the story?
| A．My son's first sale. | B．Let's collect stones. |
| C．How to sell a stone. | D．A hobby that can make you rich. |
From the passage we know _____.
| A．the story happened in spring |
| B．the car was driven by a woman |
| C．Nick spent half an hour selling one stone |
| D．the writer might be moved(感动)by his son |
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