Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property (财产). Soon a new kind of protection will be used—robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will guard factories, warehouses (仓库) and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on wheels. They will be able to detect (察觉,发现) people through walls and pick up sounds, such as breaking glass. They can be fixed with loud sirens to frighten thieves, or radios to signal police or guards.
To protect a building, a robot will have to move around without knocking into the walls. Information about the building will have to be stored in the robot’s small, built-in computer. A floor map could be programmed into the computer’s memory, for example.
A mobile robot will not be able to do everything. Unlike human guards, it will not be able to climb stairs, open doors, or move along rough ground. It won’t be able to tell the difference between friends and enemies. Because of that, people will have to be prevented from entering the area it moves.
One kind of mobile robot will be able to “sense” whether a chair or a box has been moved and go around it. This robot will also judge size well enough so that it won’t send an alarm if a cat crosses the room. And if someone tries to steal this robot, it will sound a loud, painful siren. The three-foot-tall robot is hard to be stolen anyway. It weighs about 200 pounds.
U.S. companies pay almost $10 billion a year to protect their property with alarm systems and human guards. Mobile robots may be cheaper. (296) Why is the new kind of robots called mobile robots? Because they can _____.
| A．guard factories, warehouses and museums |
| B．send loud, painful sirens when it is stolen |
| C．sense moving objects and signal police |
| D．move around and do the programmed work |
How will a robot get directions for moving around a building?
| A．From a human guard. | B．From a built-in computer. |
| C．From another robot. | D．From radio signals. |
What can be the best title of this passage?
| A．New Guards. | B．Science and Technology. |
| C．Alarm Systems. | D．Engineers and Robots. |
My brother and I often fight with each other over small things. One day our father said to us, “Tomorrow we will take part in the Ray Home Sports Day. Both of you must go with me. Perhaps you can learn something from those children.” My brother laughed, “Dad, Ray is a home for physically disabled children. What can we learn from them?”
“You will see,” our father said.
Our father works as a volunteer at Ray. The children there have problems with their hands, speech, walking or hearing. Every day, he spends hours helping them to move or exercise their legs or arms.
The following day, he took us to Ray Home. When we got there, we found a nice place to sit down. Finally, the sports began. There was a 50-meter race to see who could run fastest. All the runners were physically disabled. As the race started, all the children moved as fast as they could. Just then, one of the girls fell over and hurt her leg. She began to cry at the top of her voice.
All the children stopped to help the poor girl. Then they all held hands and finished the race together. My brother and I were surprised to see this: the children weren’t interested in winning the race－they were more interested in helping each other to finish the race.Why did the father take the writer and his brother to Ray Home?
| A．The father wanted them to do something at Ray. |
| B．The father asked them to help the children at Ray. |
| C．The father wanted them to take part in the Sports Day. |
| D．The father wanted them to learn something from the children. |
What does the father often do in Ray Home?
| A．He works as a teacher there. | B．He helps the children there. |
| C．He watches the games there. | D．He does sports with his sons. |
Why did all the children stop in the 50-meter race stop?
| A．All the children were disabled. | B．A little girl fell over and got hurt. |
| C．They stopped to laugh at the girl. | D．They didn’t want to finish the race. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The children there can help each other. |
| B．All the runners there can not run fast. |
| C．All the children don’t want to be winners. |
| D．The disabled children there were not smart enough. |
March 5 is “Lei Feng Day”. Fifty years ago on this day, Chairman Mao Zedong called on people to “learn from Lei Feng”. Now half a century has passed. Is the spirit of Lei Feng outdated? Some people have shown us that it’s not. But people have also changed the ways in which they help others.
Li Yulin, who works in a hospital in Hang Zhou, Zhejiang, has been a volunteer for 15 years. He still remembers his experience in an old people’s home several years ago. An old woman held his hand and said, “You don’t need to do anything for us. Seeing young people like you here is all we need.” Those words made Li think: in what ways can we help people better? “Every person does what they can, no matter how small it is, to give out positive energy. And before we lend a helping hand, we should find out what they want,” Li said to the Qianjiang Evening News.
As well as Li, other people have shown their understanding of the spirit of Lei Feng. A “noodle fever” swept Zhengzhou, Henan in January. It started with an online post. Li Gang, a 42-year-old local man, said in the post that he has got cancer. He needed a lot of money for an operation. He was not asking for donations, but hoped people would come to eat at his restaurant. Li’s post spread quickly. Soon his restaurant was filled with people every day. Li had an operation on Feb. 2 and now he is getting better.
“It is good to help Li and his family like this for it shows them respect and doesn’t hurt their pride,” Qianjiang Evening News said. According to Paragraph 1, we learn that_______.
| A．people now help others in different ways |
| B．people today don’t follow the spirit of Lei Feng |
| C．fifty years ago people were more helpful than today |
| D．Lei Feng died on March 15, 1963. |
Li Yulin learned from his experience that______.
| A．the old want people to give them money |
| B．the young should show respect to the old |
| C．old people in the old people’s home don’t need help |
| D．helping people is giving them what they really need |
According to the article, what is “noodle fever”?
| A．Many people ate noodles in a restaurant to help the owner. |
| B．Many people got a fever after eating noodles in a restaurant. |
| C．Many people got cancer after eating noodles in a restaurant. |
| D．Many people gave money to a noodle restaurant owner. |
From this passage, what does the name of Lei Feng stand for?
| A．A symbol of understanding. | B．A symbol of selflessness and modesty . |
| C．A symbol of respect. | D．A symbol of pride . |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．Volunteer Work. | B．The Spirit of Lei Feng Is Everywhere. |
| C．Positive Energy. | D．Lei Feng Is Outdated. |
Imagine that you are going on a trip to Ireland. The first three days of your trip are planned below. Read the schedule and use it to answer the questions below.
| Day 1 Morning: Your trip begins in the capital city, Dublin. There you will visit Temple Bar, an area famous for its brightly colored buildings, busy stores and restaurants. Stop by the outdoor market for some cheese and homemade bread. Afternoon: Walk to Dublin Castle(城堡). Visit the Throne Room to see the golden chair where the kings and queens from England once sat. Evening: Watch an Irish step-dance performance. |
| Day 2 Morning: Ride the train to the city of Limerick. Take a tour of King John’s Castle, which has built about 800 years ago. Afternoon: Ride a boat along the River Shannon. Evening: Enjoy a nice Irish meal. |
| Day 3 Morning: Ride the train to the city of Cork. Walk along St. Patrick’s Street, known for its many stores. Feel free to buy souvenirs. Afternoon: Take a bus to nearby Blarney Castle. Climb the tower to see the famous Blarney Stone, which is thought to give those who kiss it good luck. Then return to Cork. Evening: Watch a Gaelic football match. Rest for the next day’s horseback riding lesson. |
Where can the tourists see the golden chair?
| A．At Temple Bar. | B．In Dublin Castle |
| C．On St. Patrick’s Street | D．In Blarney Castle. |
What kind of transportation will the tourists use during the trip?
| A．Train, bus and boat. | B．Bus, train and plane. |
| C．Horse, bus and bike. | D．Boat, car and bus. |
How many days will the trip probably last?
| A．Only one day | B．No more than three days. |
| C．Exactly two days | D．At least four days |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.
Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible if you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude. When you change your manner and become friendly to others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?
| A．Hard-work. | B．Knowledge. | C．Money. | D．Attitude. |
Which of the following has the highest mark?
| A．Hard-work and knowledge. | B．Knowledge and luck. |
| C．Love and hard-work. | D．Hard-work and luck. |
According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way to solve them is to
| A．ask for help from others. | B．ask your math teacher for help. |
| C．change your attitude. | D．ask your parents for help. |
From the passage, we can learn that
| A．Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude. |
| B．Nothing is more important than love. |
| C．Hard-work has a full mark. |
| D．Our math teacher can solve the problems easily. |
Which number can you use to represent “money” according to the passage?
| A．70 | B．72 | C．74. | D．76. |
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane you can travel to lots of places in one day.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane. But you can see beautiful countryside when you are traveling by train. Modern trains give comfortable seats and dining cars. They make the journey(旅途) interesting.
Some people like to travel by sea. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very nice way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your plan. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop whenever you wish to see something interesting. If you find a good place to have meals you can stop, too. That is why traveling by car is popular, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.The fastest way of traveling is ________from this passage.
| A．by train | B．by sea | C．by plane | D．by car |
The advantage(优点) of traveling by train is that _________.
| A．you can see the countryside | B．it is faster than traveling by ship |
| C．you can get to a place which it took years to get to before | D．it is cheap |
The underlined word “They” in the passage means _________.
| A．modern trains in the country | B．comfortable seats and dining cars |
| C．people who travel by train | D．the slower ways of traveling |
People would like to go picnic with their family by _________.
| A．car | B．plane | C．train | D．ship |
The best way for business should be _________in the passage.
| A．planes | B．cars | C．trains and planes | D．ships |
| Huaihua Foreign Language School Lin Nan, Teacher of English Yingfeng Street, Huaihua, China Tel:0745-2709348 Fax: 0745-2709756 E-mail: Linan@21cn.com Zip code: 418000 |
Daqing Children’s Hospital Liu Hong, Doctor 12 Xingling Road, Changchun, Jilin 130027 Tel: 0431-5645972 13704358529(mobile) Fax: 0431-5768904 E-mail:cc1h@163.com |
| Red Star Farm Zhang Hui, Farmer Shanghai Village, Zhejing, 419100 Tel: 0745-6826194 13973098479(mobile) |
Tiantai Taxi Company Yang Jun, Driver 235St. Tongzhi, Hangzhou, Zhejiang31007 Tel: 0571-7038385 Fax: 0571-7065834 E-mail: hzyi@163.com |
You may telephone ______ for help if your younger sister is ill.
| A．Yang Jun | B．Zhang Hui | C．Liu Hong | D．Li Nan |
We can call ______ when we want to take a taxi to Hangzhou Railway Station.
| A．13973098479 | B．0745-2709348 | C．0571-7038385 | D．13704358529 |
Of the four, we can’t send fax to the ______.
| A．driver | B．teacher | C．doctor | D．farmer |
If you would like to learn English, please send an E-mail to ______.
| A．Linan@21cn.com | B．cclh@163.com |
| C．hzyi@163.com | D．hhmx@163.com |
China has decided to take actions to stop the use of free plastic bags. Supermarkets and shops in China aren’t allowed to offer free plastic bags.
Every year, people use too many plastic bags and fail to deal with them in a right way. While we offer quick and useful service to customers, the plastic bags cause serious pollution as well. For example, people will throw away plastic bags after they use them. The waste plastic bags may fly with the wind and make the environment ugly. Worse still, animals may eat them by mistake and die. Besides, It’s difficult to find new land to put the waste plastic bags in, so plastic bags are burned. The burning plastic bags give out harmful gas.
So the government encourages people to go back to carry cloth bags and use baskets for their shopping things.
根据短文内容按要求完成下列各题。 What aren’t supermarkets and shops allowed to offer?（根据短文内容回答问题）
Do people deal with the waste plastic bags properly? （根据短文内容回答问题）
What kind of pollution do the burning plastic bags cause? （根据短文内容回答问题）
从短文中找出与下面句子划线部分意思最相近的短语。
The plastic bags cause serious pollution, too.In the passage, the underlined word “them” refers (指) to .
Most people like watching TV. So does Mary. She doesn't mind soap operas or talk shows. But she can't stand sitcoms，for(因为)they are too boring. Sports shows are her favorite program. She likes sports very much，and she likes watching football matches on TV.
Mary likes women's volleyball，too. She often watches matches on TV，sometimes on the Internet. Her favorite team is the Chinese team. She thinks all the members are fantastic.
Mary enjoys volleyball，but she isn't good at it. She is good at table tennis. She often plays it with her best friend after school. They are both on the school table tennis team. Sometimes they play with teams from other schools. They have a lot of fun with it.Mary thinks sitcoms are ______.
| A．interesting | B．boring |
| C．exciting | D．surprising |
______ are Mary's favorite program.
| A．Talk shows | B．Soap operas |
| C．Beijing opera | D．Sports shows |
How many kinds of shows are mentioned(提及)in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Mary often plays table tennis after school. |
| B．Mary is good at playing volleyball. |
| C．Mary only watches volleyball matches on TV. |
| D．Mary's favorite team is the Japanese team. |
Wang Tao is a little boy. He often goes for a walk with his father. He likes water very much and he wants to swim like a fish in the water.
One Sunday morning, Wang Tao went to a park with his father. There is a big swimming pool in the park. Wang Tao asked his father to take him to the pool. “Why do you want to go there?” asked his father. “I want to learn swimming,” said Wang Tao. “And you can teach me.”
“Oh, sorry. I can’t swim,” said his father.
“You can’t swim? Li Qiang’s father swims very well. Why can’t you swim?”
“His father likes eating fish, so he can swim like a fish,” said the father. “Oh, I see,” said Wang Tao. “But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs (下蛋)?”
请根据短文内容从所给选项中选出最佳选项。Wang Tao and his father often _____.
| A．go for a walk |
| B．go to swim |
| C．go to eat fish |
| D．visit their friends |
Wang Tao wants to _____ in the water.
| A．live | B．swim | C．play | D．fly |
Who can swim like a fish?
| A．Wang Tao. |
| B．Wang Tao’s father. |
| C．Li Qiang. |
| D．Li Qiang’s father. |
From the passage , we learn that there is a(an) _____ in the park.
| A．ball game | B．English corner |
| C．swimming pool | D．zoo |
下面哪项说法正确？
| A．Wang Tao can swim very well. |
| B．Wang Tao’s father can lay eggs. |
| C．Wang Tao is a naughty (调皮的) boy. |
| D．Wang Tao’s father can teach Wang Tao to swim. |
Once there lived a man in a small town. He often said, “If I have lots of gold, I shall be the happiest man in the world.”
One day he was traveling in North Africa. He lost his way and he was so hungry and thirsty that he couldn’t walk any more. There were only stones and sand around. Just then he saw a bag on the sand. He took it up. But when he opened it, he saw it was full of gold.
He left the bag on the sand and cried, “ What is the use of gold to a hungry man?”
| A．Food | B．Drinks | C．Stones | D．Gold |
| A．“he didn’t know where he was and where to go |
| B． “he didn’t know where he came from” |
| C．“he didn’t know how to return home” |
| D． “he lost what he had on the way” |
| A．happy | B．hungry | C．thirsty | D．sad |
| A．Food | B．Gold | C．Money | D．Stones |
Simon is reading his e-friend’s views on the net. Let’s have a look!
| Topic |
Writer |
Time |
Reply/Click |
| I don’t like to have training classes at weekends. But my mother says I should have, or I can’t keep up with others. |
Mike |
21:32 21/05 |
8/65 |
| I like playing the piano. But my parents let me practice it for a long time every day, so I begin to hate playing the piano. |
Kitty |
22:20 22/05 |
4/32 |
| I watched the two matches last night. I slept very late, but I’m feeling energetic today, because the England won. |
Nick |
18:46 23/05 |
26/132 |
| The football match on CCTV-5 last night was very bad. The striker(前锋) missed all the chances. He made my favorite team lose the game. |
Jim |
21:25 23/05 |
11/28 |
Whose topic was read by the most students?
| A．Mike’s. | B．Nick’s. | C．Kitty’s. | D．Jim’s. |
Why does Kitty begin to hate playing the piano?
| A．Because she has no time to play it. |
| B．Because she can’t watch matches. |
| C．Because she has to play it for a long time every day. |
| D．Because she can’t keep up with others. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Mike has training class at weekends. |
| B．Kitty doesn’t like playing the piano at all. |
| C．Nick is a fan of the England team. |
| D．Jim is not pleased with the striker. |
My name is Jim. My favorite day is October l8th, because it's my birthday. I am very happy on that day. I eat eggs for breakfast. Then my friends come to my home and play with me. We sing and dance. Someone plays the piano and someone plays the guitar. Lunch is very nice. After lunch, my parents take me to see a movie. My favorite movies are comedies and action movies. After supper, my parents, my sister and I watch TV. Then I go to bed at ten thirty. I don't do my homework on that day. I am very tired but happy on my birthday.
| A．October 8 | B．October 18 | C．December 8th | D．December 18th |
| A．comedies | B．action movies | C．thrillers | D．A and B |
| A．10:30 | B．10:13 | C．10:00 | D．3:10 |
| A．Yes, he does. | B．No, he doesn't. | C．No, he isn't. | D．I don't know. |
| A．Tired. | B．Happy but not tired. | C．Tired but happy. | D．Happy. |
Dear Jane,
I have to(必须) go to work(工作) now. I prepare(准备) these things for you. Your schoolbag is on the desk. Your pen ,books,keys and your school card are in your schoolbag. Your clothes(衣服)and hat are on the dresser(梳妆台). The shoes(鞋子) are under the bed. Don’t forget your breakfast(早餐). It’s in the microwave oven(微波炉).
Love you.
Mom leaves留下 the note便条.
| A．Jane | B．Jane’s father | C．Jane’s brother | D．Jane’s mother |
What’s in the schoolbag?
a. the pen b. the shoes c. the keys d. the school card e. the hat
| A．a b c | B．b c d | C．a c d | D．c d e |
Where are the shoes？They’re .
| A．on the bed. | B．on the dresser | C．under the bed | D．in the schoolbag |
Where are the schoolbag?
| A．On the desk | B．In the desk | C．Under the bed | D．On the dresser |
The underlined划线的“forget”means意思是 .
| A．忘记 | B．拿走 | C．带来 | D．记住 |
Look at this. It’s a blue bag. It is my bag. What’s in it? Look, this is my English book. It’s blue, too. My Chinese book is also in my bag. It is yellow. This is my pencil case. It’s big and nice. I like English and Chinese. My bag is my good friend. My bag is _______________.
| A．yellow | B．blue | C．nice | D．big |
-- What’s in my bag? -- .
| A．My English book | B．My Chinese book |
| C．My pencil case | D．All the three |
My Chinese book is also in my bag. “Also” means (意思是) .
| A．也 | B．颜色 | C．不在 | D．放进 |
My is my good friend.
| A．Chinese book | B．English book | C．pencil case | D．bag |
My pencil case is .
| A．yellow | B．blue | C．big and nice | D．my friend |
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