In South Korea, many schools hire English teachers from abroad, but as you know, there are not so many English native teachers in South Korea. A team of engineers has created a robot that they hope will take the place of foreign teachers.

Robots will save money for schools. The cost to build a robot and hire a Filipino teacher to work with it is around$20,000 a year. That is about half the cost of supporting a foreign teacher in South Korea.What's more,robot teachers can make students have more fun learning English.

The robot teacher is called Engkey. She is about one meter tall and is white, egg-shaped. She takes a screen as her face. She can move around her classroom while speaking to students, reading books to them and dancing to music by moving her head and arms.So this robot is more than a video screen on wheels. But Engkey’s voice is not her own. It is controlled by English teachers.With the help of the camera, English teachers in the Philippines can see and hear the students.

Engkey’s creators say that they don't know how successful the robot is as a teacher now. But they hope that someday all schools in South Korea will have a robot in the classroom.

1.According to Paragraph 1 there aren’t enough ________in South Korea.

A.great engineers B.foreign English teachers

C.English books D.smart robots

2.What are the advantages of robot teachers?

A.Save money for schools and make classes fun.

B.Save money for schools and hire a Filipino teacher.

C.Catch people's attention and make classes fun.

D.Catch people's attention and save money for schools.

3.What's the cost of hiring two English teachers from abroad in South Korea a year?

A.$10,000. B.$20,000. C.$40,000. D.$80,000.

4.Which one is NOT true about Engkey according to the passage?

A.She is white, egg-shaped and has a screen face.

B.She can speak and her voice is her own.

C.English teachers in the Philippines control her by using a camera.

D.She moves around the classroom on wheels.

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar(阴历).This day is always the first full moon in the new year. Ancient people also called it Shangyuan Festival. Celebrations and traditions on this day began from the Han Dynasty(朝代)and became popular in the Tang Dynasty.

Watching the red lanterns is one of the main traditions. Lanterns of different shapes and sizes are usually put on trees, or along river banks on show. It is said that sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for help when he was in trouble. Today, when the lanterns slowly rise into the air, people make wishes.

Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous. The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character(汉字),a famous person's name, or a place name.

The most important thing is to eat sweet dumplings with different tastes. In northern China, they are called yuanxiao while in southern part they're named tangyuan. Because making sweet dumplings is like a game or an activity, they are usually done happily by a group of friends or family members.

In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic. Watching lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this:

Hundreds and thousands of times I searched for her in the crowd. Suddenly 1 turned. and there she stood, in the dim(昏暗的)light.

1.When did celebrations and traditions of the Lantern Festival become popular?

A.The Han Dynasty. B.The Tang Dynasty.

C.The Song Dynasty. D.The Yuan Dynasty

2.What were sky lanterns first used for by Zhuge Kongming in ancient times?

A.Making wishes. B.Celebrating birthdays.

C.seeking help. D.Decorating the house.

3.Which of the following is NOT true about sweet dumplings?

A.It's one of the main traditions. B.They are named "yuanxiao" all over the country.

C.People enjoy the process of making them. D.They have different tastes.

4.What is the main idea of Para.3?

A.The riddles are usually short and wise.

B.The answer to a riddle are different.

C.Guessing lantern riddles is the most important tradition.

D.Guessing lantern riddles is another tradition.

5.The line from Xin Qiji in the passage shows the Lantern Festival was in old times.

A.exciting B.humorous C.romantic D.interesting

An 11-year-old blind girl is proud of walking alone every day to and from school. Why? She has to walk past so many barriers (障碍物) in her way. The girl's home is near the school, yet her mother follows her without letting her know.

The case of the girl shows the barrier-free(障碍物) facilities (设施) are not enough in her city. Many other cities are short of barrier-free facilities as well. There's no well-designed path for the blind. In fact. in the early 2000s, some cities started to build barrier-free facilities for disabled people. However, almost 20 years later, only a few large cities have had facilities of high quality.

It's common that sidewalks are taken up with barriers. Few workers are sent to move them away, so it's dangerous for the blind to walk on them. Also, some other barrier-free facilities are badly destroyed(毁坏). Only a few workers are assigned (分配) to do the task of repairing the broken ones.

Some ideas can make a difference — build more barrier-free facilities, employ(雇用) more of workers and require money. In a word, more money is needed to carry on with the work. It’s our duty to make life easy for disabled people, so that they can live without barriers some day.

阅读以上信息, 用恰当的单词完成下面的表格, 每空一词。

Introduction

A blind girl feels proud that she walks to and from school by 1. every day.

To be sure of her daughter safe, the mother always follows her and keeps it 2..

3.

Barrier-free facilities are not enough, neither are the workers.

About facilities

Twenty years ago, some barrier-free facilities were 4. .

Now, most cities are short of facilities of high quality 5. several large cities.

About workers

Barriers on sidewalks aren’t moved away in time, so it’s dangerous for the blind to walk on 6..

7. facilities aren’t repaired sometimes.

Ideas

To make the life of disabled people as 8. as common people, more money is needed to 9. the work .

Build more barrier-free facilities.

Employ 10. workers to protect them.

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