It’s a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years. It’s the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan.

Torobo has been trying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia’s top universities. Since 2013, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的) score for Todai every year. This year was no exception.

Torobo is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” Japan’s National Institute of Informatics started the project in 2011. Torobo does not walk around. It is a robot brain that has arms to complete the test.

Researchers of the project want to find out what intellectual abilities (智能) will be replaced by machines. Results show that Torobo has grown in ability year by year. This year it got a score higher than Japan’s national average(平均分), which is enough to enter other good universities, but not Todai. With its big database, Torobo is good at solving knowledge-based questions and mathematical calculations (数学运算). That’s why it got good scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently (独立地). As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing.

Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工业) in the future.

So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future!

1.According to the story, Torobo is _____ while Todai is _____.

A. a university, a robot B. a robot, a university

C. a student, a computer D. a computer, a student

2.We can tell from the story that Torobo _____ for four years.

A. has taken the college entrance exam

B. has failed the college entrance exam

C. has been studying in the University of Tokyo

D. has taught the college courses

3.Why did Torobo get low scores in two subjects?

A. Because it cannot solve knowledge-based problems.

B. Because it is not good at mathematical calculations.

C. Because it cannot think independently.

D. Because it only has arms to complete the test.

4.Which of the following is TRUE about Torobo?

A. Torobo can’t have a bright future because it will never graduate from Todai.

B. Torobo will go on taking the college entrance exam.

C. Torobo is useless to humans.

D. Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in will be better in the future.

请阅读下面图文,根据图文内容回答问题。

Bananas are good snacks. They are not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas have different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places with lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out.These flowers produce (生产) bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. Then after about three months, farmers will pick the bananas. At this time, they still aren’t the sunny yellow color bananas. Then the green bananas are shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you’ve got a lot of company (同伴). The first shipment of bananas arrived in the United States in 1876. After that, Americans showed great love for bananas. Until today, Americans still eat more bananas than any other fruit. We can see that clearly in the following chart.

1.Where do bananas grow best?

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2.How many times do the plants produce fruit each year?

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3.In the passage, the underlined word “they” refers to (指)?

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4.Which is the second most popular fruit in America according to the chart?

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5.Do you like eating bananas? Why or why not?

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Jack is going to be a pilot. He wants to fly an airplane. But Jack is not a rich man. He doesn’t have an airplane. He has only a chair. Jack ties(系)45 big balloons(气球)to his chair and then sits in the chair. His chair goes up.

For a few minutes, everything is fine. The view from the chair is beautiful. Jack can see houses and trees below him. He is happy. He is flying.

The chair goes up very high. Jack is afraid. “I don’t want to go very high,” Jack thinks.“I want to go down a little.” With a small gun(枪),Jack shoots l0 balloons. Then something terrible happens. Jack drops the gun, and it falls to the ground. Jack can’t shoot more balloons. The chair goes up and up.

Jack is three miles above the ground. Airplanes are flying over him and under him Jack has a small radio. “ Help! Help!” he says into the radio. “ I’m flying in a chair, and I want to come down!” People hear Jack, but they can’t help him.

Jack flies in the chair for 45 minutes. Then the balloons begin to lose air. Slowly the chair comes down, and Jack is back on the ground. He is not hurt.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.What does Jack want to be?

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2.Why does the chair go up into the air?

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3.What does Jack do when the chair goes up higher and higher?

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4.Do the airplanes give him any help?

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5.Why does the chair come down at last?

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