A clam(蚌)decided to take a rest on the bank of the River Yi．When the clouds passed, he felt cool in their shadow．When the sun returned, he felt warm．It was a good time to daydream, and so he did．
From above, a bird saw the clam and flew down and gave it a good peck(啄)．The clam was frightened and closed his shell tight, catching the bird's beak．
“Remove your beak at once,”ordered the clam．But the bird was stubborn, though she was able to pull out her beak, she refused．
“I will not remove my beak until you open your shell,”the bird mumbled．Like the clam, she found it was difficult to speak clearly under the situation．Of course, the clam was not about to listen to the bird and open his shell．But the bird threatened(威胁),“Open your shell or you'll be a dead clam．”“Remove your beak at once,”returned the clam．
“Open it!”
“Remove it!”
“Open it!”
The two went back and forth like this for several hours．But neither of them would follow the other's orders first, they stayed in such a state until a young man who happened to come here and carried two of them off for dinner!
(1)
Why the clam choose the bank to have a rest?
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A．
Because it was a place where he felt cool when the clouds passed and warm when the sun returned．
B．
Because he likes daydreaming．
C．
Because it wanted to meet the bird on the bank．
D．
Because it could find some food for dinner．
(2)
In the fourth paragraph, the word“mumble”means ________．
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A．
慢条斯理地说
B．
含糊地说
C．
狠狠地说
D．
快速的说
(3)
Which of the following can be true according to the passage?
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A．
The clam opened his shell first．
B．
The bird removed his beak first
C．
The clam and the bird didn't agree with each other until the young man came
D．
The clam and the bird were cooked as a good dinner by the young man
(4)
Which of the following sayings can explain the story well?
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A．
Two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it．
French doctors and American scientists have reported doing an operation in which the doctor was outside the operating room．This kind of operation is known as robotic operation．
Doctor Marescaux did the operation in an office in New York City last month, while a sixty-eight-year-old woman patient was in a hospital in Strasbourg, France．
A doctor in Strasbourg got the patient ready．He placed medical tools and a small video camera in her stomach area．Doctor Marescaux in New York watched the patient on a video screen．Then he used the computer to send messages to the robot machine．The robot moved the tools that cut the woman’s gallbladder(胆囊)away．The woman got well soon after the operation and left the hospital two days later．
Experts say the main problem with such a robotic operation is based on high-speed telecommunications between the doctor and the robot．Technology must be able to send a doctor’s order to a robot to move the tools quickly．
Experts also say a successful robotic operation will improve an operation．For example, the robot can make much smaller movements than a person can．A robot machine can turn tools in ways that a doctor’s hand cannot．
Doctors say such a robotic operation will make possible safer and better operations in the future．They say it will improve doctor training．It will also mean that doctors could do an operation on people in dangerous places far away．And it could mean that people could have operations done by top doctors without having to travel to the city where doctors work．
(1)
“Robotic operation”means“________”．
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A．
a special kind of robot invented by doctors
B．
an operation done far away
C．
an operation done with the help of a robot
D．
something done to mend a robot
(2)
We use the robot in the operation because ________．
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A．
it can send messages at a high speed
B．
even a top doctor can’t do the operation himself
C．
it can make the operation safer and better
D．
operations can be done without any doctors
(3)
If we want to use the robot in the operation, we must solve the problem of ________．
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A．
top doctors
B．
smaller movements
C．
doctor training
D．
high-speed telecommunications
(4)
If the smaller movement can’t be done by doctors in the operation, we may use ________ to solve it．
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A．
more tools
B．
a robot machine
C．
a video camera
D．
telecommunications
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
Robotic operation is good for doctor training．
B．
Robotic operation has been used in the USA．
C．
Experts speak highly of robotic operation．
D．
The robot is used to watch the patient clearly．
阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
