Autistic (患自闭症的) children may learn better from robots than from human beings, according to a study at a school in Birmingham. Two robots like humans, Max and Ben, have been helping teach autistic children at Topcliffe Primary School since March last year. The school is the first in the UK to try the new way.Ian Lowe, the head teacher, said, “The robots have no feelings, so autistic children find that they are less terrible than their teachers.” He added, “They are really cute-looking. Autistic children are hard to communicate with adults and other children, but for some reasons they like these robots. “Some children are not able to communicate with others. But they come into school and start to communicate through the robots.” The robots are knee-high and move like children. The school is using them to teach phonics (声学) and play cards or memory and imitation (模仿) games with children from five to ten. Dr Guldberg said, “We do many different activities with the robots acting as a model for the children’s behavior. It is amazing to see how interested and concentrated the children can be when they are working with the robots. It can be very difficult to get autistic children to concentrate.” He added, “If you can meet the needs of autistic children, you can meet the needs of all children. And you know, when people feel safe and interested, they learn much better.”

1.According to Ian Lowe, teachers are______in autistic children’s eyes.

A. kind B. serious C. terrible D. strict

2.Which is TRUE about Max and Ben?

A. They are robots with feelings.

B. The can move like teachers.

C. They are interested in autistic children.

D. They can make autistic children concentrate.

3.The school uses the two robots to teach the following things EXCEPT ______.

A. phonics B. playing cards C. imitation games D. sports games

4.According to Dr Guldberg, people can _____when they feel safe and interested.

A. communicate better with others B. learn much better

C. behave more politely D. learn more quickly

5.The best title for the passage is _____.

A. Robots help autistic children learn B. Two cute-looking robots

C. How to help autistic children learn D. Autistic children can learn

Once upon a time,a hippo (河马)lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day,a bird came and nested (筑巢)in the tree.The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy (羡慕)that he couldn’t think of anything else.Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally,the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river,climb the tree and start singing.However,when he tried to climb the tree,it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings,nor claws to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree,he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground.Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree,and began singing.

Unfortunately,hippos can’t sing,either.All that came from his mouth were terrible noises,and when the other animals heard this,they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this.He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over.He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again,and look after it until it completely recovered.(康复).

1.The hippo envied the bird because

A. he could fly high

B. he could build a nest

C. he could sing well

D. he could live in the tree

2.After reading this passage,we know

A. the writer is telling us a true story

B. the story happened on an autumn day

C. the bird thought he was luckier than the hippo

D. the hippo tried to do something against his nature.

3.The hippo in this story

A. was happy all the time

B. did not respect his friends

C. liked to talk a lot but did nothing

D. corrected his mistake when he realized it

4.From the passage,we can infer(推断) that the hippo would after such an experience.

A. be a good singer

B. be good at climbing trees

C. stop envying the bird

D. not make friends with other animals

5.The best title of this passage may be“ ”.

A. The hippo that wished to sing

B. The tree that was knocked over

C. The bird that wished to swim

D. The animals that were in high spirits.

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