A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam．His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak．
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term, ” he said．“You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you．Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course．”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats．They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom．Only a few students stayed．The teacher looked at them．“This is your last chance,” he said．“Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils．
The teacher smiled．“Congratulations(祝贺),” he said．“I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves．You all get A’s．”
(1)
This story most probably took place _________．
[ ]
A．
at the beginning of the term
B．
in the middle of the term
C．
at the end of the term
D．
at the beginning of the school year
(2)
Most of the students got Grade _________．
[ ]
A．
‘A’
B．
‘B’
C．
‘C’
D．
‘F’
(3)
Why did some students stay in their seats?
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A．
Because they wanted to take the exam．
B．
Because the teacher told them to stay in their class．
C．
Because they were afraid to leave．
D．
Because they didn’t have anything to do．
(4)
The teacher gave the students who stayed in the classroom A’s because _________．
[ ]
A．
the teacher liked them
B．
they were cleverer than the other students
C．
they believed in themselves
D．
they studied hard
(5)
The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to “_________”．
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 ________．
[ ]
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．
