A man was travelling on his way to another town when he saw a road sign which read, NO THROUGH WAY. PLEASE Go ANOTHER WAY.He looked ahead and saw nothing wrong at all. He decided to go on, thinking the sign was a kind of joke. After a while he saw a broken bridge and had to turn back. When he came to the sign again, on the board he saw these words on its back side, WELCOME BACK, YOU FOOL!

(1) A man was on his way to another town for ________.

[  ]

Aa trip

Bworking

Cstudying

Dteaching

(2) The road sign was put up in the road in order to ________.

[  ]

Amake people know that the bridge was good

Btell people to be careful while crossing

Ctell people to go another way

Dmake people know that there was nothing wrong with the road ahead

(3) Why did the man decide to go on when he saw the road sign? Because ________.

[  ]

AHe didn't see the words on the sign

BHe thought the sign was a kind of joke

CThere was another way ahead

DHe could cross the broken bridge

(4) The man had to turn back because ________.

[  ]

AHe saw the words on the sign's back side

BHe didn't want to go to that town any more

CThe bridge was broken

DHe wanted to go home

(5) What's on the road sign's back side?

[  ]

ANothing.

BNO THROUGH WAY. PIEASE GO ANOTHER WAY.

CWELCOME BACK, YOU FOOL!

DBoth A and B.

(6) Which of the following is wrong?

[  ]

AThe words on the sign were true.

BThere was something wrong with the bridge.

CThe road sign was a kind of joke.

DFinally, the man had to go another way.

SDR-4X is a new robot. It acts like a human being. It talks, sings, dances and it costs  1  a car. In Tokyo, a human-shaped robot will go on sale   2   this year from Sony Corp. It remem-bers people's faces, dances disco steps and   3   sings. But it's an expensive toy. It will cost as much as a luxury car.

Sony  4  to say more about its sales plans for the silver round-eyed SDR-4X to reporters last week. "This robot was designed to live with people in  5  , "said Sony only.

"The SDR-4X has sensors on the bottoms of its  6   so it can walk on carpets and other uneven surfaces. It even knows   7   get back on its feet when it falls, "Sony said.

The 58-centimetre-tall SDR-4X is equipped with two  8   , allowing it to see better than its predecessor. It can  9   the difference between the edge of a table and patterns on the floor. The SDR-4X will be more expensive than the Ambo which   10   for 180 000 yen(US $ 1 400) in Japan and US $ 1 500 in the US. The SDR-4X can carry on simple  11  (It knows about 60 000 words. ), and be taught to sing by inputting music. It can also recognize faces,  12  and names.

Entertainment robots have grown into a fad, and toy makers are coming out with  13  imitations. Mitsubishi company   14  two entertainment robots to a museum. They can talk with children, play simple games and draw pictures. Yashawa Electric Corp has developed a 13.8  15  yen(US $105 000) bed-shaped robot that can help patients who need to strengthen their legs.

1.( )

A. as many as              B. as much as

C. so many as              D. so much as

2.( )

A. before              B. later

C. ago              D. after

3.( )

A. ever              B. every

C. even              D. never

4.( )

A. continued              B. used

C. forgot              D. refused

5.( )

A. families              B. houses

C. homes              D. offices

6.( )

A. hands              B. feet

C. arms              D. legs

7.( )

A. when to              B. how to

C. what to              D. why to

8.( )

A. umbrellas              B. bands

C. telephones              D. cameras

9.( )

A. talk              B. speak

C. say              D. tell

10.( )

A. sales              B. sells

C. buys              D. borrows

11.( )

A. diaries              B. conversations

C. competitions              D. dialogues

12.( )

A. noises              B. bodies

C. voices              D. entrances

13.( )

A. cheap              B. cheaper

C. dear              D. more expensive

14.( )

A. sold              B. have sold

C. has sold              D. will sell

15.( )

A. hundred              B. thousand

C. million              D. billion

 

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