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p ________ : go by
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 remembers 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 &nbs p; 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
Many people in the United States worry about their looks. For many people, looking nice also means to be 5. Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6 overweight is not good.
Most people want to find a faster and 7 way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular.
These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are 8. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.
Losing weight can be 9. Some overweight people go to health centers, like La Costa in California. Men and women 10 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers. People live there for one week or two, 11 exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All this works for losing weight.
12 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $400 a day, she spent $320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still 13 to do so.
Health centers, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all 14 a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing 15, too.
1 .A. less B. more C. nice D. fast
2. A. For B. So C. Or D. And
3. A. good B. useful C. hard D. easy
4. A. why B. what C. how D. when
5. A. high B. short C. thin D. fat
6. A. talk B. say C. speak D. tell
7. A. dearer B. harder C. shorter D. easier
8. A. taken B. given C. written D. copied
9. A. cheap B. expensive C. easy D. safe
10. A. pay B. cost C. take D. have
11. A. making B. taking C. playing D. using
12. A. Before B. In C. After D. At
13. A. sorry B. angry C. sad &nbs Vp; D. glad
14. A. need B. have C. use D. get
15. A. health B. time C. food D. money
It was almost 9:00 p. m. when Mia Jameson left her office to go home. It was 1 . She started her car and she 2 down the dark road that led to her house in the country. She 3 the radio and sang songs while she was driving. The heater (暖气机) wasn’t working, and singing helped to keep her 4 .
The snow was heavy. Then Mia went across a small 5 . The bridge was covered with ice and the car went out of control (失去控制). Mia hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness (知觉).
When she 6 , her head was bleeding (流血), and she was shaking from the cold. She didn’t know 7 she was. Mia opened the car door and looked around. She was under the bridge, and her car was sitting on the 8 river! She felt very 9 . She knew the ice wouldn’t 10 her car for very long. She 11 to walk up the hill several times, but she kept falling in the snow. Mia tried 12 time. She fell again, but this time she couldn’t get up. She knew that 13 could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t 14 . Mia closed her eyes and 15 die.
Then she heard a voice. Mia opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. She stood up and walked up with the help of the old man. “That’s my truck,” said the old man. “Get in and I’ll take you home.”
(1) A. raining B. cool C. snowing D. late
(2) A. ran B. drove C. walked D. rode
(3) A. turned on B. turned over C. turned off D. turned down
(4) A. happy B. not alone C. warm D. not lonely
(5) A. bridge B. village C. town D. farm
(6) A. got up B. came back C. looked up D. woke up
(7) A. how B. what C. why D. where
(8) A. deep B. frozen C. wide D. cold
(9) A. angry B. sad C. surprised D. afraid
(10) A. keep B. pull C. take D. hold
(11) A. tried B. wanted C. would like D. seemed
(12) A. one B. one more C. other D. the other
(13) A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. no one
(14) A. feel B. hear C. move D. go
(15) A. waited to B. had to C. was able to D. decided to
Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 41 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 42 me the importance of time in my life.
I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 43 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 44 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 45 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 46 a taxi to my father’s house.
I 47 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 48 uncle. My father asked me to sit 49 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 50 . It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 51 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 52 .” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 53 .”
I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 54 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its 55 , but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
41. A. bought B. received C. borrowed D. broke
42. A. learned B. found C. sent D. told
43. A. airport B. school C. hospital D. station
44. A. when B. because C. if D. though
45. A. saw B. forgot C. remembered D. took
46. A. had B. driven C. invited D. taken
47. A. visited B. reminded C. reached D. left
48. A. surprised B. tired C. nervous D. lonely
49. A. next to B. around C. behind D. away from
50. A. us B. him C. them D. you
51. A. of B. for C. with D. about
52. A. words B. actions C. play D. fun
53. A. important B. interesting C. expensive D. wonderful
54. A. never B. usually C. sometimes D. often
55. A. look B. price C. size D. weight
