In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too ______, difficult or boring for humans.

Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after _____. For example, scientists are making a robot to help ______ people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” ______ its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by ______. The owner wears a special belt. This belt ______ instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.

In the United States, another ______ of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot _____ the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also used in American ______. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮脸) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost ______ this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

1.A. interesting B. strange C. dangerous D. safe

2.A. others B. another C. them D. themselves

3.A. deaf B. blind C. old D. sick

4.A. in front of B. behind C. under D. above

5.A. television B. radio C. loudspeaker D. mobile telephone

6.A. posts B. writes C. reads D. sends

7.A. type B. size C. set D. double

8.A. guesses B. thinks C. hears D. sees

9.A. cinema B. hospitals C. museum D. theatre

10.A. until B. before C. because D. whether

For most kids, homework is just part of their daily lives. but have you ever imagined that one day you won't need to do any homework at all? Such a thing just happened in a school in the UK.

Nottingham East Academay, a school in the UK has a non-homework policy(政策) recently. The school plans to make the students do more activities at school. So the students no longer need to do homework after class. When the school announced(宣布) it, students, teachers and parents were all surprised.

Barry Day, the president of the school, thinks that homework is unnecessary. He once told a local newspaper, " people give children homework to do simply because they think it should be given. In fact, homework doesn't help with education at all.

Letting kids leave their homework at school is becoming popular in the UK. Several other schools are welcoming the policy and doing something similar. Tiffin Boy's School has started giving students less homework. The time has dropped from two or three hours to just forty minutes a night. Nottingham East Academay is asking students to read for fun with their parents instead.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案

1.What is Barry Day?

A. The president of the school. B. A newspaper reporter

C. A parent D. A student in that school

2.How long does it take students to finish their homework at Tiffin Boy's School NOW?

A. None. B. Two hours. C. Three hours. D. Forty minutes.

3.Barry Day thinks homework is unnecessary because_______.

A. most people don't think homework should be given

B. he doesn't think homework is helpful to education

C. homework is very important

D. some school welcome the policy

4.How did the parents react(反应) to the non-homework policy when they heard it?

A. They were angry. B. They were very surprised.

C. They were bored. D. They were relaxed

5.The best title for the passage is_________.

A. Homework Is Necessary B. Reading Is Fun

C. Non-homework Policy. D. Amazing Newspaper.

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