Surface Exploration．Robots make great explorers on planets, moons and other landing areas．Apart from the earth, just about every surface in the solar system is unsafe for humans to explore．The air on most other planets is not enough for humans to breathe, making it necessary to wear a space suit and oxygen equipment．The temperatures on these surfaces are much too hot or much too cold for any humans to withstand．Plus there would be complications(复杂)with radiation, weather, and shortage of gravity．Robots have much less limitation in these areas and can survive much longer under these conditions．
Data Collection．Robots are designed for collecting scientific data(数据)．Robots are also able to perform many tasks at one time and can process information much quicker and more efficiently．Important scientific projects from detecting minerals, analyzing ground samples, and finding water are all performed much quicker and more accurately by robots．
Cost Effective．The use of robots has made the cost of space exploration much less expensive than it would cost for humans to do the work．In order to successfully send humans into space we would need to build a vehicle that can carry not only humans but also enough food and water to keep them alive during the trip．Moreover, robots have no problems working for hours on end．Robots never complain, they don't require food or water, and they never need a bathroom break．
Space Travel．Over the past 30 years or so there have been many different types of robots used successfully in the exploration of space．Perhaps the most famous and successful robots are the Spirit and Opportunity who have both been exploring the surface of Mars．They have both been very successful with experiments on soil and rocks and have even found evidence of water in Mars’ history．
(1)
What's the author's purpose of writing the passage?
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A．
To describe how the robots collect scientific data．
B．
To show how the robots are used in space exploration．
C．
To prove how useful the robots are in our daily life．
D．
To show us the latest development of the robotic technology．
(2)
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
The use of robots in space exploration cost more than the use of humans．
B．
It may be dangerous for humans to explore the solar system except the earth．
C．
Both the Spirit and Opportunity have found the evidence of water in Mars．
D．
Many different types of robots have explored the space successfully．
(3)
The underlined word “withstand” most probably means “________”．
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A．
arise
B．
tolerate
C．
defeat
D．
understand
(4)
What is the writer's attitude in writing this passage?
MANILA, Philippines(AP)－Villagers and veteran hunters have captured a one-ton saltwater crocodile which they plan to make the star of a planned ecotourism park in a southern Philippine town, an official said Monday．
Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde said dozens of villagers and experts captured the 21-foot(6.4-meter)male crocodile along a creek in Bunawan township in Agusan del Sur province after a three-week hunt．It could be one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in recent years, he said, quoting local crocodile experts．
Elorde said the crocodile killed a water buffalo in an attack witnessed by villagers last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July．
He said he sought the help of experts at a crocodile farm in western Palawan province．
"We were nervous but it's our duty to deal with a threat to the villagers," Elorde told The Associated Press by telephone．"When I finally stood before it, I couldn't believe my eyes．"
After initial sightings at a creek, the hunters set four traps, which the crocodile destroyed．They then used sturdier traps using steel cables, one of which finally caught the enormous reptile late Saturday, he said．
About 100 people had to pull the crocodile, which weighs about 2,370 pounds(1,075 kilograms), from the creek to a clearing where a crane lifted it into a truck, he said．
The crocodile was placed in a fenced cage in an area where the town plans to build an ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland(沼泽地)in Agusan, an impoverished region about 515 miles(830 kilometers)southeast of Manila, Elorde said．
"It will be the biggest star of the park," Elorde said, adding that villagers were happy that they would be able to turn the dangerous crocodile "from a threat into an asset．"
Despite the catch, villagers remain cautious because several crocodiles still roam the outskirts of the farming town of about 37,000 people．
They have been told to avoid venturing into marshy areas alone at night, Elorde said．
(1)
What can we infer from the passage?
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A．
The villagers captured the crocodile by chance．
B．
The crocodile the villagers have captured is the largest crocodile captured in recent years．
C．
The town has already built an ecotourism park for the crocodile．
D．
Not all the crocodile live in saltwater．
(2)
What can we know about the crocodiles in this area according to the passage?
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A．
The crocodiles in the area are very friendly to the villagers．
B．
The crocodiles usually wander about in the center of the town．
C．
The crocodiles in the town have become a threat to the villagers．
D．
The capture of the male crocodile took three months．
(3)
What happened to the crocodile after it was captured?
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A．
It was sent to the ecotourism park for species found in a vast marshland．
B．
It was sent back to the wilderness．
C．
It was kept in a fenced cage．
D．
It became the biggest star in the park．
(4)
When Elorde finally stood before the crocodile, how did he feel?
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A．
Nervous．
B．
Proud．
C．
Shocked．
D．
Happy．
(5)
In Elorde’s opinion, the existence of the crocodile in the wild in this area is ________．
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A．
threatening
B．
puzzling
C．
reasonable
D．
suspecting
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To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely strory the Christians(基督教徒)ever cooked up．For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil(邪恶的)．So when Colu brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be eden, ever jumped to be the obvious conclusion．Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut o the door of Europeans．
What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was the to have come from Hell(地狱)．What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots w looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits．Tough the tomato and the man were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population consio them one and the same, to terrible to touch．
Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the We people continued to drag their feet．In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert that the most interestinig part of an afternoon tea at her father's house had been the “introduction this wonderful new fruit-or is it a vegetable?”As late as the twentieth century some writers classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an”evil fruit”．
But in the end tomatoes carried the day．The hero of the tomato was an American named R Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hun of miles to watch him drop dead．”Wha are you afraid of?”he shouted．”I'll show you fools these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato．Some people fainted．But he sur and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory．
(1)
The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ________．
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A．
it made Christive evil
B．
it was the apple of Eden
C．
it came from a forbidden land
D．
it was religiously unacceptable
(2)
What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3?
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A．
The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down
B．
There was little pregress in the study of the tomato
C．
The tomato was still refused in most western countries
D．
Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato
(3)
What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly?
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A．
To manke imself a hero
B．
To remove people's fear of the tomaoto
C．
To speed up the popularityt of the tomato
D．
To persuade people to buy products fo\rom his factory
(4)
What is the main purpose of the passage?
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A．
To challenge people's fixed concept of the tomato
B．
To give an explanation to people's dislike of the tomato
C．
To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato
D．
To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence
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