Without plants, people could not live.We need them for both food 1 oxygen(氧气)that plants 2 .And we also need them for their beauty.
Imagine a world 3 no plants.Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes.Imagine when the wind blows, not being able to 4 the leaves in the trees or watch the branches(枝条) swing(摇摆)from 5 .
Everywhere people need the beauty of plants.That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers, and people always try to build houses with room for many 6 .
Do you 7 your plants?Do you give them love and care?Two scientists said they once planted two seeds in different places.While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas.The other plant was given 8 hopeless ideas.After six months, the loved plant was bigger. 9 the earth it had more and longer roots(根);above the earth, it had a thicker stem(茎)and more 10 .
In some science fiction movies,the robots are just like humans.They help with the housework and do the most 1 jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future.2 ndline,they agree it may 3 hundreds of years.Scientists are now trying to make robots4 people and do the same things as us.
But robot scientist James White 5 ndline.He thinks that it will be 6 for a robot to do the same things as a person.7 ndline,it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.Mr.White thinks that robots won't be able to do this.But other scientists disagree.They think that robots will be able to talk to people 8 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people.For example,there are already robots 9 in factories.They do simple jobs over and over again.People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored.But robots will 10 get bored.
In the future.there will be more robots everywhere,and humans will have 11 work to do.New robots will have many different 12 ndline.Some will look like humans,and 13 might look like snakes.After an earthquake(地震),a snake robot could help look for people under buildings.That may not seem possible now,but computers,space rockets and even electric toothbrushes 14 impossible a hundred years ago.We never know 15 will happen in the future!
How do you usually have your art lessons? What do you think it will be like if your art teacher brings a real boa constrictor (蟒蛇) to your class for you to draw l a model?
These days, Zou Huazhang, a teacher from No.59 Middle School in Wuhan, Hubei is becoming a 2 person on the Internet.Usually, most art teachers will 3 the students some bottles, cups, fruits 4 vegetables in art classes.And they ask students 5 and draw.Mr.Zou gives an art lesson with a boa constrictor.All the students feel 6 when they see the animal.
"I like Mr.Zou's class," a girl says."When I see the boa constrictor 7 in his hands, on his arms or on his body, I see its different shapes and actions.Then I can draw it well more 8 ." 9 does Mr.Zou get the animal? "I know a man who keeps many animals.And I also know the boa constrictor.It is very tame (温顺).And it has no 10 .So it will not bite (咬) students.I'm happy the students like this class and learn a lot."
For thousands of years, people have lived with dogs.Ancient paintings on the walls of caves show people living with dogs.Almost a third of the homes in the United States and England have dogs, and these dogs come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
The largest dog in the world was a dog named Zorba.When Zorba, a mastiff, was seven years old in 1989, he was 94 centimetres(37 inches)tall.In other words, Zorba was more than half as tall as an adult man.At his largest, Zorba weighed more than a heavy weight boxer at 156 kilograms(343 pounds).
In comparison, the smallest dog was a Yorkshire terrier from England.This dog was only the size of a matchbox, measuring 7.1 centimetres(2.8 inches)tall and 9.5 centimeters(3.75 inches)from nose to tail.The dog weighed about half as much as a book, and even a young child could easily pick it up with one hand.It passed away in 1945 when it was only two years old.
Some dogs are remarkable, not for their size, but for their brain.One incredible dog is Endal, the companion of a man named Allen Parton who has used a wheelchair since a car accident in 1991.
In 2001, Parton was hit by a car while crossing a road with Endal, and thrown out of his chair.Endal quickly moved Parton into the recovery position, covered him with a blanket, and pushed his mobile phone close enough for him to reach.Then, once he saw that Part0n was all right, Endal ran back and forth to a nearby hotel, barking until people came out to help.
Endal was rewarded for his bravery with a medal, and he has been the subject of a number of TV documentaries.
(1)
Which of the following does the passage NOT discuss?
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A.
The world’s fastest dog.
B.
A dog who saved a person’s life.
C.
The world’s smallest dog.
D.
The world’s largest dog.
(2)
According to the passage, why do people have dogs as pets?
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A.
Dogs used to live in caves.
B.
Dogs are great companions.
C.
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes.
D.
The passage doesn’t say.
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Which sentence about Zorba is true?
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A.
He was taller and heavier than an adult man.
B.
He was taller, but not heavier than an adult man.
C.
He was heavier, but not taller than an adult man.
D.
He was neither heavier nor taller than an adult man.
(4)
According to the passage, the world’s smallest dog weighed half as much as ________.
In some science fiction movies, the robots are just like humans.They help with the housework and do the most 1 jobs.
Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. 2 , they agree it may 3 hundreds of years.Scientists are now trying to make robots 4 people and do the same things as us.
But robot scientist James White 5 .He thinks that it will be 6 for a robot to do the same things as a person. 7 , it's easy for a child to wake up and know where they are.Mr.White thinks that robots won't be able to do this.But other scientists disagree.They think that robots will be able to talk to people 8 25 to 50 years.
Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people.For example, there are already robots 9 in factories.They do simple jobs over and over again.People would not like to do such jobs and would get bored.But robots will 10 get bored.
In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have 11 work to do.New robots will have many different 12 .Some will look like humans, and 13 might look like snakes.After an earthquake(地震), a snake robot could help look for people under buildings.That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes 14 impossible a hundred years ago.We never know 15 will happen in the future!