"Billy! It is February 25, 2099, seven o'clock. Time to get up and go to school,  " said the clockrobot
in a mental voice. Then the kitchenrobot gave him toast and eggs. Billy was amazed. While he was eating,
the whole wall became a TV screen and Billy thought that it was great having robots to do everything for
him. Billy ate his meal, watching a TV show. When he finished eating, the clothesrobot gave him his
clothes very fast and dressed him. Then Billy went off to school.
     When Billy went outside, he saw a car with no driver waiting for him. The car said, "Hello, I will be
driving you to school every day. Now would you please show your school ID card?" said the car. So
Billy showed the car his school ID card and got in. The car began to talk to Billy about his school and his
schoolwork. After that the car said, "I will check your homework today because you will have a very, very important lesson to learn in school today. Please put your homework on the blackboard." Billy did so.
     The car checked Billy's homework and then said, "Well done! You are a great student. All of your
homework is correct." When they got to school, Billy said to the car, "Goodbye. See you later." The car
said to Billy, "Good luck in your school." Billy got into the classroom and took his seat at the front of the
room. Then his teacher came in and said, "Welcome, children! Today we will have a hard but important
lesson-'How do robots help a human being?'…"

1. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Billy's Daily Life
B. How Billy Go to School
C. How Do Robots Help Humans in the Future
D. Robots

2. Who cooked breakfast for Billy?

A. His mother.  
B. His father.
C. A robot.  
D. Billy himself.

3. When did Billy have to show his school ID card?

A. Before getting to school.
B. Before getting into the car.
C. Before entering the classroom.
D. Before classes were over.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Billy liked having robots to do everything for him.
B. At first Billy was very surprised.
C. Billy was glad that the robot teacher would give a very, very important lesson.
D. The car itself drove Billy to school.

     College graduation brings both the satisfaction of academic achievement and the expectation of a 
well-paid job. But for 6,000 graduates at San Jose State this year, there's uncertainty as they enter one
 of the worst job markets in decades. Ryan Stewart has a freshly minted(新兴的) degree in religious 
studies, but no job prospects.    
     "You look at everybody's parents and neighbors, and they're getting laid off and don't have jobs,"
 said Stewart. "Then you look at the young people just coming into the workforce... it's just scary."    
     When the class of 2003 entered college, the future never looked brighter. But in the four years 
they've been here, the world outside has changed dramatically.    
     "Those were the exciting times, lots of dot-com opportunities, exploding offers, students getting top
 dollar with lots of benefits," said Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge of the San Jose State Career Center. "Times
 have changed. It's a new market."   
      Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge ought to know. She runs the San Jose State Career Center, sort of a 
crossroads between college and the real world. Allmen-innidge says students who do find jobs after 
college have done their homework.   
      "The typical graduate who does have a job offer started working on it two years ago. They've 
postured(定位)themselves well during the summer. They've had several internships(实习)," she said. 
And they've majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or 
nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like 
information systems management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines in 
starting salaries.   
      Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may just end up going back to school. "I'd like 
to teach college some day and that requires more schooling, which would be great in a bad economy," 
he said.    
     To some students, a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth. For now, they can only hope its 
value will increase over time.

1. The expression "dot-com" in the fourth paragraph probably means " _____  ".   

A. a well-known website
B. jobs related to high-technology    
C. a company making dots
D. teaching on the Internet

2. What does Cheryl Allmen-Vinnidge mean when she says students have "done their  homework"?

A. They have spent time preparing themselves to find a job.   
B. They have gone to summer school for further studies.   
C. They are good students who have finished their homework on time.   
D. They have found full-time jobs as their future career before graduation. 

3. The purpose of a college career center is probably to  ____.   

A. help students do their homework    
B. find jobs for students while they are in school   
C. prepare students to find jobs after they graduate    
D. help high school students get accepted to college 

4. Ryan Stewart is probably going to  _____ .   

A. change his major
B. become a religious leader   
C. get a job teaching
D. go back to school 

5. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?  

A. Having a college degree does not provide travel discounts.   
B. A college degree doesn't promise a person a high-paid job.    
C. Most students with degrees will be able to find jobs.    
D. The best way to get rich is to get a college degree.