Look at the picture on the right. What is it? Yeah, it’s a special robot car，ROPITS. Japan made it this year. It’s a new kind of car. The car can drive itself. It is very easy for people to use it.

ROPITS is short for Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System (个人智能交通系统机器人). ROPITS has only one seat. The Japanese made it for old and disabled (残疾的) people in Japan.

What makes the ROPITS special? One can ask it to pick him or her up from a computer or a smart-phone. After he or she gets in the car and tells the ROPITS where to go, it will begin to drive itself and let the driver enjoy the ride.

The ROPITS will not have traffic accidents (事故) because it drives very slowly, not more than 7 kilometers an hour.

1.This passage is about a new kind of     .

A. car                                    B. bicycle                    C. smart-phone          D. computer

2.The ROPITS is special because     .

A. it is only for people in Japan                            B. it can drive itself all the way

C. it can drive fast on the road                              D. it is for the old and disabled people

3. From the passage we know that     .

A. ROPITS is big and smart

B. people must learn to drive ROPITS

C. only old and disabled people can use ROPITS

D. ROPITS is helpful for the old and the disabled people

Look at the picture on the right. What is it? Yeah, it’s a special robot car，ROPITS. Japan made it this year. It’s a new kind of car. The car can drive itself. It is very easy for people to use it.
ROPITS is short for Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System (个人智能交通系统机器人). ROPITS has only one seat. The Japanese made it for old and disabled (残疾的) people in Japan.
What makes the ROPITS special? One can ask it to pick him or her up from a computer or a smart-phone. After he or she gets in the car and tells the ROPITS where to go, it will begin to drive itself and let the driver enjoy the ride.
The ROPITS will not have traffic accidents (事故) because it drives very slowly, not more than 7 kilometers an hour.
【小题1】This passage is about a new kind of     .

Look at the diagram（图表）below．It shows a cross—section（横截面）of a mountain and the land on each side of it．The sea is on the west side of the mountain．

In January，February and March，warm wet winds blow strongly across the sea towards the mountain．The winds pick up moisture（湿气）as they blow across the sea．When clouds reach the mountain，they rise and become cooler．The higher they have to go，the cooler they become．The moisture in the clouds turns to rain．As a result，the clouds drop rain on the west side of the mountain，which sometime has problems with flooding．Some of the clouds pass over the mountain but there is little rain in them．

    In July and August，winds blow from G towards the mountain．They pass over a wide desert，where it is always very hot．The winds become hot and dry．They rise when they meet the mountain．They do not form clouds because there is no moisture in the hot air．

    The diagram shows why（in many counties）there are profitable（有益的）farms on the side of a range of mountains but there is a desert on the other side．

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．Suppose it is in the northern part of the earth，which season is dry?

      A．Spring    B．Summer    C．Autumn   D．Winter

2．Which part in the diagram is good for farming?

      A．A to B    B．C to D

      C．E to F     D．F to G

3．After reading the passage and the diagram，what is the most important cause of the rain?

      A．The sea      B．The clouds

      C．The mountain  D．The desert

4．Why don’t the winds from G form clouds?

      A．Because the winds are not strong enough．

      B．Because the winds don’t pass over the desert．

      C．Because there is no moisture in the hot air．

D．Because the winds don’t reach the mountain．

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

      A．There are no clouds passing over the mountain．

      B．Point G is to the west of point A．

      C．When the winds meet the mountain，they always form clouds．

      D．The higher the clouds go，the cooler they become．

A couple of years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert,    81   

The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other's stupid jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get bored. We had been quiet for a few hours when in the distance Chris found some kangaroos. We were both excited and decided to get a closer look.   82   We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!

Chris stopped the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo lying completely still on the ground.    83   He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then, he put his arm around the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together.   84   While I was focusing the camera, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.

I started laughing but Chris looked very serious.   85   I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, however, when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!