The first robot was invented in the 1920s. Robots have appeared in many American films. In some films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer than people.

In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans. Robots also help disabled people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide dog to help them. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. The owner wears a special belt. The belt sends instructions to the owner from the dog, such as “Stop here” “Turn left” or “Turn right”.

In the United States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of themselves in their daily life. The robot hears the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as. “Turn the page” or “Make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one hospital, for example, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost because this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

Though robots can help people in many different ways, they will never take the place of humans.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.From the passage, we know robots cannot be___________.

A. dangerous animals B. factory workers

C. guide dogs D. hospital helpers

2.A robot guide dog __________.

A. goes in front of blind people

B. walk side by side with blind people

C. has a map in its head

D. helps patients with their meals

3.The underlined word “ disabled”in the passage means __________.

A. 瞎的 B.残疾的

C. 不能做事的 D.有能力的

4.Some disabled people need robots’ help to __________.

A. take care of themselves B. talk to other people

C. become scientists D. do dangerous jobs.

5.In the passage, the writer wants to tell us that __________.

A. robots are stronger and cleverer than humans

B. disabled people cannot look after themselves without robots

C. robots will take the place of humans some day in the future.

D. robots can help humans in many different ways.

Greener cars for a greener future

Can you imagine the day when you will no longer need to stop for fuel at petrol(汽油)stations? Or how about flying to work in your own car? Do you think this is science fiction? (科幻)Let’s see what Dr. Stephen Green, director of Cars of the Future International, has to say.

1.__________

Well, our job is to design and test cars that won’t pollute the environment. Scientists from all over the world for the company(公司).

2.___________

These cars don’t run on petrol. Instead ,they use alternative sources of energy (可替代性能源),such as solar power ,electricity ,natural gas or even water.

But will these cars really help to reduce air pollution?

Yes, I believe they will. There will be almost no car exhaust fumes(废气),or there won’t be any fumes at all! People will also save a lot of money on petrol.

3._________

They will, of course, be expensive in the beginning. However; we’re going to find large companies to produce them at a lower cost.

4._________

Right now, we’re testing a new solar car. We’re going to present our results at a conference

(大会)in Tokyo next month.

5._________

We are soon going to start work on a flying vehicle. Can you imagine that? No more traffic jams(交通事故)!

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺、内容完整,并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. What does your company do?

B. Will these cars be cheaper than the ones we have now?

C. Do you have any other plans for the future?

D. Why are your cars friendlier to the environment?

E. Are you working on any special type of car at the moment?

完形填空。

Once there was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists . The king looked at all pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose them.

One picture was of a lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful high mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with white soft clouds. All that saw this picture it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had , too. But these were rugged(崎岖的) and bare(光秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful . But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a bush in a crack(裂缝) in the rock. In the bush(灌木丛) a mother bird had built her nest. She sat on her nest, watching the running water.

After the king compared the two pictures , he choose the second picture explained. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means when facing unhappy situation, you can still be calm in your . That is the real meaning of peace.

1.A. argued B. invited C. tried D. invented

2.A. between B. except C. within D. through

3.A. calm B. round C. small D. deep

4.A. announced B. thought C. doubted D. promised

5.A. lakes B. clouds C. mirror D. mountains

6.A. at all B. at last C. at once D. at present

7.A. lying B. growing C. dying D. moving

8.A. actively B. carefully C. angrily D. widely

9.A. so B. but C. or D. and

10.A. voice B. world C. heart D. view

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