After a long day’s study at school, you are very tired. So after school you go home to relax. When you get home, a robot greets you. He’s happy to see you and helps you take your school things to your room. He listens to you talk about your school life and tells you a new joke. And he tells you to call your cousin and to say happy birthday. And then he helps you with your homework.

This is your future, and the robot’s name is NAO. NAO has a small body, big eyes and a large head. He can walk and dance. He listens and talks, and he even learns and thinks for himself. His creators (创造者) predict that the robot will be in people’s homes before 2040.

This $16,000 robot knows who you are. NAO can even express emotions (表达情感). He is a self-guided(自动导向的)robot. A self-guided robot can sense (感觉), think and act. Other robots might do some easy things. For example, a robot might sense things using cameras and think using computers, but with no arms, he can’t act. Another robot can move and sense things, but he can’t think for himself. These aren’t self-guided robots. But NAO can do them all.

1.What does the underlined word “greet” in this article mean?

A. 讨厌 B. 远离 C. 打败 D. 问候

2.What does the robot tell you to do to your cousin?

A. say happy birthday B. dance C. send a birthday gift D. help you with your homework

3.What does NAO look like?

A. He has small eyes and a small head. B. He has big eyes and a large head.

C. He has a large body with a large head. D. He has a small body with small eyes.

4.When will people have robots like NAO in their homes?

A. In 2040. B. During 2040. C. After 2040. D. Before 2040.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. NAO isn’t a self-guided robot. B. NAO is more than fifteen thousand dollars.

C. NAO can’t even express emotions. D. NAO can’t help kids with their homework.

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Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict with them.

Parents often find it difficult to win their 1. trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young. For example, young people like to do things 2. much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can solve any difficult problems. Older people worry more 3.. Most of them plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be 4.

So when you want your parents to let you do something, you will be 5. if you communicate enough with them before you really start doing it. 

Young people often make their parents 6. by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. 7. they don’t mean to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture of their own. And if young people are not satisfied with their parents, they just stay at home alone instead of 8. out with their parents. 

If you plan to control your life, you’d better 9. to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high 10. of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.

The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sounds just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which made me think of my girlhood.

It was my second day of school and it was raining heavily. I couldn't get away from the habit I had at home, so I fell asleep right at my desk. I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad's back. We were halfway home. It was the last time I felt close to him.

After that, he never carried me or hugged (拥抱) me as other fathers did to their children. I was not troubled by this thought. I was proud of it, for I felt independent (独立的) and "grown up". However, there were times when I felt sad for not having got comfort from him,

One day, I was writing Chinese characters as my homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad came and stood behind me for a moment, watching me scrawling (潦草地写) on the paper. Then he said, "This kind of writing needs patience. Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder. "

I followed his advice for the next two weeks, but as: I could see little improvement (改进), I followed my own method-the fast way. His advice didn't improve my writing but our relationship. As I grew older, I found out that he had finished his schooling in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered to be a scholar (学者). People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.

He often said to me, "As you can see, this family is going to count on you. We are useless to improve anything for your future. You have to get an education to change the life for yourself. " As a result of his expectations, I have made it through high school and college.

1.Where did the writer fall asleep?

A. At home. B. At school. C. On Dad's back. D. In Dad's arms.

2.Why did the writer feel sad sometimes?

A. Her father didn't care much for her.

B. She didn't get comfort from her father.

C. Her father seldom carried or hugged her.

D. She was troubled by her father's thought.

3.Which is the right order of the following things according to Paragraphs 4-5?

a. Dad stood behind me.

b. I wrote Chinese characters.

c. I followed my own method again.

d. I pressed harder when writing Chinese characters.

A. a-d-c-b B. a-c-d-b C. b-a-d-c D. b-c-a-d

4.How did her father feel after writing something for the people around?

A. Useless. B. Comfortable. C. Proud. D. Shameful.

5.What is the writer's purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell her understanding of real life.

B. To keep her father's way of education.

C. To ask people to follow their fathers' suggestions.

D. To show what matters to her personal development.

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