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.

According to research, an average American kid watches TV for about 3 to 4 hours a day. That means he or she spends more than one and a half months a year in front of the TV. But some American kids are just saying “No” to TV.

Take Meghan Kelley from Pembroke, Massachusetts for example. She used to spend a lot of her free time in front of the TV. But several years ago, Meghan gave up her TV habits. Her days of watching TV ended when she and her classmates took part in Screen-Free Week. Screen-Free Week is on the first week of May every year. It is an event where children, families and schools are encouraged to turn off their TVs, computers, DVD players, iPads and so on and “turn on life” — read, enjoy nature, and spend time with family and friends.

After the first week, Meghan decided to test herself further. “I wanted to see how long I could go without TV,” said Meghan. “Could I do it for a year?” The answer was yes!

Although sometimes she misses TV, Meghan finds life without TV more interesting. She joined two soccer clubs and now plays basketball. Because Meghan is studying more, she’s also getting much better grades.

根据短文内容，判断句子正（A）误（B）。

1.An average American kid watches TV for more than 20 hours a week.

2.The writer thinks older kids could watch TV more often.

3.Screen-Free Week helped Meghan Kelley give up her TV habits.

4.Meghan Kelley found it hard to live without TV at first.

5.Meghan Kelley has never missed TV since she gave up her TV habits.

词组英汉互译。

1.查阅，抬头看

2.be known for

3.天生具有

4.without doubt

5.泼水节

6.pardon me

7.亲身，亲自

8.lay out

9.偶然，意外地

10.deal with

11.发生，出现

12.have a point

13.错误地，无意中

14.connect …with

15.停车场，停车区

16.all of a sudden

17.路过，经过

18.put on

19.时常，有时

20.divide…into…

课文填空。用括号中所给词的适当形式填空，使语篇意思完整，必要时请用否定式。

Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first ____1.___(drink) about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first ___2.____ (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was ____3.____ (boil) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water, it was _____4.____ (quite) delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

A few _______5._____(thousand) years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”，mentioned Shen Nong in ____6.____(he) book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the___7.____(fine) tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.

It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during die 6tfa and 7th centuries. In England, tea______8.______(appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to ______9.______(west) countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the ______10._____ (popular) of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

补全对话。根据对话内容，在空白处写出恰当的句子，使对话意思连贯完整。所写句子应与所给的标点符号一致。

A: Hi, Jane, we are going to learn how to do paper cuttings in art class this afternoon.

I need to buy some scissors and some paper. 1._______________________?

B: Sure. There is a store on Main Street. You can get them there.

A: 2._______________________________________________?

B: Yes, Go along Center Street and then turn left on Main Street. Then you will see the store on the other side of the street.

A: Thanks! 3.__________________________________________________?

B: I think it closes at 7:00 p.m. today.

A: Can you go with me and help me carry some things?

B: 4.____________________________.

A: OK. Thanks a lot.

B: 5.______________________________________.

书面表达。

中国有许多具有传统意义的节日。请你以My Favorite Chinese Festival为题写一篇短文，介绍你最喜欢的节日。词数不少于80词。

语音知识辨析

1.A.player B. other C. quarter D. Her

2.A.food B. cook C. book D. Good

3.A.talk B. salt C. all D. Wall

4.A. Whose B. Whole C. Who D. Why

5.A. flat B. mask C. snack D. Activity

6.A. chair B. watch C. school D. Teacher

7.A. horses B. classes C. houses D. Glasses

8.A. everyone B. evening C. exercise D. Egg

9.A. answer B. wish C. world D. Twice

10.A. sugar B. fast C. Supermarket D. person

--- What does the lady have in her hands?

---She has ______umbrella in her right hand and_____ useful book in the other.

A. an; an B. a; an C. an; a D. a; a

---- Hobo, what are you doing?

---- I’m _________________ the Monkey King.

A. wearing B.dressing up

C. wearing as D. dressing up as

Can you make lanterns____________ pumpkins?

A. in B.out C. from D. out of