We humans can play the piano . of course we play the piano with our ten fingers . But Teotronica can play with its 19 fingers . Teotronica is not a human . It is a robot . It is a special robot which can play the piano like humans .

Nattei Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronica . Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy and he is more than thirty years old . He was interested in science when he was young . He always likes to use his head to create amazing things . He spent four years making the musical robot . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about 4,700 dollars .

Teotronica is a special and great robot . It has more fingers than humans . It plays the piano faster than a human . Teotronica can sing as well when it plays the piano . It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it ,. Teotronica can even use its eyes to interact with humans because there are cameras in its eyes .Teotronica is amazing , isn’t it ?

1.How many fingers does Teotronica have ?

A. Ten B. Fifteen C. Nineteen D. Twenty

2.How long did it take Matteo Suzzi to make Teotronica ?

A. Two years . B. Three years .

C. Five years . D . Four years .

3.How can Teotronica interact with humans ?

A. By using its eyes .

B. By using its arms .

C. By moving around .

D. By playing music and singing .

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. Matteo Suzzi is only nineteen years old .

B. Matteo Suzzi was interested in music when he was young .

C. Matteo Suzzi spent 7,400 dollars creating Teotronica .

D. Teotronica can sing when it plays the piano .

5.What’s the best title for the passage ?

A. An Amazing Robot and a Musician .

B. A Musician Robot and Its Inventor

C. An Inventor from the USA

D. Differences Between Humans and Robots

One day , there was a blind man called John was on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read , “I am blind . Please help me .

A creative publicist (广告员) named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat . He put a few of his own coins in the hat . Without asking for permission , he took the sign , turned it around and wrote a new message . Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man and left.

Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost

full of bills and coins . The blind man recognized (识别) his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign . He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it .

The publicist said , “I just wrote the message a little differently .” He smiled and went on his way.

The new sign read , “Spring has come , but I can’t see anything .”

1. What’s the blind man’s name ?

A. Tom B. John C. Tony D. Sorry , I don’t know .

2.Who wrote a new message ? _________________

A. The blind man B. The teacher

C. The publicist. D. The farmer’

3.How did the blind man recognize the publicist? _______________ .

A. By his sign. B. By his footsteps.

C. By his voice D. By his coins.

4.When did the story happen ? _______________ .

A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn D. In winter.

5.What can we learn from the passage ? _______________ .

A. Publicists are always friendly and helpful .

B. We can get more money by changing a sign .

C. The blind man is very stupid , so he has little money .

D. The power(力量) of language is great .

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