【题目】It’s a sad story: someone keeps failing an exam for four years. It’s the story of Torobo, a robot from Japan.

Torobo has been trying to enter the University of Tokyo in Japan. The university, also called Todai, is one of Asia’s top universities. Since 2013, Torobo has taken the national college entrance exam with other Japanese students. However, the robot has failed to get the required (必需的) score for Todai every year. This year was no exception.

Torobo is part of a project called “Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?” Japan’s National Institute of Informatics started the project in 2011. Torobo does not walk around. It is a robot brain that has arms to complete the test.

Researchers of the project want to find out what intellectual abilities (智能) will be replaced by machines. Results show that Torobo has grown in ability year by year. This year it got a score higher than Japan’s national average(平均分), which is enough to enter other good universities, but not Todai. With its big database, Torobo is good at solving knowledge-based questions and mathematical calculations (数学运算). That’s why it got good scores in physics, history and math. But Torobo has a hard time thinking independently (独立地). As a result, it got weak scores in language and writing.

Luckily, after four years of suffering, researchers have decided to free Torobo from taking the test. They will grow Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in, so that it can be used in those industries(工业) in the future.

So while Torobo will never graduate from Todai, it can still look forward to a bright future!

【1】According to the story, Torobo is _____ while Todai is _____.

A. a university, a robot B. a robot, a university

C. a student, a computer D. a computer, a student

【2】We can tell from the story that Torobo _____ for four years.

A. has taken the college entrance exam

B. has failed the college entrance exam

C. has been studying in the University of Tokyo

D. has taught the college courses

【3】Which subject does Toboro NOT do well in?

A. Physics. B. Math. C. History. D. Writing.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE about Torobo?

A. Torobo can’t have a bright future because it will never graduate from Todai.

B. Torobo will go on taking the college entrance exam.

C. Torobo is useless to humans.

D. Torobo’s ability in the fields it’s doing well in will be better in the future.

【5】Why did Torobo get low scores in two subjects?

A. Because it cannot solve knowledge-based problems.

B. Because it is not good at mathematical calculations.

C. Because it cannot think independently.

D. Because it only has arms to complete the test.

【题目】Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city. You hop(跳) on it and r【1】 away. But wait---isn’t this stealing? No one shouts, “Stop! Thief!” That’s b【2】 this free ride is just fine with the city.

You can find h【3】 of free yellow bikes in some U. S. cities. The idea began in Portland, Oregon, in 1994. People saw a need for f【4】 transportation(交通), and they wanted to help s【5】 pollution. So, to get citizens o【6】of their cars and onto pollution free bikes, they started the Yellow Bike Project.

People p【7】 the public bike bright yellow and put them throughout the city. People can hop on a yellow bike and ride to work to school, or to run errands(差事). They then leave the bike for the n【8】 rider. Sometimes the bikes are stolen, but most people follow the

r【9】. What would be the point of stealing something that’s already free?

Portland’s i【10】 quickly became popular. Similar programs were set up in cities in six other states within two years.

【1】The story of Garfield in this movie happens in ______ .

A. America B. London C. the sea D. the world

【2】Why does Lex Luther plan to kill Superman?

A. Because Lex tried to save the world.

B. Because Lex never sees Superman on the screen.

C. Because Lex finds it hard to like the story.

D. Because Lex wants to control the world.

【3】What is the trouble for Captain Jack Sparrow this time?

A. He again appears on the screen.

B. He turns to his friends for help.

C. He is in a heavy debt to Davey Jones.

D. He finds the Dead Man’s Chest.

Typhoon Usagi hit Guangdong in September with a flood following. Many people were trapped in water. Mr Lin was one of them.

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【1】Cindy found a(n) .

A. watch B. ring

C. jacket D. ID card

【2】______ lost a ring.

A. Cindy B. Linda

C. Bill D. Mike

【3】What’s Mike’s telephone number?

A. 359-5934. B. 485-3982.

C. 239-5178. D. 683-5912.

【4】What color is the jacket?

A. Black. B. White. C. Yellow. D. Red.

【5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Bill lost an ID card.

B. The watch is yellow.

C. Mike found a jacket and an ID card.

D. Candy’s telephone number is 683-5912.

island (孤岛)? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance (机会) of doing this is to make a passing plane see you.

Body signals (信号)

Pilots (飞行员) from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training. When you wave (挥) your arms up and down in a straight line, it means “yes”. When you point downwards and swing (摇摆) your arm

from side to side, it means “no”. If you want the pilot

to know that it’s safe to land, push your hands out in front of you and bend (弯曲) your knees. If you want to say that it’s not safe to land, put your arms in the air and move them to one side.

Smoke signals

People can see the smoke from a fire from far away, so it’s a good way to make others see you. If the weather is dry, it isn’t hard to start a fire. Remember, however, that fires can be very dangerous if they get out of control (控制). Never start a fire if you are not sure if it will cause danger. If the ground is dark, people can see light smoke more easily. Green grass and leaves produce light smoke.

Ground-to-air signals

It’s a good idea to build some signals, too. Use large pieces of wood to make the symbols (标记). If you can’t find any wood, use earth. Some useful symbols are: F “I need food and water.” II “I need doctor’s help.” I “I am badly hurt.” X “I am unable to move from here.”

【1】How many kinds of body signals does the writer talk about?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

【2】Which picture means “it’s not safe to land”?

A.

B.

C.

D.

【3】If one is trapped on an island, he can _____________.

A. start a fire any time B. start a fire anywhere

C. start a fire when it is safe D. burn green grass and leaves anywhere

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Swinging your arm from side to side means “yes”.

B. If the ground is dark, people from far away can’t see light smoke.

C. If you need some help from doctors, make a symbol “Ⅱ”.

D. You can use your body to make Ground-to-air signals.

【5】The reading mainly talks about _____________.

A. why we need to make signals on an island

B. it is important to make signals on an island

C. how to send out signals on a lonely island

D. how to get signals from a lonely island

A：Hi，Tom！【1】.

B：Hi，Bob！【2】，too.

A：Look！What's this in English?

B：【3】.

A：【4】.

B：ORANGE.

A：【5】？

B：It's orange.

【题目】Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.
No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.
Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:
【1.If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.
2.Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.
3.Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”
To use an old phrase “ Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “ Everyone wants to go home in the same condition they came to work in –or better.”

Ma Yun, Chairperson of the company Alibaba, becomes one of the richest men in China. Here are some stories about him on the w 【1】 to success.

Ma made his first trip to the US in 1995 and used the Internet for the first time. After s 【2】 for “beer”, he saw that no answers came up about China. Then he looked for “China” and still saw no answers. So he d 【3】 to set up (创建) a Chinese website.

Ma said he was refused (拒绝) many times in his life. In the beginning, he f 【4】 the College Entrance Examination (高考) in China three times and f 【5】 companies offered him jobs, even one at KFC.

It was difficult to learn English when Ma was a teenager b 【6】 of limited resources(有限的资源). However, he found that he could learn English well by giving tourists free guides a 【7】 his hometown. Ma said that t 【8】 opened up a new world for him because what they said and did was so different from what he learned at school and at home.

Ma’s h 【9】 is a person named Forest Gump who never gives up (放弃). W 【10】 he made a speech about his success at Davos (达沃斯论坛), Ma said, “Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you are going to get”.

【题目】Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.
Feb. 10, 2014
【1】According to the chart, the pop star was a ________________.
A. singer
B. dancer
C. player
D. pianist.
【2】According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at ________________.
A. 6:30
B. 7:00
C. 7:30
D.8:00
【3】From this passage ,we get to know that ________.
A. not all people like pop stars
B. pop stars have their own bands
C. fans are troublesome for pop stars
D. to be a pop star is not all fun